If God is not at the center of your life, something else is.
TIMOTHY KELLERReligion 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.’
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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In the original language, ‘Fear the Lord’ doesn’t mean be afraid. It means sustaining a joyful, astonished awe, and wonder before Him.
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God invites us to come as we are, not stay as we are.
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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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If you don’t feel like praying, pray to God to give you the desire.
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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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There is a joy available that the deepest grief cannot put out. No circumstance or person can take away the joy God gives.
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This is the humbling truth that lies at the heart of Christianity. We love to be our own saviors. Our hearts love to manufacture glory for themselves.
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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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Where you find your significance is where you find your salvation.
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Suffering is unbearable if you aren’t certain that God is for you and with you.
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There is no way to have a real relationship without becoming vulnerable to hurt. Christmas tells us that God became breakable and fragile.
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If I have the smile of God, all other frowns are inconsequential.
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Forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness. To not retaliate is to absorb the cost.
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If the church does not identify with the marginalized, it will itself be marginalized. This is God’s poetic justice.
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