Jesus warns people far more often about greed than about sex, yet almost no one thinks they are guilty of it.
TIMOTHY KELLERGenerosity is not only about money. There is more than one currency. Let your generosity be pervasive in life.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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Christ’s resurrection not only gives you hope for the future; it gives you hope to handle your scars right now.
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How do you change your behavior? Change what you worship
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As long as we think we are not that bad, the idea of grace will never change us.
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The purpose of Jesus’s coming is to put the whole world right, to renew and restore the creation, not to escape it.
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Jesus Christ did not suffer so that you would not suffer. He suffered so that when you suffer, you’ll become more like him.
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Love without truth is sentimentality; it supports and affirms us but keeps us in denial about our flaws. Truth without love is harshness; it gives us information but in such a way that we cannot really hear it.
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When Job was prospering, he prayed. When he was suffering, he still prayed.
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God invites us to come as we are, not stay as we are.
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Faith is living out and believing what truth is despite what you feel.
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We come to God saying, “Look at all I’ve done,” or maybe “Look at all I’ve suffered.” God, however, wants us to look to him – to just wash.
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Faith is not primarily a function of how you feel.
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When we worry we are saying, ‘I know the way my life is supposed to go, and God’s not getting it right’.
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Jesus Christ was treated as we deserved so that when we believe in Jesus, God treats us as Jesus deserves.
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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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The sin that is most destructive in your life right now is the one you are most defensive about.
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