110+ Kevin DeYoung Quotes On Education, Tim Keller And Mark

Kevin DeYoung is an American author, pastor, and speaker. He is the senior pastor at University Reformed Church in East Lansing, Michigan, and the author of several books on Christian living. He is also a council member of The Gospel Coalition and a professor at Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, Florida. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Kevin DeYoung on leadership, education, life.

Top 10 Kevin DeYoung Quotes

1. Worldliness is whatever makes sin look normal and righteousness look strange.
2. Some Christians need encouragement to think before they act. Others need encouragement to act after they think.
3. Submission to the Scriptures is submission to God. Rebellion against the Scriptures is rebellion against God
4. To start the day without prayer is to suggest the devil is feeble, God is irrelevant, and we can handle things on our own.
5. ...,the will of God for your life is pretty straightforward: Be holy like Jesus, by the power of the Spirit, for the glory of God.
6. In the world of perpetual outrage, people cannot see the difference between deflated footballs, a dead lion, and dismembered babies.
7. Biblical wisdom means living a disciplined and prudent life in the fear of the Lord
8. Let us shout of our God from the rooftops, that the whole world would stand in silence before him.
9. On the last day, God will not acquit us because our good works were good enough, but he will look for evidence that our good confession was not phony. It’s in this sense that we must be holy.
10. Everything before Jesus is preface. Everything after Jesus is appendix. Jesus is the story.

Kevin DeYoung Short Quotes

• The seed of God's Word won't grow to fruitfulness without pruning for rest, quiet, and calm
• It's true that every road leads to God. But only one way leads to a pleasant encounter with Him.
• Being a child of God means confidence, but it never means complacency.
• The word of God is more than enough for the people of God to live their lives to the glory of God
• Walking in the light means we pursue obedience and are honest about our remaining darkness.
• Expecting perfection from ourselves or others is not what holiness is about.
• If we do not worship God, God will not be the lesser for it. But we will.
• The world provides no cheerleaders on the pathway to godliness.
• If you want to know God as your Father, you need to know Jesus Christ as your Savior.
• If we truly long for revival, we will rejoice even when it starts at the church down the road.

Kevin DeYoung Quotes About Life

Plain horse sense ought to tell us that anything that makes no change in the man who professes it makes no difference to God either, and it is an easily observable fact that for countless numbers of persons the change from no-faith to faith makes no actual difference in the life. — Kevin DeYoung

Some of us live a Christian life as if we're always under the stern, watchful eye of our Father and he is very impossible to please... No, God delights even in our heartfelt attempts at obedience. — Kevin DeYoung

You will fear something or someone. The Bible says the wisest way to go about your life is to fear God. — Kevin DeYoung

When you share the gospel, you're not calling people to a better way of life, you're proclaiming to them eternal life. — Kevin DeYoung

No one can hate you in this life more than Jesus was hated. — Kevin DeYoung

If you make the goal of your life just to stay alive, you'll fail. If you make the goal of your life the kingdom, you cannot lose. — Kevin DeYoung

You cannot be in Christ and be indifferent to the sin in your life. — Kevin DeYoung

The richest treasure God has for you are the people in your life. Give thanks and don't take them for granted. — Kevin DeYoung

Kevin DeYoung Quotes About Love

Live for God. Obey the Scriptures. Think of others before yourself. Be holy. Love Jesus. And as you do these things, do whatever else you like, with whomever you like, wherever you like, and you'll be walking in the will of God. — Kevin DeYoung

God did not send a concept, an idea, or a virtue. He sent his Son. Follow the God of love, not love as your god. — Kevin DeYoung

Your love should be so far reaching, earnest, biblical, Christ-centered, pure, and self-sacrificing that the world may hate you for it. — Kevin DeYoung

No matter how long we have been walking with Jesus, we need to hear again, do not love the world. — Kevin DeYoung

