The Gospel is news of what God has done to reach us. It is not advice about what we must do to reach God.
TIMOTHY KELLER
You dont fall into love. You commit to it. Love is saying I will be there no matter what.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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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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Many times people think if God has called you to something, he’s promising you success. He might be calling you to fail to prepare you for something else through the failure.
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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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God invites us to come as we are, not stay as we are.
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The basic premise of religion– that if you live a good life, things will go well for you– is wrong. Jesus was the most morally upright person who ever lived, yet He had a life filled with the experience of poverty, rejection, injustice, and even torture.
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When Jesus looked down from the cross, he didn’t think “I am giving myself to you because you are so attractive to me.”
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Prayer should be done regularly, persistently, resolutely, and tenaciously at least daily, whether we feel like it or not.
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We instinctively tend to limit for whom we exert ourselves. We do it for people like us, and for people whom we like. Jesus will have none of that.
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When we grasp that we are unworthy sinners saved by an infinitely costly grace, it destroys both our self-righteousn ess and our need to ridicule others.
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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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Christians need the gospel as much as non-Christians do.
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The more you understand how your salvation isn’t about your behavior, the more radically your behavior will change.
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The infallible test of spiritual integrity, Jesus says, is your private prayer life.
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Legalistic remorse says, “I broke God’s rules,” while real repentance says, “I broke God’s heart.”
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