The world values power, comfort, success, and recognition. Jesus frees us to value grief, sacrifice, weakness, and exclusion.
TIMOTHY KELLERIf I have the smile of God, all other frowns are inconsequential.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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Christians tend to motivate others with guilt. We tend to say: You would do this if you were really committed Christians, indicating that we are committed and all that is needed is for others to become as good as we are!
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Suffering can refine us rather than destroy us because God himself walks with us in the fire.
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No, he was in agony, and he looked down at us – denying him, abandoning him, and betraying him – and in the greatest act of love in history, he STAYED. He said, “Father, forgive them, they don’t know what they are doing.” He loved us, not because we were lovely to him, but to make us lovely.
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Every single emotion you have should be processed in prayer.
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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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It is impossible to forgive someone if you feel superior to him or her.
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Think like a prophet, serve like a priest, and plan like a king.
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In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.
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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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Suffering is unbearable if you aren’t certain that God is for you and with you.
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If anything becomes more fundamental than God to your happiness, meaning of life, and identity then it is an idol.
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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 gospel is not only the way to enter the kingdom; it is the way to live in the kingdom.
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Since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.
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The Christian Gospel is that I am so flawed that Jesus had to die for me, yet I am so loved and valued that Jesus was glad to die for me.
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