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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.

Timothy Keller

Generosity is not only about money. There is more than one currency. Let your generosity be pervasive in life.
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In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.
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To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God.
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…Singles, too, must see the penultimate status of marriage. If single Christians don’t develop a deeply fulfilling love relationship with Jesus, they will put too much pressure on their DREAM of marriage, and that will create pathology in their lives as well.
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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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After creation God said, ‘It is finished’-and he rested. After redemption Jesus said, ‘It is finished’-and we can rest.
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All human problems are ultimately symptoms, and our separation from God is the cause.
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Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.
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Tolerance isn’t about not having beliefs. It’s about how your beliefs lead you to treat people who disagree with you.
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No, he was in agony, and he looked down at us – denying him, abandoning him, and betraying him – and in the greatest act of love in history, he STAYED. He said, “Father, forgive them, they don’t know what they are doing.” He loved us, not because we were lovely to him, but to make us lovely.
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Since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.
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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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Only on the cross do you have a totally holy God and a totally loving God.
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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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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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The Bible’s purpose is not so much to show you how to live a good life.
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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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