Jesus warns people far more often about greed than about sex, yet almost no one thinks they are guilty of it.
TIMOTHY KELLERTo fear the Lord is to be overwhelmed with wonder before the greatness of God and his love.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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 cross is the place where the Judge takes the Judgment.
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When I forget the gospel I become dependent on the smiles and evaluation of others.
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Those who understand the gospel cannot possibly look down on anyone.
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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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In the original language, ‘Fear the Lord’ doesn’t mean be afraid. It means sustaining a joyful, astonished awe, and wonder before Him.
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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 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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If your god never disagrees with you, you might just be worshipping an idealized version of yourself.
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Prayer is the way to experience a powerful confidence that God is handling our lives well, that our bad things will turn out for good, our good things cannot be taken from us, and the best things are yet to come.
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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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Men, you’ll never be a good groom to your wife unless you’re first a good bride to Jesus.
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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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God became someone we could hurt. Why? To get us back… No other religion-whethe r secularism, Greco-Roman paganism, Eastern religion, Judaism, or Islam-believes God became breakable or suffered or had a body.
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When Job was prospering, he prayed. When he was suffering, he still prayed.
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