The Gospel is that Jesus Christ came to earth, lived the life we should have lived and died the death we should have died.
TIMOTHY KELLERTo 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.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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You can’t live the Christian life without a band of Christian friends, without a family of believers in which you find a place.
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If anything becomes more fundamental than God to your happiness, meaning of life, and identity then it is an idol.
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God invites us to come as we are, not stay as we are.
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If you don’t feel like praying, pray to God to give you the desire.
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Love is the effort and desire to make someone else everything they were created to be.
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It is impossible to forgive someone if you feel superior to him or her.
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We tend to see God as a means through which we get things to make us happy. For most of us, He has not become our happiness.
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Fear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves. Joy-based repentance makes us hate the sin.
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The lack of joy in your life is due to your lack of mission.
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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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Suffering can refine us rather than destroy us because God himself walks with us in the fire.
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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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Generosity is not only about money. There is more than one currency. Let your generosity be pervasive in life.
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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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