When I forget the gospel I become dependent on the smiles and evaluation of others.
TIMOTHY KELLERWhere you find your significance is where you find your salvation.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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The Christian Gospel is that I am so flawed that Jesus had to die for me, yet I am so loved and valued that Jesus was glad to die for me.
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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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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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I am going to judge my circumstances by Jesus’ love, not Jesus’ love by my circumstances.
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God became someone we could hurt. Why? To get us back… No other religion-whethe r secularism, Greco-Roman paganism, Eastern religion, Judaism, or Islam-believes God became breakable or suffered or had a body.
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If God is not at the center of your life, something else is.
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God looks at the anxious and says, I tore my Son to shreds for you, and you’re afraid I will not give you what you need?
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The lack of joy in your life is due to your lack of mission.
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Suffering is unbearable if you aren’t certain that God is for you and with you.
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Christians tend to motivate others with guilt. We tend to say: You would do this if you were really committed Christians, indicating that we are committed and all that is needed is for others to become as good as we are!
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The Bible says that our real problem is that every one of us is building our identity on something besides Jesus.
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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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The Gospel is good news not good advice. Advice = what we should do. News = report of what was done for us.
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In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.
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When Jesus looked down from the cross, he didn’t think “I am giving myself to you because you are so attractive to me.”
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