Christianity does not provide the reason for each experience of pain, but it does provide deep resources for actually facing suffering with hope and courage rather than bitterness and despair
TIMOTHY KELLERIn 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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Legalistic remorse says, “I broke God’s rules,” while real repentance says, “I broke God’s heart.”
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Forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness. To not retaliate is to absorb the cost.
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It is what we need more than anything. It liberates us from pretense, humbles us out of our self-righteousness, and fortifies us for any difficulty life can throw at us.
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All human problems are ultimately symptoms, and our separation from God is the cause.
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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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Religion 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.’
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The great basis of Christian assurance is not how much our hearts are set on God, but how unshakably his heart is set on us.
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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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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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How does Satan accuse us? By causing us to look at our sin rather than our Savior.
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The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe.
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Tolerance isn’t about not having beliefs. It’s about how your beliefs lead you to treat people who disagree with you.
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Men, you’ll never be a good groom to your wife unless you’re first a good bride to Jesus.
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The only person who dares wake up a king at 3:00 AM for a glass of water is a child. We have that kind of access
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God looks at the anxious and says, I tore my Son to shreds for you, and you’re afraid I will not give you what you need?
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