The more you understand how your salvation isn’t about your behavior, the more radically your behavior will change.
TIMOTHY KELLERTolerance isn’t about not having beliefs. It’s about how your beliefs lead you to treat people who disagree with you.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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What you do today is shaped by what you believe about tomorrow.
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The cross is the place where the Judge takes the Judgment.
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The Bible’s purpose is to show you how God’s grace breaks into your life against your will and saves you from the sin and brokenness otherwise you would never be able to overcome…
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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 infallible test of spiritual integrity, Jesus says, is your private prayer life.
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The Christian Gospel is that I am so flawed that Jesus had to die for me, yet I am so loved and valued that Jesus was glad to die for me.
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Success and suffering will either darken your heart or make you wise, but they won’t leave you where you were.
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There is no way to have a real relationship without becoming vulnerable to hurt. Christmas tells us that God became breakable and fragile.
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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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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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If you don’t feel like praying, pray to God to give you the desire.
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The Bible says that our real problem is that every one of us is building our identity on something besides Jesus.
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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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