Fear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves. Joy-based repentance makes us hate the sin.
TIMOTHY KELLERThe gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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If God is not at the center of your life, something else is.
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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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You dont fall into love. You commit to it. Love is saying I will be there no matter what.
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God invites us to come as we are, not stay as we are.
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The Bible’s purpose is not so much to show you how to live a good life.
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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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If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.
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The Gospel is that Jesus Christ came to earth, lived the life we should have lived and died the death we should have died.
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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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The lack of joy in your life is due to your lack of mission.
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If I have the smile of God, all other frowns are inconsequential.
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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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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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As long as we think we are not that bad, the idea of grace will never change us.
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In the original language, ‘Fear the Lord’ doesn’t mean be afraid. It means sustaining a joyful, astonished awe, and wonder before Him.
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