Are you living to justify yourself, or are you living because you are justified?
TIMOTHY KELLERThe gospel humbles us into the dust and at the very same time exalts us to the heavens.
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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The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God’s will to mine, but to mold my will into His.
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The world values power, comfort, success, and recognition. Jesus frees us to value grief, sacrifice, weakness, and exclusion.
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Christianity does not provide the reason for each experience of pain, but it does provide deep resources for actually facing suffering with hope and courage rather than bitterness and despair
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The great basis of Christian assurance is not how much our hearts are set on God, but how unshakably his heart is set on us.
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If God is not at the center of your life, something else is.
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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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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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Fear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves. Joy-based repentance makes us hate the sin.
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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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We are regularly in danger of having too light a view of our sin and also too light a grasp of what Jesus has done to free us from our sin.
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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 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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Religion: ‘My identity is built on being a good person.’ Gospel: ‘My identity is not built on my record or my performance but on Christ’s.’
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The reason the stone was rolled away on Jesus’s tomb was not so that Jesus could get out, but so that we could get in.
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