Jesus didn’t come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.
TIMOTHY KELLER…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.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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It is impossible to forgive someone if you feel superior to him or her.
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The Gospel is good news not good advice. Advice = what we should do. News = report of what was done for us.
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You are more sinful than you could dare imagine and you are more loved and accepted than you could ever dare hope.
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Worry is not believing God will get it right, and bitterness is believing God got it wrong.
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If God is not at the center of your life, something else is.
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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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I am going to judge my circumstances by Jesus’ love, not Jesus’ love by my circumstances.
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So we find messages of self-salvation extremely attractive, whether they are religious (Keep these rules and you earn eternal blessing) or secular (Grab hold of these things and you’ll experience blessing now).
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Faith is living out and believing what truth is despite what you feel.
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Religion is ‘if you obey, then you will be accepted’. But the Gospel is, ‘if you are absolutely accepted, and sure you’re accepted, only then will you ever begin to obey’. Those are two utterly different things. Every page of the Bible shows the difference.
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Money isn’t an idol. It just shows you where your idols are.
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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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The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God’s will to mine, but to mold my will into His.
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We were designed to know, serve, and love God supremely – and when we are faithful to that design, we flourish.
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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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