There is a joy available that the deepest grief cannot put out. No circumstance or person can take away the joy God gives.
TIMOTHY KELLERTo be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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You are a totally loved moral failure.
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To fear the Lord is to be overwhelmed with wonder before the greatness of God and his love.
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Christ’s resurrection not only gives you hope for the future; it gives you hope to handle your scars right now.
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When we worry we are saying, ‘I know the way my life is supposed to go, and God’s not getting it right’.
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Religion operates on the principle ‘I obey-therefore I am accepted by God.’ But the operating principle of the gospel is ‘I am accepted by God through what Christ has done-therefore I obey.’
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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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What you do today is shaped by what you believe about tomorrow.
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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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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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In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.
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The Gospel is that Jesus Christ came to earth, lived the life we should have lived and died the death we should have died.
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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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Since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.
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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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