The reason the stone was rolled away on Jesus’s tomb was not so that Jesus could get out, but so that we could get in.
TIMOTHY KELLERIf your god never disagrees with you, you might just be worshipping an idealized version of yourself.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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If God is not at the center of your life, something else is.
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The gospel is not only the way to enter the kingdom; it is the way to live in the kingdom.
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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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Suffering can refine us rather than destroy us because God himself walks with us in the fire.
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God invites us to come as we are, not stay as we are.
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If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.
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The great basis of Christian assurance is not how much our hearts are set on God, but how unshakably his heart is set on us.
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In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.
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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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Where you find your significance is where you find your salvation.
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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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When we grasp that we are unworthy sinners saved by an infinitely costly grace, it destroys both our self-righteousn ess and our need to ridicule others.
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The Christian Gospel is that I am so flawed that Jesus had to die for me, yet I am so loved and valued that Jesus was glad to die for me.
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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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You are more sinful than you could dare imagine and you are more loved and accepted than you could ever dare hope.
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