The purpose of Jesus’s coming is to put the whole world right, to renew and restore the creation, not to escape it.
TIMOTHY KELLEREveryone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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Legalistic remorse says, “I broke God’s rules,” while real repentance says, “I broke God’s heart.”
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We instinctively tend to limit for whom we exert ourselves. We do it for people like us, and for people whom we like. Jesus will have none of that.
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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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It is what we need more than anything. It liberates us from pretense, humbles us out of our self-righteousness, and fortifies us for any difficulty life can throw at us.
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If you want God’s grace, all you need is need, all you need is nothing. But that kind of spiritual humility is hard to muster.
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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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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 Bible’s purpose is not so much to show you how to live a good life.
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The gospel is not only the way to enter the kingdom; it is the way to live in the kingdom.
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Think like a prophet, serve like a priest, and plan like a king.
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Are you living to justify yourself, or are you living because you are justified?
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It is impossible to forgive someone if you feel superior to him or her.
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God invites us to come as we are, not stay as we are.
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If anything becomes more fundamental than God to your happiness, meaning of life, and identity then it is an idol.
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If you love anything in this world more than God, you will crush that object under the weight of your expectations.
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