Suffering can refine us rather than destroy us because God himself walks with us in the fire.
TIMOTHY KELLERTrust is accepting what God sends into your life whether you understand it or not.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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When I forget the gospel I become dependent on the smiles and evaluation of others.
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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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Where you find your significance is where you find your salvation.
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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 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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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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You don’t fall in love. You commit to it.
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The Gospel is news of what God has done to reach us. It is not advice about what we must do to reach God.
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The lack of joy in your life is due to your lack of mission.
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As long as we think we are not that bad, the idea of grace will never change us.
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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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How you experience your present is completely shaped by what you believe your ultimate future to be.
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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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Only on the cross do you have a totally holy God and a totally loving God.
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We instinctively tend to limit for whom we exert ourselves. We do it for people like us, and for people whom we like. Jesus will have none of that.
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