If the church does not identify with the marginalized, it will itself be marginalized. This is God’s poetic justice.
TIMOTHY KELLERYou are a totally loved moral failure.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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Money isn’t an idol. It just shows you where your idols are.
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Love without truth is sentimentality; it supports and affirms us but keeps us in denial about our flaws. Truth without love is harshness; it gives us information but in such a way that we cannot really hear it.
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To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God.
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Since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.
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Jesus warns people far more often about greed than about sex, yet almost no one thinks they are guilty of it.
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Only on the cross do you have a totally holy God and a totally loving God.
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The only person who dares wake up a king at 3:00 AM for a glass of water is a child. We have that kind of access
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The lack of joy in your life is due to your lack of mission.
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God invites us to come as we are, not stay as we are.
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The cross is the place where the Judge takes the Judgment.
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Think like a prophet, serve like a priest, and plan like a king.
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Religion makes us proud of what we have done. The Gospel makes us proud of what Jesus has done.
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We come to God saying, “Look at all I’ve done,” or maybe “Look at all I’ve suffered.” God, however, wants us to look to him – to just wash.
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Legalistic remorse says, “I broke God’s rules,” while real repentance says, “I broke God’s heart.”
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How you experience your present is completely shaped by what you believe your ultimate future to be.
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