Kevin DeYoung Quotes - Page 6

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

  Kevin DeYoung

  Believe, Holiness, Sanctification

  Twitter post from Apr 11, 2015

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

  Kevin DeYoung

  Numbers, News, Exhausted

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• 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

  Jesus, Sight, Saws

  Twitter post from Jan 23, 2015

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• Legalism is a problem in the church, but so is anti-nomianism. Granted, I don't hear anyone saying, 'Let's continue in sin that grace may abound'. That's the worse form of antinomianism. But strictly speaking, antinomianism simply means no-law, and some Christians have very little place for the law in their pursuit of holiness.

  Kevin DeYoung

  Christian, Mean, Law

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• Sincerity is a Christian virtue, as is honesty about our struggles. But my generation needs to realize that Christianity is more than chic fragility, endless self-revelation, and the coolness that comes with authenticity.

  Kevin DeYoung

  Christian, Honesty, Struggle

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• I'm pretty sure most of us would be more
  fulfilled if we didn't fixate on fulfillment
  quite so much.

  Kevin DeYoung

  Would Be, Fulfillment, Fulfilled

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• We may have the best of intentions in trying to discern God's will, but we should really stop putting ourselves through the misery of overspiritualizing every decision. Our misdirected piety makes following God more mysterious than it was meant to be

  Kevin DeYoung

  Decision, Trying, May

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• 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

  Stars, Struggle, Thinking

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• 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

  Decision, Doe, Figures

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• Just about the worst thing a leader can nurture in his heart is self-pity. And just about the worst thing a leader can do in front of his people is murmur and complain.

  Kevin DeYoung

  Heart, Self, People

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• 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

  Crazy, White, Secret

  Twitter post from Oct 02, 2015

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• 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

  Men, Expression, Waiting

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• Blue Devils may have won today. Devil gonna lose tomorrow.

  Kevin DeYoung

  Blue, Devil, May

  Twitter post from Apr 05, 2015

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

  Kevin DeYoung

  Tolerance, Body, Christ

  Twitter post from Feb 13, 2015

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• Sanctification is not by surrender, but by divinely enabled toil and effort.

  Kevin DeYoung

  Effort, Toil, Surrender

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• 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

  Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Mean

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• It is our confidence in the sovereign grace of God that gives us any hope of success in missions.

  Kevin DeYoung

  Giving, Grace, Sovereign

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