How do you change your behavior? Change what you worship
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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Religion says earn your life. Secular society says create your life. Jesus says, ‘My life for your life.
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If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all that he said; if he didn’t rise from the dead, then why worry about any of what he said? The issue on which everything hangs is not whether or not you like his teaching but whether or not he rose from the dead.
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The Gospel is good news not good advice. Advice = what we should do. News = report of what was done for us.
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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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The Bible’s purpose is not so much to show you how to live a good life.
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If your god never disagrees with you, you might just be worshipping an idealized version of yourself.
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Jesus didn’t come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.
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Suffering is unbearable if you aren’t certain that God is for you and with you.
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Those who understand the gospel cannot possibly look down on anyone.
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Men, you’ll never be a good groom to your wife unless you’re first a good bride to Jesus.
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The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe.
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This is the humbling truth that lies at the heart of Christianity. We love to be our own saviors. Our hearts love to manufacture glory for themselves.
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There is no way to have a real relationship without becoming vulnerable to hurt. Christmas tells us that God became breakable and fragile.
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The great basis of Christian assurance is not how much our hearts are set on God, but how unshakably his heart is set on us.
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We were designed to know, serve, and love God supremely – and when we are faithful to that design, we flourish.
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