Jesus Christ did not suffer so that you would not suffer. He suffered so that when you suffer, you’ll become more like him.
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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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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Money isn’t an idol. It just shows you where your idols are.
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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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Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.
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Faith is not primarily a function of how you feel.
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How does Satan accuse us? By causing us to look at our sin rather than our Savior.
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Where you find your significance is where you find your salvation.
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To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God.
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Our character is mainly shaped by our primary social community – the people with whom we eat, play, converse, and study.
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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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Forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness. To not retaliate is to absorb the cost.
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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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To discover the real you, look at what you spend time thinking about when no one is looking.
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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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If you love anything in this world more than God, you will crush that object under the weight of your expectations.
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