Faith is living out and believing what truth is despite what you feel.
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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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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The prerequisite for receiving the grace of God is to know you need it.
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Money isn’t an idol. It just shows you where your idols are.
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Christ did not suffer so you wouldn’t suffer. He suffered so when you suffer you will become like Him.
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Only on the cross do you have a totally holy God and a totally loving God.
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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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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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The world values power, comfort, success, and recognition. Jesus frees us to value grief, sacrifice, weakness, and exclusion.
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If God is not at the center of your life, something else is.
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The resurrection was God’s way of stamping PAID IN FULL right across history so that nobody could miss it.
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Jesus Christ was treated as we deserved so that when we believe in Jesus, God treats us as Jesus deserves.
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It’s impossible to have met the real Jesus and be indifferent. You either bow down in wonder OR go away offended.
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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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Generosity is not only about money. There is more than one currency. Let your generosity be pervasive in life.
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The Bible says that our real problem is that every one of us is building our identity on something besides Jesus.
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