Pride is the carbon-monoxide of Sin. It silently and slowly kills you without you even knowing.
TIMOTHY KELLERGod invites us to come as we are, not stay as we are.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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Christianity does not provide the reason for each experience of pain, but it does provide deep resources for actually facing suffering with hope and courage rather than bitterness and despair
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Where you find your significance is where you find your salvation.
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There is a joy available that the deepest grief cannot put out. No circumstance or person can take away the joy God gives.
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Religion: ‘My identity is built on being a good person.’ Gospel: ‘My identity is not built on my record or my performance but on Christ’s.’
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To discover the real you, look at what you spend time thinking about when no one is looking.
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So we find messages of self-salvation extremely attractive, whether they are religious (Keep these rules and you earn eternal blessing) or secular (Grab hold of these things and you’ll experience blessing now).
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Jesus Christ was treated as we deserved so that when we believe in Jesus, God treats us as Jesus deserves.
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The great basis of Christian assurance is not how much our hearts are set on God, but how unshakably his heart is set on us.
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It is impossible to forgive someone if you feel superior to him or her.
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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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The purpose of Jesus’s coming is to put the whole world right, to renew and restore the creation, not to escape it.
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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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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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If anything becomes more fundamental than God to your happiness, meaning of life, and identity then it is an idol.
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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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