If anything becomes more fundamental than God to your happiness, meaning of life, and identity then it is an idol.
TIMOTHY KELLERGod became someone we could hurt. Why? To get us back… No other religion-whethe r secularism, Greco-Roman paganism, Eastern religion, Judaism, or Islam-believes God became breakable or suffered or had a body.
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 gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe.
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Religion operates on the principle ‘I obey-therefore I am accepted by God.’ But the operating principle of the gospel is ‘I am accepted by God through what Christ has done-therefore I obey.’
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Every single emotion you have should be processed in prayer.
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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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If the church does not identify with the marginalized, it will itself be marginalized. This is God’s poetic justice.
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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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You can’t live the Christian life without a band of Christian friends, without a family of believers in which you find a place.
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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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The prerequisite for receiving the grace of God is to know you need it.
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Generosity is not only about money. There is more than one currency. Let your generosity be pervasive in life.
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How do you change your behavior? Change what you worship
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Think like a prophet, serve like a priest, and plan like a king.
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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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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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