Are you living to justify yourself, or are you living because you are justified?
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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We have to be careful not to elevate our preferences to moral standards and judge others by them. We only do so to feel superior.
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Our character is mainly shaped by our primary social community – the people with whom we eat, play, converse, and study.
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It is not the strength of your faith but the object of your faith that actually saves you.
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This leads to deep humility and deep confidence at the same time. It undermines both swaggering and sniveling. I cannot feel superior to anyone, and yet I have nothing to prove to anyone. I do not think more of myself nor less of myself. Instead, I think of myself less.
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Love without truth is sentimentality; it supports and affirms us but keeps us in denial about our flaws. Truth without love is harshness; it gives us information but in such a way that we cannot really hear it.
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The gospel humbles us into the dust and at the very same time exalts us to the heavens.
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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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How do you change your behavior? Change what you worship
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Generosity is not only about money. There is more than one currency. Let your generosity be pervasive in life.
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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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Jesus Christ was treated as we deserved so that when we believe in Jesus, God treats us as Jesus deserves.
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Faith is living out and believing what truth is despite what you feel.
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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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All human problems are ultimately symptoms, and our separation from God is the cause.
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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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