…the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less.
TIMOTHY KELLERWhen we grasp that we are unworthy sinners saved by an infinitely costly grace, it destroys both our self-righteousn ess and our need to ridicule others.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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The lack of joy in your life is due to your lack of mission.
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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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The Bible says that our real problem is that every one of us is building our identity on something besides Jesus.
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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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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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We were designed to know, serve, and love God supremely – and when we are faithful to that design, we flourish.
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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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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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To discover the real you, look at what you spend time thinking about when no one is looking.
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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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Religion makes us proud of what we have done. The Gospel makes us proud of what Jesus has done.
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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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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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All human problems are ultimately symptoms, and our separation from God is the cause.
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There are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.
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