Jesus didn’t come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.
TIMOTHY KELLERWorry is not believing God will get it right, and bitterness is believing God got it wrong.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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There is a joy available that the deepest grief cannot put out. No circumstance or person can take away the joy God gives.
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In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.
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Fear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves. Joy-based repentance makes us hate the sin.
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This is why so many churches quench the motivation of people for ministry. In our shoes, Paul would say: Remember the grace God has showered on you—what does living out and enjoying that grace look like in this situation?
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Jesus warns people far more often about greed than about sex, yet almost no one thinks they are guilty of it.
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If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all that he said; if he didn’t rise from the dead, then why worry about any of what he said? The issue on which everything hangs is not whether or not you like his teaching but whether or not he rose from the dead.
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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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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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You don’t fall in love. You commit to it.
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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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When Job was prospering, he prayed. When he was suffering, he still prayed.
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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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Yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.
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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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After creation God said, ‘It is finished’-and he rested. After redemption Jesus said, ‘It is finished’-and we can rest.
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