If I have the smile of God, all other frowns are inconsequential.
TIMOTHY KELLERSince they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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Worry is not believing God will get it right, and bitterness is believing God got it wrong.
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Love is the effort and desire to make someone else everything they were created to be.
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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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…the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less.
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Christianity does not provide the reason for each experience of pain, but it does provide deep resources for actually facing suffering with hope and courage rather than bitterness and despair
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Nothing is more important than to learn how to maintain a life of purpose in the midst of painful adversity.
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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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Jesus didn’t come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.
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If God is not at the center of your life, something else is.
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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 your god never disagrees with you, you might just be worshipping an idealized version of yourself.
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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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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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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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