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.
TIMOTHY KELLERThose who understand the gospel cannot possibly look down on anyone.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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The prerequisite for receiving the grace of God is to know you need it.
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Think like a prophet, serve like a priest, and plan like a king.
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Since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.
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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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If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all that he said; if he didn’t rise from the dead, then why worry about any of what he said? The issue on which everything hangs is not whether or not you like his teaching but whether or not he rose from the dead.
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When we worry we are saying, ‘I know the way my life is supposed to go, and God’s not getting it right’.
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We need to remember that we are saved by grace when we fail. But we need to remember it much more when we succeed.
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As long as we think we are not that bad, the idea of grace will never change us.
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The Bible’s purpose is to show you how God’s grace breaks into your life against your will and saves you from the sin and brokenness otherwise you would never be able to overcome…
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Only on the cross do you have a totally holy God and a totally loving God.
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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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The lack of joy in your life is due to your lack of mission.
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The Christian Gospel is that I am so flawed that Jesus had to die for me, yet I am so loved and valued that Jesus was glad to die for me.
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If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.
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