Christians tend to motivate others with guilt. We tend to say: You would do this if you were really committed Christians, indicating that we are committed and all that is needed is for others to become as good as we are!
TIMOTHY KELLERThe gospel humbles us into the dust and at the very same time exalts us to the heavens.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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The basic premise of religion– that if you live a good life, things will go well for you– is wrong. Jesus was the most morally upright person who ever lived, yet He had a life filled with the experience of poverty, rejection, injustice, and even torture.
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Where you find your significance is where you find your salvation.
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Generosity is not only about money. There is more than one currency. Let your generosity be pervasive in life.
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Faith is not primarily a function of how you feel.
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Faith is living out and believing what truth is despite what you feel.
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The gospel is not only the way to enter the kingdom; it is the way to live in the kingdom.
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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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To discover the real you, look at what you spend time thinking about when no one is looking.
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Success and suffering will either darken your heart or make you wise, but they won’t leave you where you were.
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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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Our character is mainly shaped by our primary social community – the people with whom we eat, play, converse, and study.
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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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Since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.
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God relentlessly offers his grace to people who do not deserve it, or seek it, or even appreciate it after they have been saved by it.
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You are a totally loved moral failure.
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