It is impossible to forgive someone if you feel superior to him or her.
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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Only on the cross do you have a totally holy God and a totally loving God.
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Every single emotion you have should be processed in prayer.
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Fear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves. Joy-based repentance makes us hate the sin.
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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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When Job was prospering, he prayed. When he was suffering, he still prayed.
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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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The resurrection was God’s way of stamping PAID IN FULL right across history so that nobody could miss it.
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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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God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He does not leave us as we are.
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Religion operates on the principle ‘I obey-therefore I am accepted by God.’ But the operating principle of the gospel is ‘I am accepted by God through what Christ has done-therefore I obey.’
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The infallible test of spiritual integrity, Jesus says, is your private prayer life.
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…Singles, too, must see the penultimate status of marriage. If single Christians don’t develop a deeply fulfilling love relationship with Jesus, they will put too much pressure on their DREAM of marriage, and that will create pathology in their lives as well.
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When I forget the gospel I become dependent on the smiles and evaluation of others.
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Jesus warns people far more often about greed than about sex, yet almost no one thinks they are guilty of it.
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Christ did not suffer so you wouldn’t suffer. He suffered so when you suffer you will become like Him.
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