You don’t fall in love. You commit to it.
TIMOTHY KELLERJesus warns people far more often about greed than about sex, yet almost no one thinks they are guilty of it.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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How you experience your present is completely shaped by what you believe your ultimate future to be.
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Pride is the carbon-monoxide of Sin. It silently and slowly kills you without you even knowing.
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The prerequisite for receiving the grace of God is to know you need it.
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God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He does not leave us as we are.
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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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Since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.
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…Singles, too, must see the penultimate status of marriage. If single Christians don’t develop a deeply fulfilling love relationship with Jesus, they will put too much pressure on their DREAM of marriage, and that will create pathology in their lives as well.
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Money isn’t an idol. It just shows you where your idols are.
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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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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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If I have the smile of God, all other frowns are inconsequential.
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The way to find your calling is to look at the way you were created. Your gifts have not emerged by accident.
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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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You can’t live the Christian life without a band of Christian friends, without a family of believers in which you find a place.
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