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.
TIMOTHY KELLERAs long as we think we are not that bad, the idea of grace will never change us.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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The more you understand how your salvation isn’t about your behavior, the more radically your behavior will change.
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Religion is ‘if you obey, then you will be accepted’. But the Gospel is, ‘if you are absolutely accepted, and sure you’re accepted, only then will you ever begin to obey’. Those are two utterly different things. Every page of the Bible shows the difference.
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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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Faith is not primarily a function of how you feel.
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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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Yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.
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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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The main human problems often are that we misidentify what will make us happy; and we ask people and things to save us beyond their ability.
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If you don’t feel like praying, pray to God to give you the desire.
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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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…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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I am going to judge my circumstances by Jesus’ love, not Jesus’ love by my circumstances.
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Money isn’t an idol. It just shows you where your idols are.
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To fear the Lord is to be overwhelmed with wonder before the greatness of God and his love.
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God invites us to come as we are, not stay as we are.
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