You are more sinful than you could dare imagine and you are more loved and accepted than you could ever dare hope.
TIMOTHY KELLER
The Gospel is news of what God has done to reach us. It is not advice about what we must do to reach God.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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Success and suffering will either darken your heart or make you wise, but they won’t leave you where you were.
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If I have the smile of God, all other frowns are inconsequential.
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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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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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It is what we need more than anything. It liberates us from pretense, humbles us out of our self-righteousness, and fortifies us for any difficulty life can throw at us.
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Yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.
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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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Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.
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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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The infallible test of spiritual integrity, Jesus says, is your private prayer life.
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This is why so many churches quench the motivation of people for ministry. In our shoes, Paul would say: Remember the grace God has showered on you—what does living out and enjoying that grace look like in this situation?
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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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The Bible’s purpose is to show you how God’s grace breaks into your life against your will and saves you from the sin and brokenness otherwise you would never be able to overcome…
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This leads to deep humility and deep confidence at the same time. It undermines both swaggering and sniveling. I cannot feel superior to anyone, and yet I have nothing to prove to anyone. I do not think more of myself nor less of myself. Instead, I think of myself less.
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