You are more sinful than you could dare imagine and you are more loved and accepted than you could ever dare hope.
TIMOTHY KELLERLegalistic remorse says, “I broke God’s rules,” while real repentance says, “I broke God’s heart.”
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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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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If your god never disagrees with you, you might just be worshipping an idealized version of yourself.
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Money isn’t an idol. It just shows you where your idols are.
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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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If you love anything in this world more than God, you will crush that object under the weight of your expectations.
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The Bible says that our real problem is that every one of us is building our identity on something besides Jesus.
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Only on the cross do you have a totally holy God and a totally loving God.
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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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Fear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves. Joy-based repentance makes us hate the sin.
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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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Trust is accepting what God sends into your life whether you understand it or not.
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God relentlessly offers his grace to people who do not deserve it, or seek it, or even appreciate it after they have been saved by it.
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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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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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