Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.
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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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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When we grasp that we are unworthy sinners saved by an infinitely costly grace, it destroys both our self-righteousn ess and our need to ridicule others.
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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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Men, you’ll never be a good groom to your wife unless you’re first a good bride to Jesus.
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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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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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When love of one’s people becomes an absolute, it turns into racism. When love of equality turns into a supreme thing, it can result in hatred and violence toward anyone who has led a privileged life. It is the settled tendency of human societies to turn good political causes into counterfeit gods.
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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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All human problems are ultimately symptoms, and our separation from God is the cause.
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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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The gospel humbles us into the dust and at the very same time exalts us to the heavens.
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How do you change your behavior? Change what you worship
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Legalistic remorse says, “I broke God’s rules,” while real repentance says, “I broke God’s heart.”
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You can’t live the Christian life without a band of Christian friends, without a family of believers in which you find a place.
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Love is the effort and desire to make someone else everything they were created to be.
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