Only on the cross do you have a totally holy God and a totally loving God.
TIMOTHY KELLERThe key question in order to change you is not ‘What would Jesus do?’ but “What has Jesus done for you?”
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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How you experience your present is completely shaped by what you believe your ultimate future to be.
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The only person who dares wake up a king at 3:00 AM for a glass of water is a child. We have that kind of access
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You don’t fall in love. You commit to it.
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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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When I forget the gospel I become dependent on the smiles and evaluation of others.
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This is the humbling truth that lies at the heart of Christianity. We love to be our own saviors. Our hearts love to manufacture glory for themselves.
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Forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness. To not retaliate is to absorb the cost.
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All human problems are ultimately symptoms, and our separation from God is the cause.
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The key question in order to change you is not ‘What would Jesus do?’ but “What has Jesus done for you?”
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To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God.
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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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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 your god never disagrees with you, you might just be worshipping an idealized version of yourself.
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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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