You can’t live the Christian life without a band of Christian friends, without a family of believers in which you find a place.
TIMOTHY KELLERWhen Job was prospering, he prayed. When he was suffering, he still prayed.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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The gospel does not promise you better life circumstances; it promises you a better life.
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If your god never disagrees with you, you might just be worshipping an idealized version of yourself.
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In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.
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The more you understand how your salvation isn’t about your behavior, the more radically your behavior will change.
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Worry is not believing God will get it right, and bitterness is believing God got it wrong.
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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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If I have the smile of God, all other frowns are inconsequential.
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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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When I forget the gospel I become dependent on the smiles and evaluation of others.
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When we grasp that we are unworthy sinners saved by an infinitely costly grace, it destroys both our self-righteousn ess and our need to ridicule others.
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Where you find your significance is where you find your salvation.
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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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The main human problems often are that we misidentify what will make us happy; and we ask people and things to save us beyond their ability.
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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 Bible’s purpose is not so much to show you how to live a good life.
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