Faith is living out and believing what truth is despite what you feel.
TIMOTHY KELLERThe Gospel is that Jesus Christ came to earth, lived the life we should have lived and died the death we should have died.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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I am going to judge my circumstances by Jesus’ love, not Jesus’ love by my circumstances.
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We need to remember that we are saved by grace when we fail. But we need to remember it much more when we succeed.
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God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He does not leave us as we are.
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Where you find your significance is where you find your salvation.
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Religion is ‘if you obey, then you will be accepted’. But the Gospel is, ‘if you are absolutely accepted, and sure you’re accepted, only then will you ever begin to obey’. Those are two utterly different things. Every page of the Bible shows the difference.
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If God is not at the center of your life, something else is.
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Every single emotion you have should be processed in prayer.
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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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How does Satan accuse us? By causing us to look at our sin rather than our Savior.
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Tolerance isn’t about not having beliefs. It’s about how your beliefs lead you to treat people who disagree with you.
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The gospel does not promise you better life circumstances; it promises you a better life.
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The purpose of Jesus’s coming is to put the whole world right, to renew and restore the creation, not to escape it.
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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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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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Suffering is unbearable if you aren’t certain that God is for you and with you.
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