In the original language, ‘Fear the Lord’ doesn’t mean be afraid. It means sustaining a joyful, astonished awe, and wonder before Him.
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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The key question in order to change you is not ‘What would Jesus do?’ but “What has Jesus done for you?”
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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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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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If you want God’s grace, all you need is need, all you need is nothing. But that kind of spiritual humility is hard to muster.
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There is no way to have a real relationship without becoming vulnerable to hurt. Christmas tells us that God became breakable and fragile.
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You are a totally loved moral failure.
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The Gospel is news of what God has done to reach us. It is not advice about what we must do to reach God.
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Generosity is not only about money. There is more than one currency. Let your generosity be pervasive in life.
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Forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness. To not retaliate is to absorb the cost.
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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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God invites us to come as we are, not stay as we are.
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In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.
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You don’t fall in love. You commit to it.
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The world values power, comfort, success, and recognition. Jesus frees us to value grief, sacrifice, weakness, and exclusion.
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The prerequisite for receiving the grace of God is to know you need it.
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