We do not truly know what love is unless we know Christ. — Kevin DeYoung

The Bible tells us to love our neighbors as ourselves. Surely part of loving in this way is trying to understand what another person wants us to understand. I may not understand perfectly and I may not agree, but if I love you I should try to know what it is you wish I could know. — Kevin DeYoung

Our first love is Jesus. Holiness is not ultimately about living up to a moral standard. It's about living in Christ and living out of our real, vital union with him. — Kevin DeYoung

Perhaps out inactivity is not so much waiting on God as it is an expression of the fear of man, the love of the praise of man, and disbelief in God's providence. — Kevin DeYoung

Kevin DeYoung Famous Quotes And Sayings

You'll never be a mature Christian until you understand that God remembers his promises and forgets your sins. — Kevin DeYoung

No one in the history of the world has been more inclusive of repentant sinners than Jesus and no one has been more intolerant of sin. — Kevin DeYoung

It's not convincing to say you are a child of God if you have none of the characteristics of your Father. — Kevin DeYoung

The only chains God wants us to wear are the chains of righteousness--not the chains of hopeless subjectivism, not the shackles of risk-free living, not the fetters of horoscope decision making--just the chains befitting a bond servant of Christ Jesus. Die to self. Live for Christ. And then do what you want, and go where you want, for God's glory. — Kevin DeYoung

The reason for your entire salvation, the design behind your deliverance, the purpose for which God chose you in the first place is holiness. — Kevin DeYoung

For Jesus, Scripture is powerful, decisive, and authoritative because it is nothing less than the voice of God. — Kevin DeYoung

Why should we think that we wouldn't have a cross to carry? Are we somehow more deserving than our Lord? — Kevin DeYoung

Here's good news: God is even more committed to your change, your growth, and your transformation than you are. — Kevin DeYoung

If the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, then growing in our knowledge of God is always practical. — Kevin DeYoung

Much of the impotence of American churches is tied to a profound ignorance and apathy about justification. Our people live in a fog of guilt. Or just as bad, they think being a better person is all God requires. — Kevin DeYoung

The finality of Christs redemption for us is intimately tied to the finality of his revelation to us. . . . If we say revelation is not complete, we must admit that somehow the work of redemption also remains unfinished. . . . Scripture is enough because the work of Christ is enough. They stand or fall together. — Kevin DeYoung

The Christian's comfort: I am not my own. I do not make my own rules or create my own identity. There is one who made me and can save me. — Kevin DeYoung

I try to keep in my mind the simple question: Am I trying to do good or make myself look good? Too many of our responsibilities get added to our plate when we are trying to please people, impress people, prove ourselves, acquire power, increase our prestige. All those motivations are about looking good more than doing good. — Kevin DeYoung

Seek first the kingdom of God, and then trust that He will take care of our needs, even before we know what they are and where we're going. — Kevin DeYoung

Sincere biblical repentance is as much a work of grace as not sinning in the first place. To err is human, to make progress is divine. — Kevin DeYoung

God's wrath was not just withdrawn. It was spent. Full atonement can it be? Hallelujah, what a Savior! — Kevin DeYoung

If the gospel is old news to you, it will be dull news to everyone else. — Kevin DeYoung

Before my secret meeting with the Pope I asked him to come wearing white if deep down he agreed with the Reformation. Pretty crazy. — Kevin DeYoung

There is no sin so prevalent, so insidious, and so deep as the sin of fearing people more than we fear God. — Kevin DeYoung

Jesus was not just a prophet but the fulfillment of all prophecy. — Kevin DeYoung

Sanctification will be drudgery unless we believe that holiness is possible and that it is pleasing to God. — Kevin DeYoung

The best way to leave a legacy is to believe, teach, defend, and promote what is true. — Kevin DeYoung

One of the signs that you are walking in the light is that you are honest about having walked in the darkness. — Kevin DeYoung

