We were designed to know, serve, and love God supremely – and when we are faithful to that design, we flourish.
TIMOTHY KELLERWe were designed to know, serve, and love God supremely – and when we are faithful to that design, we flourish.
TIMOTHY KELLERJesus warns people far more often about greed than about sex, yet almost no one thinks they are guilty of it.
TIMOTHY KELLERWhen Job was prospering, he prayed. When he was suffering, he still prayed.
TIMOTHY KELLERWhen I forget the gospel I become dependent on the smiles and evaluation of others.
TIMOTHY KELLERTo discover the real you, look at what you spend time thinking about when no one is looking.
TIMOTHY KELLERIn religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.
TIMOTHY KELLERIf 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.
TIMOTHY KELLERNo, 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.
TIMOTHY KELLERGod became someone we could hurt. Why? To get us back… No other religion-whethe r secularism, Greco-Roman paganism, Eastern religion, Judaism, or Islam-believes God became breakable or suffered or had a body.
TIMOTHY KELLERReligion makes us proud of what we have done. The Gospel makes us proud of what Jesus has done.
TIMOTHY KELLERThe more you understand how your salvation isn’t about your behavior, the more radically your behavior will change.
TIMOTHY KELLERThe 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.
TIMOTHY KELLERThe Bible says that our real problem is that every one of us is building our identity on something besides Jesus.
TIMOTHY KELLERThe Gospel is news of what God has done to reach us. It is not advice about what we must do to reach God.
TIMOTHY KELLERIf your god never disagrees with you, you might just be worshipping an idealized version of yourself.
TIMOTHY KELLERThe infallible test of spiritual integrity, Jesus says, is your private prayer life.
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