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The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe.

Timothy Keller

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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Forgiveness Forgiving God Radical Seen Sin Thought
Forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness. To not retaliate is to absorb the cost.
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Absorb Always Come Cost Forgiveness Grant One Retaliate
Trust is accepting what God sends into your life whether you understand it or not.
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Accept Defensive God Life Most Now Send Trust
Religion: ‘My identity is built on being a good person.’ Gospel: ‘My identity is not built on my record or my performance but on Christ’s.’
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Christ Good Identity Performance Person Record Religion
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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Accept Doe God Grace Leave Love See
The gospel humbles us into the dust and at the very same time exalts us to the heavens.
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Dust Gospel Heaven Humble Time Very
…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.
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Christian Deeply Dream Jesus Marriage Must Relationship Single Status
Those who understand the gospel cannot possibly look down on anyone.
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Anyone Character Down Gospel Look Perfect Strong Understand
The Bible’s purpose is to show you how God’s grace breaks into your life against your will and saves you from the sin and brokenness otherwise you would never be able to overcome…
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Able Against Bible Break Jesus Christ Overcome Purpose Save Sin
We tend to see God as a means through which we get things to make us happy. For most of us, He has not become our happiness.
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Become God Happiness Happy Mean Most Tend Thing
There are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.
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Hand Hold Inspirational Need People Reach Some
You are more sinful than you could dare imagine and you are more loved and accepted than you could ever dare hope.
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Accept Dare Hope Imagine More Sinful
God relentlessly offers his grace to people who do not deserve it, or seek it, or even appreciate it after they have been saved by it.
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Appreciate Deserve God Grace Offer People Relentlessly Save Seek
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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Get God Know Right Say Suppose Way Worry
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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Actually Christian Courage Deep Experience Face Hope Pain Provide Reason Resources Suffer
To fear the Lord is to be overwhelmed with wonder before the greatness of God and his love.
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Fear Greatness Lord Love Overwhelmed

The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe.

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