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.
TIMOTHY KELLERNothing is more important than to learn how to maintain a life of purpose in the midst of painful adversity.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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The only person who dares wake up a king at 3:00 AM for a glass of water is a child. We have that kind of access
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Money isn’t an idol. It just shows you where your idols are.
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We have to be careful not to elevate our preferences to moral standards and judge others by them. We only do so to feel superior.
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The way to find your calling is to look at the way you were created. Your gifts have not emerged by accident.
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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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Religion makes us proud of what we have done. The Gospel makes us proud of what Jesus has done.
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Love is the effort and desire to make someone else everything they were created to be.
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Religion operates on the principle ‘I obey-therefore I am accepted by God.’ But the operating principle of the gospel is ‘I am accepted by God through what Christ has done-therefore I obey.’
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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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…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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Worry is not believing God will get it right, and bitterness is believing God got it wrong.
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It’s impossible to have met the real Jesus and be indifferent. You either bow down in wonder OR go away offended.
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Pride is the carbon-monoxide of Sin. It silently and slowly kills you without you even knowing.
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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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