Forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness. To not retaliate is to absorb the cost.
TIMOTHY KELLERIf you love anything in this world more than God, you will crush that object under the weight of your expectations.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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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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There are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.
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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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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 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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Religion makes us proud of what we have done. The Gospel makes us proud of what Jesus has done.
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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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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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The prerequisite for receiving the grace of God is to know you need it.
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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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The world values power, comfort, success, and recognition. Jesus frees us to value grief, sacrifice, weakness, and exclusion.
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So we find messages of self-salvation extremely attractive, whether they are religious (Keep these rules and you earn eternal blessing) or secular (Grab hold of these things and you’ll experience blessing now).
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The gospel humbles us into the dust and at the very same time exalts us to the heavens.
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We were designed to know, serve, and love God supremely – and when we are faithful to that design, we flourish.
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