If you love anything in this world more than God, you will crush that object under the weight of your expectations.
TIMOTHY KELLERThere are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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Men, you’ll never be a good groom to your wife unless you’re first a good bride to Jesus.
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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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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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God 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.
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The purpose of Jesus’s coming is to put the whole world right, to renew and restore the creation, not to escape it.
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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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Jesus Christ was treated as we deserved so that when we believe in Jesus, God treats us as Jesus deserves.
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Every single emotion you have should be processed in prayer.
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Christians tend to motivate others with guilt. We tend to say: You would do this if you were really committed Christians, indicating that we are committed and all that is needed is for others to become as good as we are!
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The Gospel is that Jesus Christ came to earth, lived the life we should have lived and died the death we should have died.
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If I have the smile of God, all other frowns are inconsequential.
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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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Religion: ‘My identity is built on being a good person.’ Gospel: ‘My identity is not built on my record or my performance but on Christ’s.’
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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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Those who understand the gospel cannot possibly look down on anyone.
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