Legalistic remorse says, “I broke God’s rules,” while real repentance says, “I broke God’s heart.”
TIMOTHY KELLERWhen 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.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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We were designed to know, serve, and love God supremely – and when we are faithful to that design, we flourish.
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The cross is the place where the Judge takes the Judgment.
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Suffering is unbearable if you aren’t certain that God is for you and with you.
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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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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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The gospel humbles us into the dust and at the very same time exalts us to the heavens.
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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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Faith is living out and believing what truth is despite what you feel.
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Jesus Christ did not suffer so that you would not suffer. He suffered so that when you suffer, you’ll become more like him.
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Religion says earn your life. Secular society says create your life. Jesus says, ‘My life for your life.
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You don’t fall in love. You commit to it.
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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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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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The world values power, comfort, success, and recognition. Jesus frees us to value grief, sacrifice, weakness, and exclusion.
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Christians need the gospel as much as non-Christians do.
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