It is not the strength of your faith but the object of your faith that actually saves you.
TIMOTHY KELLERWe 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.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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When love of one’s people becomes an absolute, it turns into racism. When love of equality turns into a supreme thing, it can result in hatred and violence toward anyone who has led a privileged life. It is the settled tendency of human societies to turn good political causes into counterfeit gods.
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Every single emotion you have should be processed in prayer.
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Faith is not primarily a function of how you feel.
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If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all that he said; if he didn’t rise from the dead, then why worry about any of what he said? The issue on which everything hangs is not whether or not you like his teaching but whether or not he rose from the dead.
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Are you living to justify yourself, or are you living because you are justified?
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The main human problems often are that we misidentify what will make us happy; and we ask people and things to save us beyond their ability.
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Jesus didn’t come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.
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Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.
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You are a totally loved moral failure.
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God invites us to come as we are, not stay as we are.
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Religion: ‘My identity is built on being a good person.’ Gospel: ‘My identity is not built on my record or my performance but on Christ’s.’
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After creation God said, ‘It is finished’-and he rested. After redemption Jesus said, ‘It is finished’-and we can rest.
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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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The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God’s will to mine, but to mold my will into His.
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The gospel humbles us into the dust and at the very same time exalts us to the heavens.
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