…Singles, too, must see the penultimate status of marriage. If single Christians don’t develop a deeply fulfilling love relationship with Jesus, they will put too much pressure on their DREAM of marriage, and that will create pathology in their lives as well.
TIMOTHY KELLEREveryone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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Christians need the gospel as much as non-Christians do.
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The cross is the place where the Judge takes the Judgment.
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Faith is living out and believing what truth is despite what you feel.
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Since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.
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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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What you do today is shaped by what you believe about tomorrow.
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The purpose of Jesus’s coming is to put the whole world right, to renew and restore the creation, not to escape it.
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There are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.
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Nothing is more important than to learn how to maintain a life of purpose in the midst of painful adversity.
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Many times people think if God has called you to something, he’s promising you success. He might be calling you to fail to prepare you for something else through the failure.
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Money isn’t an idol. It just shows you where your idols are.
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The reason the stone was rolled away on Jesus’s tomb was not so that Jesus could get out, but so that we could get in.
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The infallible test of spiritual integrity, Jesus says, is your private prayer life.
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Religion operates on the principle ‘I obey-therefore I am accepted by God.’ But the operating principle of the gospel is ‘I am accepted by God through what Christ has done-therefore I obey.’
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The lack of joy in your life is due to your lack of mission.
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