We walk into the future in God-glorifying confidence, not because the future is known to us but because it is known to God. And that's all we need to know. Worry about the future is not simply a character tic, it is the sin of unbelief, an indication that our hearts are not resting in the promises of God. — Kevin DeYoung

The kind of experience of humility and happiness that comes with gratitude tends to crowd out whatever is coarse, or ugly or mean. — Kevin DeYoung

God is not a magic eight ball we shake up and peer into whenever we have a decision to make. He is a good God who gives us brains, shows us the way of obedience, and invites us to take risks for him. — Kevin DeYoung

Sanctification is not by surrender, but by divinely enabled toil and effort. — Kevin DeYoung

Many in Jesus' day saw him, but they didn't have communion with him. You can have more of Christ by faith than they had by sight. — Kevin DeYoung

Flattery is saying something nice in order to help yourself. Encouragement is saying something true in order help someone else. — Kevin DeYoung

Keep sharing the good news; we have not yet exhausted the number of God's elect. — Kevin DeYoung

My fear is that of all the choices people face today, the one they rarely consider is, "How can I serve most effectively and fruitfully in the local church?" I wonder if the abundance of opportunities to explore today is doing less to help make well-rounded disciples of Christ and more to help Christians avoid long term responsibility and have less long-term impact. — Kevin DeYoung

Christianity loses its scriptural fidelity and internal power when it no longer affirms both sola fide and the necessity of obedience. — Kevin DeYoung

We are not called to bring a broken planet back to its created glory. But we are to call broken people back to their creator. — Kevin DeYoung

The worship of Christ is our joy and privilege today. And tomorrow, and next Sunday, and for all eternity. — Kevin DeYoung

The secret of the gospel is that we actually do more when we hear less about all we need to do for God and hear more about all that God has already done for us. — Kevin DeYoung

Just about everybody in America likes Jesus, but few like him for who he truly is. — Kevin DeYoung

The next time someone tells you, "The Church is full of a bunch of hypocrites." You can respond, "You don't even know the half of it." — Kevin DeYoung

Most everyone I know feels frazzled and overwhelmed most of the time. — Kevin DeYoung

God is still here, God is still real, and God has not gone anywhere, even if you have. — Kevin DeYoung

If you find yourself mistreated, misunderstood, and mocked as a Christian, take heart, for so they did to the Christ. — Kevin DeYoung

There is nothing gray about whether a follower of Christ should see 50 Shades of Grey. This is a black and white issue. Don’t go. Don’t watch it. Don’t read it. Don’t rent it. — Kevin DeYoung

Busyness does not mean you are a faithful or fruitful Christian. It only means you are busy, just like everyone else. — Kevin DeYoung

We walk into the future in God-glorifying confidence, not because the future is known to us but because it is known to God. — Kevin DeYoung

The only thing more important than ministry is being ministered to. — Kevin DeYoung

God's timing is rarely our timing. — Kevin DeYoung

If you think God has promised this world will be a five-star hotel, you will be miserable as you live through the normal struggles of life. But if you remember that God promised we would be pilgrims and this world may feel more like a desert or even a prison, you might find your life surprisingly happy. — Kevin DeYoung

The goal of revelation is not information only, but affection, worship, and obedience. Christ in us will be realized only as we drink deeply of the Bible, which is God's word outside of us — Kevin DeYoung

You can think too highly of your interpretations of Scripture, but you cannot think too highly of Scriptures interpretation of itself. You can exaggerate your authority in handling the Scriptures, but you cannot exaggerate the Scriptures authority to handle you. You can use the word of God to come to wrong conclusions, but you cannot find any wrong conclusions in the word of God. — Kevin DeYoung

When busyness goes after joy, it goes after everyone's joy. — Kevin DeYoung

Tolerance is a relatively weak virtue; we're called to so much more than that in the body of Christ. — Kevin DeYoung

As the culture war rages on, Lord give us wisdom to see the difference between defending our rights and protesting our slights. — Kevin DeYoung

