Religion makes us proud of what we have done. The Gospel makes us proud of what Jesus has done.
TIMOTHY KELLERThe 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.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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You are a totally loved moral failure.
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Every single emotion you have should be processed in prayer.
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Religion is ‘if you obey, then you will be accepted’. But the Gospel is, ‘if you are absolutely accepted, and sure you’re accepted, only then will you ever begin to obey’. Those are two utterly different things. Every page of the Bible shows the difference.
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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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Only on the cross do you have a totally holy God and a totally loving God.
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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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Men, you’ll never be a good groom to your wife unless you’re first a good bride to Jesus.
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The Christian Gospel is that I am so flawed that Jesus had to die for me, yet I am so loved and valued that Jesus was glad to die for me.
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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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How does Satan accuse us? By causing us to look at our sin rather than our Savior.
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If anything becomes more fundamental than God to your happiness, meaning of life, and identity then it is an idol.
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Trust is accepting what God sends into your life whether you understand it or not.
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You can’t live the Christian life without a band of Christian friends, without a family of believers in which you find a place.
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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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Suffering is unbearable if you aren’t certain that God is for you and with you.
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