How does Satan accuse us? By causing us to look at our sin rather than our Savior.
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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If your god never disagrees with you, you might just be worshipping an idealized version of yourself.
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Our character is mainly shaped by our primary social community – the people with whom we eat, play, converse, and study.
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If I have the smile of God, all other frowns are inconsequential.
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Jesus Christ was treated as we deserved so that when we believe in Jesus, God treats us as Jesus deserves.
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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 good news not good advice. Advice = what we should do. News = report of what was done for us.
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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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When Jesus looked down from the cross, he didn’t think “I am giving myself to you because you are so attractive to me.”
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The prerequisite for receiving the grace of God is to know you need it.
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In the original language, ‘Fear the Lord’ doesn’t mean be afraid. It means sustaining a joyful, astonished awe, and wonder before Him.
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When we worry we are saying, ‘I know the way my life is supposed to go, and God’s not getting it right’.
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To discover the real you, look at what you spend time thinking about when no one is looking.
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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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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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Money isn’t an idol. It just shows you where your idols are.
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