Am I trying to do good or to make myself look good? — Kevin DeYoung

Not only is holiness the goal of your redemption, it is necessary for your redemption — Kevin DeYoung

The goal of a church is not to have a bigger building or budget but to see the word of God increase and disciples multiply — Kevin DeYoung

If there really is a perfect will of God we are meant to discover, in which we will find tremendous freedom and fulfillment, why does it seem that everyone looking for God's will is in such bondage and confusion? — Kevin DeYoung

Stewarding my time is not about selfishly pursuing only the things I like to do. It’s about effectively serving others in the ways I’m best able to serve and in the ways I am most uniquely called to serve. — Kevin DeYoung

To run hard after holiness is another way of running hard after God. — Kevin DeYoung

We take hold of Christ as his words take hold us. — Kevin DeYoung

Anxiety is simply living out the future before it gets here. — Kevin DeYoung

To build your house on the rock is to hear what Jesus says and obey. To be foolish and build your house on the sand is to hear and ignore. — Kevin DeYoung

Christianity is so much more than getting your doctrine right, but it is not less. — Kevin DeYoung

The man who attempts Christianity without the church shoots himself in the foot, shoots his children in the leg, and shoots his grandchildren in the heart. — Kevin DeYoung

Grace does not lead us to overlook obedience. Grace compels and empowers us for obedience. — Kevin DeYoung

Inerrancy means the word of God always stands over us and we never stand over the word of God. — Kevin DeYoung

The one indispensable requirement for producing godly, mature Christians is godly, mature Christians. — Kevin DeYoung

Sooner could a fish live upon a tree than the wicked in Paradise. — Kevin DeYoung

Try this New Year's resolution: I won't check my phone, my tablet, or my computer until I've first read a chapter in my Bible. — Kevin DeYoung

Don't follow those who can talk a big game about their amazing faith in Christ. Follow people who are actually following Christ. — Kevin DeYoung

The people on this planet who end up doing nothing are those who never realized they couldn't do everything. — Kevin DeYoung

Jesus didn’t do it all. Jesus didn’t meet every need. He left people waiting in line to be healed. He left one town to preach to another. He hid away to pray. He got tired. He never interacted with the vast majority of people on the planet. He spent thirty years in training and only three years in ministry. He did not try to do it all. And yet, he did everything God asked him to do. — Kevin DeYoung

Our God is righteous enough to judge and kind enough to forgive. — Kevin DeYoung

God does have a specific plan for our lives, but it is not one that He expects us to figure out before we make a decision. — Kevin DeYoung

There is no way to work your way to God. There is no way to climb up to heaven. There is only one way, and that is through Christ. — Kevin DeYoung

Holiness is the sum of a million little things — the avoidance of little evils and little foibles, the setting aside of little bits of worldliness and little acts of compromise, the putting to death of little inconsistencies and little indiscretions, the attention to little duties and little dealings, the hard work of little self-denials and little self-restraints, the cultivation of little benevolences and little forbearances. — Kevin DeYoung

The world needs to see Christians burning, not with self-righteous fury at the sliding morals in our country, but with passion for God. — Kevin DeYoung

If we aren’t prepared to be counter-cultural we aren’t ready to be Christians. — Kevin DeYoung

You will never see the preciousness of a Savior, if you do not see the reality of your sin. — Kevin DeYoung

Life Lessons by Kevin DeYoung

1. Kevin DeYoung emphasizes the importance of living a life that is focused on God and His Word. He encourages readers to be intentional about their spiritual growth and to stay humble and obedient to God's will.
2. DeYoung encourages readers to be discerning in their faith, to think critically and to challenge the status quo. He also emphasizes the importance of living a life of integrity and service to others.
3. DeYoung reminds us that our faith should be rooted in the gospel of Jesus Christ and that our lives should be characterized by a love for God and others. He emphasizes the importance of prayer, study, and obedience to God's Word as essential components of a life of faith.