Since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.
TIMOTHY KELLERHow you experience your present is completely shaped by what you believe your ultimate future to be.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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If God is not at the center of your life, something else is.
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What you do today is shaped by what you believe about tomorrow.
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When we grasp that we are unworthy sinners saved by an infinitely costly grace, it destroys both our self-righteousn ess and our need to ridicule others.
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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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The Bible’s purpose is not so much to show you how to live a good life.
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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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Christians need the gospel as much as non-Christians do.
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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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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 great basis of Christian assurance is not how much our hearts are set on God, but how unshakably his heart is set on us.
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Think like a prophet, serve like a priest, and plan like a king.
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Success and suffering will either darken your heart or make you wise, but they won’t leave you where you were.
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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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…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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Many times people think if God has called you to something, he’s promising you success. He might be calling you to fail to prepare you for something else through the failure.
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