The Christian Gospel is that I am so flawed that Jesus had to die for me, yet I am so loved and valued that Jesus was glad to die for me.
TIMOTHY KELLERGod invites us to come as we are, not stay as we are.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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The key question in order to change you is not ‘What would Jesus do?’ but “What has Jesus done for you?”
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Love is the effort and desire to make someone else everything they were created to be.
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Christians need the gospel as much as non-Christians do.
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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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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.
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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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In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.
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The prerequisite for receiving the grace of God is to know you need it.
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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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Generosity is not only about money. There is more than one currency. Let your generosity be pervasive in life.
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You can’t live the Christian life without a band of Christian friends, without a family of believers in which you find a place.
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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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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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How does Satan accuse us? By causing us to look at our sin rather than our Savior.
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