Jesus Christ was treated as we deserved so that when we believe in Jesus, God treats us as Jesus deserves.
TIMOTHY KELLERWhen Job was prospering, he prayed. When he was suffering, he still prayed.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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The prerequisite for receiving the grace of God is to know you need it.
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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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Suffering is unbearable if you aren’t certain that God is for you and with you.
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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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Christians need the gospel as much as non-Christians do.
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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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To fear the Lord is to be overwhelmed with wonder before the greatness of God and his love.
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Love is the effort and desire to make someone else everything they were created to be.
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If I have the smile of God, all other frowns are inconsequential.
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Every single emotion you have should be processed in prayer.
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We tend to see God as a means through which we get things to make us happy. For most of us, He has not become our happiness.
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The Gospel is news of what God has done to reach us. It is not advice about what we must do to reach 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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Faith is not primarily a function of how you feel.
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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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