Tolerance isn’t about not having beliefs. It’s about how your beliefs lead you to treat people who disagree with you.
TIMOTHY KELLERThe gospel does not promise you better life circumstances; it promises you a better life.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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God became someone we could hurt. Why? To get us back… No other religion-whethe r secularism, Greco-Roman paganism, Eastern religion, Judaism, or Islam-believes God became breakable or suffered or had a body.
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The lack of joy in your life is due to your lack of mission.
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The great basis of Christian assurance is not how much our hearts are set on God, but how unshakably his heart is set on us.
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So we find messages of self-salvation extremely attractive, whether they are religious (Keep these rules and you earn eternal blessing) or secular (Grab hold of these things and you’ll experience blessing now).
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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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If your god never disagrees with you, you might just be worshipping an idealized version of yourself.
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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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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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If anything becomes more fundamental than God to your happiness, meaning of life, and identity then it is an idol.
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Pride is the carbon-monoxide of Sin. It silently and slowly kills you without you even knowing.
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What you do today is shaped by what you believe about tomorrow.
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Legalistic remorse says, “I broke God’s rules,” while real repentance says, “I broke God’s heart.”
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Worry is not believing God will get it right, and bitterness is believing God got it wrong.
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Trust is accepting what God sends into your life whether you understand it or not.
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It’s impossible to have met the real Jesus and be indifferent. You either bow down in wonder OR go away offended.
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