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Don't try so hard to be hip. When the Church finds out what is cool, it is not cool anymore.

Kevin DeYoung

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Kevin DeYoung
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: January 1
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Don't follow those who can talk a big game about their amazing faith in Christ. Follow people who are actually following Christ.
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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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Sanctification is not by surrender, but by divinely enabled toil and effort.
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Perhaps God brought you into this mess so that he can bring you out of it for his glory.
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The people on this planet who end up doing nothing are those who never realized they couldn't do everything.
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You will not find what you want in the world, only in the Father.
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If we do not worship God, God will not be the lesser for it. But we will.
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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
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Keep sharing the good news we have not yet exhausted the number of God's elect.
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The only thing more important than ministry is being ministered to.
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Our God is righteous enough to judge and kind enough to forgive.
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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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The reason for your entire salvation, the design behind your deliverance, the purpose for which God chose you in the first place is holiness.
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Walking in the light means we pursue obedience and are honest about our remaining darkness.
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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?
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God is still here, God is still real, and God has not gone anywhere, even if you have.
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Sooner could a fish live upon a tree than the wicked in Paradise.
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God gets glory when his strength shines in our weakness.
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When busyness goes after joy, it goes after everyone's joy.
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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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