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.
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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The main human problems often are that we misidentify what will make us happy; and we ask people and things to save us beyond their ability.
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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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The world values power, comfort, success, and recognition. Jesus frees us to value grief, sacrifice, weakness, and exclusion.
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The resurrection was God’s way of stamping PAID IN FULL right across history so that nobody could miss it.
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God’s grace does not come to people who morally outperform others, but to those who admit their failure to perform and who acknowledge their need for a Savior.
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No one is too bad for Jesus. A lot of people think they are too good for Jesus.
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No, he was in agony, and he looked down at us – denying him, abandoning him, and betraying him – and in the greatest act of love in history, he STAYED. He said, “Father, forgive them, they don’t know what they are doing.” He loved us, not because we were lovely to him, but to make us lovely.
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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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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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How does Satan accuse us? By causing us to look at our sin rather than our Savior.
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Nothing is more important than to learn how to maintain a life of purpose in the midst of painful adversity.
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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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Religion is ‘if you obey, then you will be accepted’. But the Gospel is, ‘if you are absolutely accepted, and sure you’re accepted, only then will you ever begin to obey’. Those are two utterly different things. Every page of the Bible shows the difference.
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The cross is the place where the Judge takes the Judgment.
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You don’t fall in love. You commit to it.
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