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Some Christians need encouragement to think before they act. Others need encouragement to act after they think.

Kevin DeYoung

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Kevin DeYoung
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: January 1
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Sanctification is not by surrender, but by divinely enabled toil and effort.
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Biblical wisdom means living a disciplined and prudent life in the fear of the Lord
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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.
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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.
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You will not find what you want in the world, only in the Father.
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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.
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Sooner could a fish live upon a tree than the wicked in Paradise.
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