Love is the effort and desire to make someone else everything they were created to be.
TIMOTHY KELLERWe are regularly in danger of having too light a view of our sin and also too light a grasp of what Jesus has done to free us from our sin.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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When love of one’s people becomes an absolute, it turns into racism. When love of equality turns into a supreme thing, it can result in hatred and violence toward anyone who has led a privileged life. It is the settled tendency of human societies to turn good political causes into counterfeit gods.
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Men, you’ll never be a good groom to your wife unless you’re first a good bride to Jesus.
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It is what we need more than anything. It liberates us from pretense, humbles us out of our self-righteousness, and fortifies us for any difficulty life can throw at us.
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Tolerance isn’t about not having beliefs. It’s about how your beliefs lead you to treat people who disagree with you.
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The resurrection was God’s way of stamping PAID IN FULL right across history so that nobody could miss it.
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The way to find your calling is to look at the way you were created. Your gifts have not emerged by accident.
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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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Forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness. To not retaliate is to absorb the cost.
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The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe.
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Religion operates on the principle ‘I obey-therefore I am accepted by God.’ But the operating principle of the gospel is ‘I am accepted by God through what Christ has done-therefore I obey.’
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When I forget the gospel I become dependent on the smiles and evaluation of others.
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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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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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Money isn’t an idol. It just shows you where your idols are.
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