In the original language, ‘Fear the Lord’ doesn’t mean be afraid. It means sustaining a joyful, astonished awe, and wonder before Him.
TIMOTHY KELLERYou can’t live the Christian life without a band of Christian friends, without a family of believers in which you find a place.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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Success and suffering will either darken your heart or make you wise, but they won’t leave you where you were.
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The Gospel is news of what God has done to reach us. It is not advice about what we must do to reach God.
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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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No one is too bad for Jesus. A lot of people think they are too good for Jesus.
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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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You are more sinful than you could dare imagine and you are more loved and accepted than you could ever dare hope.
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Since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.
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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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So we find messages of self-salvation extremely attractive, whether they are religious (Keep these rules and you earn eternal blessing) or secular (Grab hold of these things and you’ll experience blessing now).
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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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God’s grace does not come to people who morally outperform others, but to those who admit their failure to perform and who acknowledge their need for a Savior.
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I am going to judge my circumstances by Jesus’ love, not Jesus’ love by my circumstances.
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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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When I forget the gospel I become dependent on the smiles and evaluation of others.
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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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Faith is not primarily a function of how you feel.
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To discover the real you, look at what you spend time thinking about when no one is looking.
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If your god never disagrees with you, you might just be worshipping an idealized version of yourself.
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Faith is living out and believing what truth is despite what you feel.
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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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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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If you don’t feel like praying, pray to God to give you the desire.
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Money isn’t an idol. It just shows you where your idols are.
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Prayer is the way to experience a powerful confidence that God is handling our lives well, that our bad things will turn out for good, our good things cannot be taken from us, and the best things are yet to come.
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The great basis of Christian assurance is not how much our hearts are set on God, but how unshakably his heart is set on us.
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