We need to remember that we are saved by grace when we fail. But we need to remember it much more when we succeed.
TIMOTHY KELLERThe only person who dares wake up a king at 3:00 AM for a glass of water is a child. We have that kind of access
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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The reason the stone was rolled away on Jesus’s tomb was not so that Jesus could get out, but so that we could get in.
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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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The Gospel is that Jesus Christ came to earth, lived the life we should have lived and died the death we should have died.
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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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To fear the Lord is to be overwhelmed with wonder before the greatness of God and his love.
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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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Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.
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The Bible’s purpose is to show you how God’s grace breaks into your life against your will and saves you from the sin and brokenness otherwise you would never be able to overcome…
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The Bible’s purpose is not so much to show you how to live a good life.
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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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Yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.
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As long as we think we are not that bad, the idea of grace will never change us.
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It is what we need more than anything. It liberates us from pretense, humbles us out of our self-righteousness, and fortifies us for any difficulty life can throw at us.
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Jesus didn’t come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.
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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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