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.
TIMOTHY KELLERSuccess and suffering will either darken your heart or make you wise, but they won’t leave you where you were.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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…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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Religion makes us proud of what we have done. The Gospel makes us proud of what Jesus has done.
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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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How does Satan accuse us? By causing us to look at our sin rather than our Savior.
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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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Fear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves. Joy-based repentance makes us hate the sin.
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If you want God’s grace, all you need is need, all you need is nothing. But that kind of spiritual humility is hard to muster.
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The basic premise of religion– that if you live a good life, things will go well for you– is wrong. Jesus was the most morally upright person who ever lived, yet He had a life filled with the experience of poverty, rejection, injustice, and even torture.
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There is no way to have a real relationship without becoming vulnerable to hurt. Christmas tells us that God became breakable and fragile.
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The great basis of Christian assurance is not how much our hearts are set on God, but how unshakably his heart is set on us.
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Suffering can refine us rather than destroy us because God himself walks with us in the fire.
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The key question in order to change you is not ‘What would Jesus do?’ but “What has Jesus done for you?”
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Jesus didn’t come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.
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The only person who dares wake up a king at 3:00 AM for a glass of water is a child. We have that kind of access
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The infallible test of spiritual integrity, Jesus says, is your private prayer life.
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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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We come to God saying, “Look at all I’ve done,” or maybe “Look at all I’ve suffered.” God, however, wants us to look to him – to just wash.
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Suffering is unbearable if you aren’t certain that God is for you and with you.
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If I have the smile of God, all other frowns are inconsequential.
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The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe.
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If God is not at the center of your life, something else is.
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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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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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Religion says earn your life. Secular society says create your life. Jesus says, ‘My life for your life.
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Love 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.
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