The gospel humbles us into the dust and at the very same time exalts us to the heavens.
TIMOTHY KELLERIt is not the strength of your faith but the object of your faith that actually saves you.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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Success and suffering will either darken your heart or make you wise, but they won’t leave you where you were.
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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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If you love anything in this world more than God, you will crush that object under the weight of your expectations.
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We are regularly in danger of having too light a view of our sin and also too light a grasp of what Jesus has done to free us from our sin.
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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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Christ did not suffer so you wouldn’t suffer. He suffered so when you suffer you will become like Him.
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The 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
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Men, you’ll never be a good groom to your wife unless you’re first a good bride to Jesus.
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God invites us to come as we are, not stay as we are.
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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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Generosity is not only about money. There is more than one currency. Let your generosity be pervasive in life.
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No, he was in agony, and he looked down at us – denying him, abandoning him, and betraying him – and in the greatest act of love in history, he STAYED. He said, “Father, forgive them, they don’t know what they are doing.” He loved us, not because we were lovely to him, but to make us lovely.
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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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The more you understand how your salvation isn’t about your behavior, the more radically your behavior will change.
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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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