We are regularly in danger of having too light a view of our sin and also too light a grasp of what Jesus has done to free us from our sin.
TIMOTHY KELLERThe Gospel is news of what God has done to reach us. It is not advice about what we must do to reach God.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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If you don’t feel like praying, pray to God to give you the desire.
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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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Love is the effort and desire to make someone else everything they were created to be.
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Only on the cross do you have a totally holy God and a totally loving God.
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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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God invites us to come as we are, not stay as we are.
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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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It is what we need more than anything. It liberates us from pretense, humbles us out of our self-righteousness, and fortifies us for any difficulty life can throw at us.
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All human problems are ultimately symptoms, and our separation from God is the cause.
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Jesus Christ did not suffer so that you would not suffer. He suffered so that when you suffer, you’ll become more like him.
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How you experience your present is completely shaped by what you believe your ultimate future to be.
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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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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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What you do today is shaped by what you believe about tomorrow.
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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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