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Jesus didn’t come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.

Timothy Keller

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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Appreciate Deserve God Grace Offer People Relentlessly Save Seek
The sin that is most destructive in your life right now is the one you are most defensive about.
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Destructive Life Now Right Sin
We have to be careful not to elevate our preferences to moral standards and judge others by them. We only do so to feel superior.
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Careful Elevate Feel Judge Judging Moral Preference Standard Superior
No, he was in agony, and he looked down at us – denying him, abandoning him, and betraying him – and in the greatest act of love in history, he STAYED. He said, “Father, forgive them, they don’t know what they are doing.” He loved us, not because we were lovely to him, but to make us lovely.
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Aband Agony Betray Do Down Father Greatest History Look Love Make
Legalistic remorse says, “I broke God’s rules,” while real repentance says, “I broke God’s heart.”
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Broke Christian God Heart Heartbreak Legislation Remorse Repentance Rule Say
God looks at the anxious and says, I tore my Son to shreds for you, and you’re afraid I will not give you what you need?
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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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Almost Greed Guilty Jesus More People Sex Think Warm
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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Besides Bible Building Every Identity Jesus One Problem Real Say Something
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.
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Changing Dead Everything Jesus Life Rose Said Teach Worry
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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Become Christ Jesus Like More Suffer
This is the humbling truth that lies at the heart of Christianity. We love to be our own saviors. Our hearts love to manufacture glory for themselves.
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Christianity Heart Humble Lying Religious Truth
Our character is mainly shaped by our primary social community – the people with whom we eat, play, converse, and study.
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Character Community Converse Eat Mainly Person Play Primarily Social Strap Study
The gospel is not only the way to enter the kingdom; it is the way to live in the kingdom.
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Enter Gospel Kingdom Live Only Way
Think like a prophet, serve like a priest, and plan like a king.
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King Like Plan Priest Prophet Think
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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Based Being Good Gratitude Life Over Righteousness Save Self
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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