We were designed to know, serve, and love God supremely – and when we are faithful to that design, we flourish.
TIMOTHY KELLERThe Gospel is good news not good advice. Advice = what we should do. News = report of what was done for us.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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The infallible test of spiritual integrity, Jesus says, is your private prayer life.
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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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Fear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves. Joy-based repentance makes us hate the sin.
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When I forget the gospel I become dependent on the smiles and evaluation of others.
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You don’t fall in love. You commit to it.
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The Christian Gospel is that I am so flawed that Jesus had to die for me, yet I am so loved and valued that Jesus was glad to die for me.
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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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A life of gratitude to God for being saved is far more pleasing than a life based on self-righteousness over being good.
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As long as we think we are not that bad, the idea of grace will never change us.
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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 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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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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You dont fall into love. You commit to it. Love is saying I will be there no matter what.
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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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It is not the strength of your faith but the object of your faith that actually saves you.
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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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How do you change your behavior? Change what you worship
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Jesus warns people far more often about greed than about sex, yet almost no one thinks they are guilty of it.
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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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To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God.
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In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.
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Think like a prophet, serve like a priest, and plan like a king.
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Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.
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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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All human problems are ultimately symptoms, and our separation from God is the cause.
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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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