What you do today is shaped by what you believe about tomorrow.
TIMOTHY KELLERWhat you do today is shaped by what you believe about tomorrow.
TIMOTHY KELLERHow does Satan accuse us? By causing us to look at our sin rather than our Savior.
TIMOTHY KELLERWhen Job was prospering, he prayed. When he was suffering, he still prayed.
TIMOTHY KELLERIt’s impossible to have met the real Jesus and be indifferent. You either bow down in wonder OR go away offended.
TIMOTHY KELLERReligion operates on the principle ‘I obey-therefore I am accepted by God.’ But the operating principle of the gospel is ‘I am accepted by God through what Christ has done-therefore I obey.’
TIMOTHY KELLERHow do you change your behavior? Change what you worship
TIMOTHY KELLERThe infallible test of spiritual integrity, Jesus says, is your private prayer life.
TIMOTHY KELLERIn the original language, ‘Fear the Lord’ doesn’t mean be afraid. It means sustaining a joyful, astonished awe, and wonder before Him.
TIMOTHY KELLERYet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.
TIMOTHY KELLERJesus didn’t come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.
TIMOTHY KELLEROnly on the cross do you have a totally holy God and a totally loving God.
TIMOTHY KELLERThis leads to deep humility and deep confidence at the same time. It undermines both swaggering and sniveling. I cannot feel superior to anyone, and yet I have nothing to prove to anyone. I do not think more of myself nor less of myself. Instead, I think of myself less.
TIMOTHY KELLERThe world values power, comfort, success, and recognition. Jesus frees us to value grief, sacrifice, weakness, and exclusion.
TIMOTHY KELLERWe have to be careful not to elevate our preferences to moral standards and judge others by them. We only do so to feel superior.
TIMOTHY KELLERPride is the carbon-monoxide of Sin. It silently and slowly kills you without you even knowing.
TIMOTHY KELLERThe gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe.
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