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.
TIMOTHY KELLERIn religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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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 God is not at the center of your life, something else is.
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Since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.
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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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Men, you’ll never be a good groom to your wife unless you’re first a good bride to Jesus.
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If I have the smile of God, all other frowns are inconsequential.
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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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The Bible’s purpose is to show you how God’s grace breaks into your life against your will and saves you from the sin and brokenness otherwise you would never be able to overcome…
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Prayer is the way to experience a powerful confidence that God is handling our lives well, that our bad things will turn out for good, our good things cannot be taken from us, and the best things are yet to come.
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The lack of joy in your life is due to your lack of mission.
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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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Jesus warns people far more often about greed than about sex, yet almost no one thinks they are guilty of it.
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When we worry we are saying, ‘I know the way my life is supposed to go, and God’s not getting it right’.
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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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