The Bible says that our real problem is that every one of us is building our identity on something besides Jesus.
TIMOTHY KELLERFaith is living out and believing what truth is despite what you feel.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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Love is the effort and desire to make someone else everything they were created to be.
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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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All human problems are ultimately symptoms, and our separation from God is the cause.
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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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There is a joy available that the deepest grief cannot put out. No circumstance or person can take away the joy God gives.
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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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Religion operates on the principle ‘I obey-therefore I am accepted by God.’ But the operating principle of the gospel is ‘I am accepted by God through what Christ has done-therefore I obey.’
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Religion makes us proud of what we have done. The Gospel makes us proud of what Jesus has done.
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When we worry we are saying, ‘I know the way my life is supposed to go, and God’s not getting it right’.
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The infallible test of spiritual integrity, Jesus says, is your private prayer life.
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The way to find your calling is to look at the way you were created. Your gifts have not emerged by accident.
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This is why so many churches quench the motivation of people for ministry. In our shoes, Paul would say: Remember the grace God has showered on you—what does living out and enjoying that grace look like in this situation?
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The gospel does not promise you better life circumstances; it promises you a better life.
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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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Forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness. To not retaliate is to absorb the cost.
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