If your god never disagrees with you, you might just be worshipping an idealized version of yourself.
TIMOTHY KELLERIf 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.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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The Christian Gospel is that I am so flawed that Jesus had to die for me, yet I am so loved and valued that Jesus was glad to die for me.
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The gospel humbles us into the dust and at the very same time exalts us to the heavens.
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Suffering can refine us rather than destroy us because God himself walks with us in the fire.
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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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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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Are you living to justify yourself, or are you living because you are justified?
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In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.
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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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If I have the smile of God, all other frowns are inconsequential.
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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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God invites us to come as we are, not stay as we are.
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Christians need the gospel as much as non-Christians do.
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There is a joy available that the deepest grief cannot put out. No circumstance or person can take away the joy God gives.
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The key question in order to change you is not ‘What would Jesus do?’ but “What has Jesus done for you?”
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Where you find your significance is where you find your salvation.
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