Only on the cross do you have a totally holy God and a totally loving God.
TIMOTHY KELLERWhat you do today is shaped by what you believe about tomorrow.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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Christ’s resurrection not only gives you hope for the future; it gives you hope to handle your scars right now.
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Legalistic remorse says, “I broke God’s rules,” while real repentance says, “I broke God’s heart.”
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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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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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This is the humbling truth that lies at the heart of Christianity. We love to be our own saviors. Our hearts love to manufacture glory for themselves.
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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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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 resurrection was God’s way of stamping PAID IN FULL right across history so that nobody could miss it.
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When Job was prospering, he prayed. When he was suffering, he still prayed.
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…the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less.
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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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Suffering can refine us rather than destroy us because God himself walks with us in the fire.
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Since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.
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If your god never disagrees with you, you might just be worshipping an idealized version of yourself.
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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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