To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God.
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.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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If you love anything in this world more than God, you will crush that object under the weight of your expectations.
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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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The Bible’s purpose is not so much to show you how to live a good life.
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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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The more you understand how your salvation isn’t about your behavior, the more radically your behavior will change.
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Only on the cross do you have a totally holy God and a totally loving God.
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The 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.
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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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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
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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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Those who understand the gospel cannot possibly look down on anyone.
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How do you change your behavior? Change what you worship
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The sin that is most destructive in your life right now is the one you are most defensive about.
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Religion makes us proud of what we have done. The Gospel makes us proud of what Jesus has done.
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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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