We need to remember that we are saved by grace when we fail. But we need to remember it much more when we succeed.
TIMOTHY KELLERLove 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.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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Christianity does not provide the reason for each experience of pain, but it does provide deep resources for actually facing suffering with hope and courage rather than bitterness and despair
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Suffering is unbearable if you aren’t certain that God is for you and with you.
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The Bible’s purpose is not so much to show you how to live a good life.
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Faith is not primarily a function of how you feel.
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Prayer should be done regularly, persistently, resolutely, and tenaciously at least daily, whether we feel like it or not.
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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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If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.
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To fear the Lord is to be overwhelmed with wonder before the greatness of God and his love.
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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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How do you change your behavior? Change what you worship
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Money isn’t an idol. It just shows you where your idols are.
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When love of one’s people becomes an absolute, it turns into racism. When love of equality turns into a supreme thing, it can result in hatred and violence toward anyone who has led a privileged life. It is the settled tendency of human societies to turn good political causes into counterfeit gods.
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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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It is not the strength of your faith but the object of your faith that actually saves you.
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