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.
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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What you do today is shaped by what you believe about tomorrow.
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Suffering is unbearable if you aren’t certain that God is for you and with you.
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The way to find your calling is to look at the way you were created. Your gifts have not emerged by accident.
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In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.
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Generosity is not only about money. There is more than one currency. Let your generosity be pervasive in life.
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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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How do you change your behavior? Change what you worship
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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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It is impossible to forgive someone if you feel superior to him or her.
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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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We instinctively tend to limit for whom we exert ourselves. We do it for people like us, and for people whom we like. Jesus will have none of that.
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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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Christians need the gospel as much as non-Christians do.
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Trust is accepting what God sends into your life whether you understand it or not.
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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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