241 Quotes by Kevin DeYoung

We are busy because we try to do too many things. We do too many things because we say yes to too many people. We say yes to all these people because we want them to like us and we fear their disapproval.

We’re not only living lives of vanity; our passion for God is often nothing more than a passion to have God make our search for vanity a successful one.

We don’t expect to be able to buy anything we want, because we know there is a limit to our money. But somehow we live as if time knew no bounds, when in fact time is much more limited than money.

If we do not worship God, God will not be the lesser for it. But we will.

Good works should always be rooted in the good news.

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.

Opening our home to others is a wonderful gift and a neglected discipline in the church.

Esther was more man than most men I know, myself included. Many of us – men and women – are extremely passive and cowardly. We don’t take risks for God because we are obsessed with safety, security, and most of all, with the future.

But when interpreted correctly – paying attention to the original context, considering the literary genre, thinking through authorial intent – the Bible is never wrong in what it affirms and must never be marginalized as anything less than the last word on everything it teaches.