Pride is the carbon-monoxide of Sin. It silently and slowly kills you without you even knowing.
TIMOTHY KELLERGod relentlessly offers his grace to people who do not deserve it, or seek it, or even appreciate it after they have been saved by it.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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Faith is not primarily a function of how you feel.
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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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You are a totally loved moral failure.
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You don’t fall in love. You commit to it.
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God invites us to come as we are, not stay as we are.
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If we have not seen our sin and sought radical forgiveness from God, we will be unable to forgive and to seek the good of those who have wronged us.
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The basic premise of religion– that if you live a good life, things will go well for you– is wrong. Jesus was the most morally upright person who ever lived, yet He had a life filled with the experience of poverty, rejection, injustice, and even torture.
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God’s grace does not come to people who morally outperform others, but to those who admit their failure to perform and who acknowledge their need for a Savior.
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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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No one is too bad for Jesus. A lot of people think they are too good for Jesus.
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How you experience your present is completely shaped by what you believe your ultimate future to be.
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I am going to judge my circumstances by Jesus’ love, not Jesus’ love by my circumstances.
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This is the humbling truth that lies at the heart of Christianity. We love to be our own saviors. Our hearts love to manufacture glory for themselves.
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Religion makes us proud of what we have done. The Gospel makes us proud of what Jesus has done.
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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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