Suffering can refine us rather than destroy us because God himself walks with us in the fire.
TIMOTHY KELLERThere is a joy available that the deepest grief cannot put out. No circumstance or person can take away the joy God gives.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.
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When Jesus looked down from the cross, he didn’t think “I am giving myself to you because you are so attractive to me.”
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Money isn’t an idol. It just shows you where your idols are.
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Think like a prophet, serve like a priest, and plan like a king.
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God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He does not leave us as we are.
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The reason the stone was rolled away on Jesus’s tomb was not so that Jesus could get out, but so that we could get in.
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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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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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You are a totally loved moral failure.
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The world values power, comfort, success, and recognition. Jesus frees us to value grief, sacrifice, weakness, and exclusion.
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We have to be careful not to elevate our preferences to moral standards and judge others by them. We only do so to feel superior.
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When Job was prospering, he prayed. When he was suffering, he still prayed.
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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 infallible test of spiritual integrity, Jesus says, is your private prayer life.
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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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