The infallible test of spiritual integrity, Jesus says, is your private prayer life.
TIMOTHY KELLERIf 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.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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…the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less.
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The Gospel is that Jesus Christ came to earth, lived the life we should have lived and died the death we should have died.
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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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Religion makes us proud of what we have done. The Gospel makes us proud of what Jesus has done.
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Faith is living out and believing what truth is despite what you feel.
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We tend to see God as a means through which we get things to make us happy. For most of us, He has not become our happiness.
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To fear the Lord is to be overwhelmed with wonder before the greatness of God and his love.
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Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.
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If God is not at the center of your life, something else is.
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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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As long as we think we are not that bad, the idea of grace will never change us.
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If you don’t feel like praying, pray to God to give you the desire.
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In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.
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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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Yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.
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