If I have the smile of God, all other frowns are inconsequential.
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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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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How you experience your present is completely shaped by what you believe your ultimate future to be.
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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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Faith is not primarily a function of how you feel.
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Worry is not believing God will get it right, and bitterness is believing God got it wrong.
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As long as we think we are not that bad, the idea of grace will never change us.
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Suffering is unbearable if you aren’t certain that God is for you and with you.
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There are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.
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Think like a prophet, serve like a priest, and plan like a king.
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If the church does not identify with the marginalized, it will itself be marginalized. This is God’s poetic justice.
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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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There is no way to have a real relationship without becoming vulnerable to hurt. Christmas tells us that God became breakable and fragile.
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We have to be careful not to elevate our preferences to moral standards and judge others by them. We only do so to feel superior.
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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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The more you understand how your salvation isn’t about your behavior, the more radically your behavior will change.
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