The Gospel is good news not good advice. Advice = what we should do. News = report of what was done for us.
TIMOTHY KELLERThe purpose of Jesus’s coming is to put the whole world right, to renew and restore the creation, not to escape it.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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If the church does not identify with the marginalized, it will itself be marginalized. This is God’s poetic justice.
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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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If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.
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In the original language, ‘Fear the Lord’ doesn’t mean be afraid. It means sustaining a joyful, astonished awe, and wonder before Him.
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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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You are a totally loved moral failure.
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If God is not at the center of your life, something else is.
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We come to God saying, “Look at all I’ve done,” or maybe “Look at all I’ve suffered.” God, however, wants us to look to him – to just wash.
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To discover the real you, look at what you spend time thinking about when no one is looking.
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Faith is living out and believing what truth is despite what you feel.
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You dont fall into love. You commit to it. Love is saying I will be there no matter what.
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…Singles, too, must see the penultimate status of marriage. If single Christians don’t develop a deeply fulfilling love relationship with Jesus, they will put too much pressure on their DREAM of marriage, and that will create pathology in their lives as well.
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If we have not seen our sin and sought radical forgiveness from God, we will be unable to forgive and to seek the good of those who have wronged us.
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When Job was prospering, he prayed. When he was suffering, he still prayed.
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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 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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No one is too bad for Jesus. A lot of people think they are too good for Jesus.
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Love without truth is sentimentality; it supports and affirms us but keeps us in denial about our flaws. Truth without love is harshness; it gives us information but in such a way that we cannot really hear it.
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God invites us to come as we are, not stay as we are.
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Suffering is unbearable if you aren’t certain that God is for you and with you.
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God’s grace does not come to people who morally outperform others, but to those who admit their failure to perform and who acknowledge their need for a Savior.
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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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Are you living to justify yourself, or are you living because you are justified?
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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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Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.
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When love of one’s people becomes an absolute, it turns into racism. When love of equality turns into a supreme thing, it can result in hatred and violence toward anyone who has led a privileged life. It is the settled tendency of human societies to turn good political causes into counterfeit gods.
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