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The infallible test of spiritual integrity, Jesus says, is your private prayer life.

Timothy Keller

It is not the strength of your faith but the object of your faith that actually saves you.
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Actually Faith Object Save Strength
Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.
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Accountability Commitment Everyone Friendship People Run Running Say Way
No, he was in agony, and he looked down at us – denying him, abandoning him, and betraying him – and in the greatest act of love in history, he STAYED. He said, “Father, forgive them, they don’t know what they are doing.” He loved us, not because we were lovely to him, but to make us lovely.
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Aband Agony Betray Do Down Father Greatest History Look Love Make
Legalistic remorse says, “I broke God’s rules,” while real repentance says, “I broke God’s heart.”
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Broke Christian God Heart Heartbreak Legislation Remorse Repentance Rule Say
Faith is living out and believing what truth is despite what you feel.
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Despite Faith Feel Living Out Truth
How do you change your behavior? Change what you worship
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Behavior Bless Change Worship
This leads to deep humility and deep confidence at the same time. It undermines both swaggering and sniveling. I cannot feel superior to anyone, and yet I have nothing to prove to anyone. I do not think more of myself nor less of myself. Instead, I think of myself less.
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Anyone Deed Humanity Less Myself Nothing Superior Swagger Think Undermine
When I forget the gospel I become dependent on the smiles and evaluation of others.
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Dependent Evaluation Forget Other Smile
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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Advice Done God Gospel News Reach Rech
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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Bless Eternal Experience Many People Promise Succes Thing Time
Tolerance isn’t about not having beliefs. It’s about how your beliefs lead you to treat people who disagree with you.
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Belief Disagree People Tolerance Treat
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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Both Cost Destroy Grace Grasp Infinitely Need Ridicule Righteousness Save Self Sinner Unworthy
Since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.
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Character Doctrine Grace Perfect Save Sheer Since Strong
The gospel does not promise you better life circumstances; it promises you a better life.
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Better Circumstance Gospel Life Promise
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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Changing Dead Everything Jesus Life Rose Said Teach Worry
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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Careful Elevate Feel Judge Judging Moral Preference Standard Superior

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