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
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 cross is the place where the Judge takes the Judgment.
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Jesus didn’t come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.
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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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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 reason the stone was rolled away on Jesus’s tomb was not so that Jesus could get out, but so that we could get in.
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Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.
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You dont fall into love. You commit to it. Love is saying I will be there no matter what.
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The gospel humbles us into the dust and at the very same time exalts us to the heavens.
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If we have not seen our sin and sought radical forgiveness from God, we will be unable to forgive and to seek the good of those who have wronged us.
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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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The resurrection was God’s way of stamping PAID IN FULL right across history so that nobody could miss it.
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Are you living to justify yourself, or are you living because you are justified?
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Love is the effort and desire to make someone else everything they were created to be.
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When Job was prospering, he prayed. When he was suffering, he still prayed.
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The prerequisite for receiving the grace of God is to know you need it.
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