If your god never disagrees with you, you might just be worshipping an idealized version of yourself.
TIMOTHY KELLERThe key question in order to change you is not ‘What would Jesus do?’ but “What has Jesus done for you?”
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God’s will to mine, but to mold my will into His.
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The Gospel is that Jesus Christ came to earth, lived the life we should have lived and died the death we should have died.
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…the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less.
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You can’t live the Christian life without a band of Christian friends, without a family of believers in which you find a place.
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As long as we think we are not that bad, the idea of grace will never change us.
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If I have the smile of God, all other frowns are inconsequential.
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The Bible’s purpose is to show you how God’s grace breaks into your life against your will and saves you from the sin and brokenness otherwise you would never be able to overcome…
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Pride is the carbon-monoxide of Sin. It silently and slowly kills you without you even knowing.
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If God is not at the center of your life, something else is.
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God became someone we could hurt. Why? To get us back… No other religion-whethe r secularism, Greco-Roman paganism, Eastern religion, Judaism, or Islam-believes God became breakable or suffered or had a body.
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The infallible test of spiritual integrity, Jesus says, is your private prayer life.
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I am going to judge my circumstances by Jesus’ love, not Jesus’ love by my circumstances.
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When Jesus looked down from the cross, he didn’t think “I am giving myself to you because you are so attractive to me.”
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God invites us to come as we are, not stay as we are.
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Our character is mainly shaped by our primary social community – the people with whom we eat, play, converse, and study.
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