This is the humbling truth that lies at the heart of Christianity. We love to be our own saviors. Our hearts love to manufacture glory for themselves.
TIMOTHY KELLERThe basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God’s will to mine, but to mold my will into His.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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If you want God’s grace, all you need is need, all you need is nothing. But that kind of spiritual humility is hard to muster.
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Jesus Christ was treated as we deserved so that when we believe in Jesus, God treats us as Jesus deserves.
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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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All human problems are ultimately symptoms, and our separation from God is the cause.
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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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The great basis of Christian assurance is not how much our hearts are set on God, but how unshakably his heart is set on us.
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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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You are more sinful than you could dare imagine and you are more loved and accepted than you could ever dare hope.
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If God is not at the center of your life, something else is.
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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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The cross is the place where the Judge takes the Judgment.
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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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We have to be careful not to elevate our preferences to moral standards and judge others by them. We only do so to feel superior.
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If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all that he said; if he didn’t rise from the dead, then why worry about any of what he said? The issue on which everything hangs is not whether or not you like his teaching but whether or not he rose from the dead.
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