How does Satan accuse us? By causing us to look at our sin rather than our Savior.
TIMOTHY KELLERThe gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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The basic premise of religion– that if you live a good life, things will go well for you– is wrong. Jesus was the most morally upright person who ever lived, yet He had a life filled with the experience of poverty, rejection, injustice, and even torture.
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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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The gospel does not promise you better life circumstances; it promises you a better life.
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If God is not at the center of your life, something else is.
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Religion says earn your life. Secular society says create your life. Jesus says, ‘My life for your life.
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Since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.
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If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.
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God’s grace does not come to people who morally outperform others, but to those who admit their failure to perform and who acknowledge their need for a Savior.
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Pride is the carbon-monoxide of Sin. It silently and slowly kills you without you even knowing.
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The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God’s will to mine, but to mold my will into His.
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Faith is not primarily a function of how you feel.
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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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It’s impossible to have met the real Jesus and be indifferent. You either bow down in wonder OR go away offended.
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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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God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He does not leave us as we are.
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