The gospel is not only the way to enter the kingdom; it is the way to live in the kingdom.
TIMOTHY KELLERHow do you change your behavior? Change what you worship
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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 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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Forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness. To not retaliate is to absorb the cost.
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In the original language, ‘Fear the Lord’ doesn’t mean be afraid. It means sustaining a joyful, astonished awe, and wonder before Him.
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Faith is not primarily a function of how you feel.
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There is no way to have a real relationship without becoming vulnerable to hurt. Christmas tells us that God became breakable and fragile.
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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.
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The sin that is most destructive in your life right now is the one you are most defensive about.
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God became someone we could hurt. Why? To get us back… No other religion-whethe r secularism, Greco-Roman paganism, Eastern religion, Judaism, or Islam-believes God became breakable or suffered or had a body.
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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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As long as we think we are not that bad, the idea of grace will never change us.
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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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The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe.
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The Gospel is news of what God has done to reach us. It is not advice about what we must do to reach God.
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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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