God invites us to come as we are, not stay as we are.
TIMOTHY KELLERThe sin that is most destructive in your life right now is the one you are most defensive about.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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How you experience your present is completely shaped by what you believe your ultimate future to be.
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Success and suffering will either darken your heart or make you wise, but they won’t leave you where you were.
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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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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 lack of joy in your life is due to your lack of mission.
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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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To fear the Lord is to be overwhelmed with wonder before the greatness of God and his love.
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It is not the strength of your faith but the object of your faith that actually saves you.
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We come to God saying, “Look at all I’ve done,” or maybe “Look at all I’ve suffered.” God, however, wants us to look to him – to just wash.
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Only on the cross do you have a totally holy God and a totally loving God.
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The prerequisite for receiving the grace of God is to know you need it.
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…Singles, too, must see the penultimate status of marriage. If single Christians don’t develop a deeply fulfilling love relationship with Jesus, they will put too much pressure on their DREAM of marriage, and that will create pathology in their lives as well.
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Prayer should be done regularly, persistently, resolutely, and tenaciously at least daily, whether we feel like it or not.
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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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Love without truth is sentimentality; it supports and affirms us but keeps us in denial about our flaws. Truth without love is harshness; it gives us information but in such a way that we cannot really hear it.
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