Religion: ‘My identity is built on being a good person.’ Gospel: ‘My identity is not built on my record or my performance but on Christ’s.’
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 sin that is most destructive in your life right now is the one you are most defensive about.
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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 our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.
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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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The Bible’s purpose is not so much to show you how to live a good life.
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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 infallible test of spiritual integrity, Jesus says, is your private prayer life.
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When we worry we are saying, ‘I know the way my life is supposed to go, and God’s not getting it right’.
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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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If the church does not identify with the marginalized, it will itself be marginalized. This is God’s poetic justice.
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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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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 gospel does not promise you better life circumstances; it promises you a better life.
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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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If God is not at the center of your life, something else is.
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