You are more sinful than you could dare imagine and you are more loved and accepted than you could ever dare hope.
TIMOTHY KELLER…Singles, too, must see the penultimate status of marriage. If single Christians don’t develop a deeply fulfilling love relationship with Jesus, they will put too much pressure on their DREAM of marriage, and that will create pathology in their lives as well.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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Love without truth is sentimentality; it supports and affirms us but keeps us in denial about our flaws. Truth without love is harshness; it gives us information but in such a way that we cannot really hear it.
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A life of gratitude to God for being saved is far more pleasing than a life based on self-righteousness over being good.
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Faith is living out and believing what truth is despite what you feel.
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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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It is not the strength of your faith but the object of your faith that actually saves you.
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The gospel does not promise you better life circumstances; it promises you a better life.
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This is why so many churches quench the motivation of people for ministry. In our shoes, Paul would say: Remember the grace God has showered on you—what does living out and enjoying that grace look like in this situation?
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Since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.
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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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There is a joy available that the deepest grief cannot put out. No circumstance or person can take away the joy God gives.
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How do you change your behavior? Change what you worship
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The purpose of Jesus’s coming is to put the whole world right, to renew and restore the creation, not to escape it.
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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.
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Where you find your significance is where you find your salvation.
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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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