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.
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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No one is too bad for Jesus. A lot of people think they are too good for Jesus.
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Faith is living out and believing what truth is despite what you feel.
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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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Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.
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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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You dont fall into love. You commit to it. Love is saying I will be there no matter what.
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The way to find your calling is to look at the way you were created. Your gifts have not emerged by accident.
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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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Jesus didn’t come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.
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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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Legalistic remorse says, “I broke God’s rules,” while real repentance says, “I broke God’s heart.”
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You are more sinful than you could dare imagine and you are more loved and accepted than you could ever dare hope.
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If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all that he said; if he didn’t rise from the dead, then why worry about any of what he said? The issue on which everything hangs is not whether or not you like his teaching but whether or not he rose from the dead.
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Fear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves. Joy-based repentance makes us hate the sin.
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The only person who dares wake up a king at 3:00 AM for a glass of water is a child. We have that kind of access
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