If you want God’s grace, all you need is need, all you need is nothing. But that kind of spiritual humility is hard to muster.
TIMOTHY KELLERWhen Jesus looked down from the cross, he didn’t think “I am giving myself to you because you are so attractive to me.”
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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The gospel humbles us into the dust and at the very same time exalts us to the heavens.
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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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The more you understand how your salvation isn’t about your behavior, the more radically your behavior will change.
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Money isn’t an idol. It just shows you where your idols are.
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The lack of joy in your life is due to your lack of mission.
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If anything becomes more fundamental than God to your happiness, meaning of life, and identity then it is an idol.
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It is what we need more than anything. It liberates us from pretense, humbles us out of our self-righteousness, and fortifies us for any difficulty life can throw at us.
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In the original language, ‘Fear the Lord’ doesn’t mean be afraid. It means sustaining a joyful, astonished awe, and wonder before Him.
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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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I am going to judge my circumstances by Jesus’ love, not Jesus’ love by my circumstances.
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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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We tend to see God as a means through which we get things to make us happy. For most of us, He has not become our happiness.
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Our character is mainly shaped by our primary social community – the people with whom we eat, play, converse, and study.
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There is a joy available that the deepest grief cannot put out. No circumstance or person can take away the joy God gives.
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The gospel is not only the way to enter the kingdom; it is the way to live in the kingdom.
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