Pride is the carbon-monoxide of Sin. It silently and slowly kills you without you even knowing.
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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You are a totally loved moral failure.
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…the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less.
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You dont fall into love. You commit to it. Love is saying I will be there no matter what.
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The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God’s will to mine, but to mold my will into His.
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Worry is not believing God will get it right, and bitterness is believing God got it wrong.
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To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God.
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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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No one is too bad for Jesus. A lot of people think they are too good for Jesus.
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A life of gratitude to God for being saved is far more pleasing than a life based on self-righteousness over being good.
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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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The Bible’s purpose is not so much to show you how to live a good life.
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We have to be careful not to elevate our preferences to moral standards and judge others by them. We only do so to feel superior.
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The gospel is not only the way to enter the kingdom; it is the way to live in the kingdom.
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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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Trust is accepting what God sends into your life whether you understand it or not.
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