The Gospel is news of what God has done to reach us. It is not advice about what we must do to reach God.
TIMOTHY KELLER…the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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The sin that is most destructive in your life right now is the one you are most defensive about.
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…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.
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Think like a prophet, serve like a priest, and plan like a king.
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The main human problems often are that we misidentify what will make us happy; and we ask people and things to save us beyond their ability.
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When Jesus looked down from the cross, he didn’t think “I am giving myself to you because you are so attractive to me.”
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Love is the effort and desire to make someone else everything they were created to be.
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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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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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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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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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Christianity does not provide the reason for each experience of pain, but it does provide deep resources for actually facing suffering with hope and courage rather than bitterness and despair
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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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Religion says earn your life. Secular society says create your life. Jesus says, ‘My life for your life.
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The Bible’s purpose is to show you how God’s grace breaks into your life against your will and saves you from the sin and brokenness otherwise you would never be able to overcome…
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