God invites us to come as we are, not stay as we are.
TIMOTHY KELLEROur character is mainly shaped by our primary social community – the people with whom we eat, play, converse, and study.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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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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The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God’s will to mine, but to mold my will into His.
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What you do today is shaped by what you believe about tomorrow.
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Only on the cross do you have a totally holy God and a totally loving God.
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Jesus Christ did not suffer so that you would not suffer. He suffered so that when you suffer, you’ll become more like him.
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It is impossible to forgive someone if you feel superior to him or her.
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You don’t fall in love. You commit to 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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Christ’s resurrection not only gives you hope for the future; it gives you hope to handle your scars right now.
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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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Yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.
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The resurrection was God’s way of stamping PAID IN FULL right across history so that nobody could miss it.
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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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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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