If we have not seen our sin and sought radical forgiveness from God, we will be unable to forgive and to seek the good of those who have wronged us.
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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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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It is what we need more than anything. It liberates us from pretense, humbles us out of our self-righteousness, and fortifies us for any difficulty life can throw at 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 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 you experience your present is completely shaped by what you believe your ultimate future to be.
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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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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 lack of joy in your life is due to your lack of mission.
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Love is the effort and desire to make someone else everything they were created to be.
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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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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 Bible’s purpose is not so much to show you how to live a good life.
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When Job was prospering, he prayed. When he was suffering, he still prayed.
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We instinctively tend to limit for whom we exert ourselves. We do it for people like us, and for people whom we like. Jesus will have none of that.
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