There is no way to have a real relationship without becoming vulnerable to hurt. Christmas tells us that God became breakable and fragile.
TIMOTHY KELLERAll human problems are ultimately symptoms, and our separation from God is the cause.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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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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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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If God is not at the center of your life, something else is.
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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 gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe.
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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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When 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.
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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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Religion makes us proud of what we have done. The Gospel makes us proud of what Jesus has done.
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The sin that is most destructive in your life right now is the one you are most defensive about.
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The prerequisite for receiving the grace of God is to know you need it.
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Only on the cross do you have a totally holy God and a totally loving God.
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God relentlessly offers his grace to people who do not deserve it, or seek it, or even appreciate it after they have been saved by it.
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The key question in order to change you is not ‘What would Jesus do?’ but “What has Jesus done for you?”
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