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.
TIMOTHY KELLERThe world values power, comfort, success, and recognition. Jesus frees us to value grief, sacrifice, weakness, and exclusion.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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Religion says earn your life. Secular society says create your life. Jesus says, ‘My life for your life.
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Faith is living out and believing what truth is despite what you feel.
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Since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.
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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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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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Prayer is the way to experience a powerful confidence that God is handling our lives well, that our bad things will turn out for good, our good things cannot be taken from us, and the best things are yet to come.
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Yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.
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If you don’t feel like praying, pray to God to give you the desire.
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The sin that is most destructive in your life right now is the one you are most defensive about.
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The Gospel is good news not good advice. Advice = what we should do. News = report of what was done for us.
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The gospel does not promise you better life circumstances; it promises you a better life.
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Suffering is unbearable if you aren’t certain that God is for you and with you.
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God 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.
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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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When I forget the gospel I become dependent on the smiles and evaluation of others.
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