Those who understand the gospel cannot possibly look down on anyone.
TIMOTHY KELLERThe gospel does not promise you better life circumstances; it promises you a better life.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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If the church does not identify with the marginalized, it will itself be marginalized. This is God’s poetic justice.
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Many times people think if God has called you to something, he’s promising you success. He might be calling you to fail to prepare you for something else through the failure.
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Nothing is more important than to learn how to maintain a life of purpose in the midst of painful adversity.
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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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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.
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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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God looks at the anxious and says, I tore my Son to shreds for you, and you’re afraid I will not give you what you need?
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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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The Gospel is news of what God has done to reach us. It is not advice about what we must do to reach God.
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Faith is not primarily a function of how you feel.
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What you do today is shaped by what you believe about tomorrow.
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Only on the cross do you have a totally holy God and a totally loving God.
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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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The Gospel is good news not good advice. Advice = what we should do. News = report of what was done for us.
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