Yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.
TIMOTHY KELLERThe Bible says that our real problem is that every one of us is building our identity on something besides Jesus.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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The lack of joy in your life is due to your lack of mission.
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The way to find your calling is to look at the way you were created. Your gifts have not emerged by accident.
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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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How does Satan accuse us? By causing us to look at our sin rather than our Savior.
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We are regularly in danger of having too light a view of our sin and also too light a grasp of what Jesus has done to free us from our sin.
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Nothing is more important than to learn how to maintain a life of purpose in the midst of painful adversity.
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The Gospel is that Jesus Christ came to earth, lived the life we should have lived and died the death we should have died.
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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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The more you understand how your salvation isn’t about your behavior, the more radically your behavior will change.
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Money isn’t an idol. It just shows you where your idols are.
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We have to be careful not to elevate our preferences to moral standards and judge others by them. We only do so to feel superior.
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Prayer should be done regularly, persistently, resolutely, and tenaciously at least daily, whether we feel like it or not.
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No one is too bad for Jesus. A lot of people think they are too good for Jesus.
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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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