Suffering can refine us rather than destroy us because God himself walks with us in the fire.
TIMOTHY KELLERThis 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.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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The prerequisite for receiving the grace of God is to know you need it.
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Jesus didn’t come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.
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Since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.
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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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How does Satan accuse us? By causing us to look at our sin rather than our Savior.
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Faith is living out and believing what truth is despite what you feel.
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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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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 basic premise of religion– that if you live a good life, things will go well for you– is wrong. Jesus was the most morally upright person who ever lived, yet He had a life filled with the experience of poverty, rejection, injustice, and even torture.
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Love is the effort and desire to make someone else everything they were created to be.
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The key question in order to change you is not ‘What would Jesus do?’ but “What has Jesus done for you?”
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Faith is not primarily a function of how you feel.
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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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It is not the strength of your faith but the object of your faith that actually saves you.
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The sin that is most destructive in your life right now is the one you are most defensive about.
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