If the church does not identify with the marginalized, it will itself be marginalized. This is God’s poetic justice.
TIMOTHY KELLERTo fear the Lord is to be overwhelmed with wonder before the greatness of God and his love.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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…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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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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No one is too bad for Jesus. A lot of people think they are too good for Jesus.
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To discover the real you, look at what you spend time thinking about when no one is looking.
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If you want God’s grace, all you need is need, all you need is nothing. But that kind of spiritual humility is hard to muster.
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I am going to judge my circumstances by Jesus’ love, not Jesus’ love by my circumstances.
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God looks at the anxious and says, I tore my Son to shreds for you, and you’re afraid I will not give you what you need?
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Tolerance isn’t about not having beliefs. It’s about how your beliefs lead you to treat people who disagree with you.
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God’s grace does not come to people who morally outperform others, but to those who admit their failure to perform and who acknowledge their need for a Savior.
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If you love anything in this world more than God, you will crush that object under the weight of your expectations.
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God relentlessly offers his grace to people who do not deserve it, or seek it, or even appreciate it after they have been saved by it.
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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 more you understand how your salvation isn’t about your behavior, the more radically your behavior will change.
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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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