I am going to judge my circumstances by Jesus’ love, not Jesus’ love by my circumstances.
TIMOTHY KELLERTolerance isn’t about not having beliefs. It’s about how your beliefs lead you to treat people who disagree with you.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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No, he was in agony, and he looked down at us – denying him, abandoning him, and betraying him – and in the greatest act of love in history, he STAYED. He said, “Father, forgive them, they don’t know what they are doing.” He loved us, not because we were lovely to him, but to make us lovely.
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Where you find your significance is where you find your salvation.
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We need to remember that we are saved by grace when we fail. But we need to remember it much more when we succeed.
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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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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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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 this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe.
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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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It is impossible to forgive someone if you feel superior to him or her.
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The Gospel is good news not good advice. Advice = what we should do. News = report of what was done for us.
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Since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.
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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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How do you change your behavior? Change what you worship
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When I forget the gospel I become dependent on the smiles and evaluation of others.
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If anything becomes more fundamental than God to your happiness, meaning of life, and identity then it is an idol.
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