The lack of joy in your life is due to your lack of mission.
TIMOTHY KELLERThe Bible’s purpose is to show you how God’s grace breaks into your life against your will and saves you from the sin and brokenness otherwise you would never be able to overcome…
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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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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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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Love is the effort and desire to make someone else everything they were created to be.
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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 reason the stone was rolled away on Jesus’s tomb was not so that Jesus could get out, but so that we could get in.
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Pride is the carbon-monoxide of Sin. It silently and slowly kills you without you even knowing.
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God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He does not leave us as we are.
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Fear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves. Joy-based repentance makes us hate the sin.
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It’s impossible to have met the real Jesus and be indifferent. You either bow down in wonder OR go away offended.
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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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Jesus Christ did not suffer so that you would not suffer. He suffered so that when you suffer, you’ll become more like him.
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Faith is living out and believing what truth is despite what you feel.
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When love of one’s people becomes an absolute, it turns into racism. When love of equality turns into a supreme thing, it can result in hatred and violence toward anyone who has led a privileged life. It is the settled tendency of human societies to turn good political causes into counterfeit gods.
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Where you find your significance is where you find your salvation.
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