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.
TIMOTHY KELLERNo, he was in agony, and he looked down at us – denying him, abandoning him, and betraying him – and in the greatest act of love in history, he STAYED. He said, “Father, forgive them, they don’t know what they are doing.” He loved us, not because we were lovely to him, but to make us lovely.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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Yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.
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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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The more you understand how your salvation isn’t about your behavior, the more radically your behavior will change.
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The lack of joy in your life is due to your lack of mission.
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It is not the strength of your faith but the object of your faith that actually saves you.
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When we grasp that we are unworthy sinners saved by an infinitely costly grace, it destroys both our self-righteousn ess and our need to ridicule others.
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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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You are a totally loved moral failure.
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The Gospel is news of what God has done to reach us. It is not advice about what we must do to reach God.
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…the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less.
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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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Nothing is more important than to learn how to maintain a life of purpose in the midst of painful adversity.
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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.’
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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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