Religion says earn your life. Secular society says create your life. Jesus says, ‘My life for your life.
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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Many times people think if God has called you to something, he’s promising you success. He might be calling you to fail to prepare you for something else through the failure.
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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 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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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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Money isn’t an idol. It just shows you where your idols are.
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If anything becomes more fundamental than God to your happiness, meaning of life, and identity then it is an idol.
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God looks at the anxious and says, I tore my Son to shreds for you, and you’re afraid I will not give you what you need?
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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 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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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.
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If God is not at the center of your life, something else is.
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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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Trust is accepting what God sends into your life whether you understand it or not.
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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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All human problems are ultimately symptoms, and our separation from God is the cause.
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