Where you find your significance is where you find your salvation.
TIMOTHY KELLERWe were designed to know, serve, and love God supremely – and when we are faithful to that design, we flourish.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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Are you living to justify yourself, or are you living because you are justified?
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The Bible’s purpose is not so much to show you how to live a good life.
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Prayer is the way to experience a powerful confidence that God is handling our lives well, that our bad things will turn out for good, our good things cannot be taken from us, and the best things are yet to come.
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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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Christians need the gospel as much as non-Christians do.
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Christ’s resurrection not only gives you hope for the future; it gives you hope to handle your scars right now.
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When Jesus looked down from the cross, he didn’t think “I am giving myself to you because you are so attractive to me.”
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The gospel does not promise you better life circumstances; it promises you a better life.
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We are regularly in danger of having too light a view of our sin and also too light a grasp of what Jesus has done to free us from our sin.
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Success and suffering will either darken your heart or make you wise, but they won’t leave you where you were.
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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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This is why so many churches quench the motivation of people for ministry. In our shoes, Paul would say: Remember the grace God has showered on you—what does living out and enjoying that grace look like in this situation?
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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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No one is too bad for Jesus. A lot of people think they are too good for Jesus.
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