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.
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 didn’t come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.
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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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Christians need the gospel as much as non-Christians do.
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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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If anything becomes more fundamental than God to your happiness, meaning of life, and identity then it is an idol.
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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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Yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.
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If I have the smile of God, all other frowns are inconsequential.
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If your god never disagrees with you, you might just be worshipping an idealized version of yourself.
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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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The gospel does not promise you better life circumstances; it promises you a better life.
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Religion makes us proud of what we have done. The Gospel makes us proud of what Jesus has done.
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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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The main human problems often are that we misidentify what will make us happy; and we ask people and things to save us beyond their ability.
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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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