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.
TIMOTHY KELLERWhat you do today is shaped by what you believe about tomorrow.
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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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Fear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves. Joy-based repentance makes us hate the sin.
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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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Forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness. To not retaliate is to absorb the cost.
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We were designed to know, serve, and love God supremely – and when we are faithful to that design, we flourish.
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Religion is ‘if you obey, then you will be accepted’. But the Gospel is, ‘if you are absolutely accepted, and sure you’re accepted, only then will you ever begin to obey’. Those are two utterly different things. Every page of the Bible shows the difference.
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The main human problems often are that we misidentify what will make us happy; and we ask people and things to save us beyond their ability.
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Faith is living out and believing what truth is despite what you feel.
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Our character is mainly shaped by our primary social community – the people with whom we eat, play, converse, and study.
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Jesus warns people far more often about greed than about sex, yet almost no one thinks they are guilty of it.
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Christians need the gospel as much as non-Christians do.
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Love is the effort and desire to make someone else everything they were created to be.
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Think like a prophet, serve like a priest, and plan like a king.
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How does Satan accuse us? By causing us to look at our sin rather than our Savior.
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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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