Quote

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

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Kevin DeYoung
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: January 1
Author
Theologian
Increase
Bigger
Building
Word
Multiply
Goal
Disciples
Church
Disciple
Budget
Budgets

More quotes by Kevin DeYoung

Image
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
Image
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
Image
Grace does not lead us to overlook obedience. Grace compels and empowers us for obedience.
Kevin DeYoung
Image
Our God is righteous enough to judge and kind enough to forgive.
Kevin DeYoung
Image
If we do not worship God, God will not be the lesser for it. But we will.
Kevin DeYoung
Image
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
Image
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
Image
Busyness kills more Christians than bullets.
Kevin DeYoung
Image
Sanctification is not by surrender, but by divinely enabled toil and effort.
Kevin DeYoung
Image
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
Image
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
Image
Let us shout of our God from the rooftops, that the whole world would stand in silence before him.
Kevin DeYoung
Image
Am I trying to do good or to make myself look good?
Kevin DeYoung
Image
God's timing is rarely our timing.
Kevin DeYoung
Image
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
Image
You will never see the preciousness of a Savior, if you do not see the reality of your sin.
Kevin DeYoung
Image
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
Image
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
Image
We take hold of Christ as his words take hold us.
Kevin DeYoung
Image
The word of God is more than enough for the people of God to live their lives to the glory of God
Kevin DeYoung