Yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.
TIMOTHY KELLERThis is why so many churches quench the motivation of people for ministry. In our shoes, Paul would say: Remember the grace God has showered on you—what does living out and enjoying that grace look like in this situation?
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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The cross is the place where the Judge takes the Judgment.
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So we find messages of self-salvation extremely attractive, whether they are religious (Keep these rules and you earn eternal blessing) or secular (Grab hold of these things and you’ll experience blessing now).
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In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.
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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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Fear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves. Joy-based repentance makes us hate the sin.
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I am going to judge my circumstances by Jesus’ love, not Jesus’ love by my circumstances.
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The prerequisite for receiving the grace of God is to know you need it.
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Worry is not believing God will get it right, and bitterness is believing God got it wrong.
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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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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 basic premise of religion– that if you live a good life, things will go well for you– is wrong. Jesus was the most morally upright person who ever lived, yet He had a life filled with the experience of poverty, rejection, injustice, and even torture.
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The sin that is most destructive in your life right now is the one you are most defensive about.
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Christianity does not provide the reason for each experience of pain, but it does provide deep resources for actually facing suffering with hope and courage rather than bitterness and despair
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How you experience your present is completely shaped by what you believe your ultimate future to be.
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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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