If God is not at the center of your life, something else is.
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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The Gospel is that Jesus Christ came to earth, lived the life we should have lived and died the death we should have died.
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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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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 world values power, comfort, success, and recognition. Jesus frees us to value grief, sacrifice, weakness, and exclusion.
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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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Yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.
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If your god never disagrees with you, you might just be worshipping an idealized version of yourself.
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Jesus didn’t come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.
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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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Generosity is not only about money. There is more than one currency. Let your generosity be pervasive in life.
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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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Legalistic remorse says, “I broke God’s rules,” while real repentance says, “I broke God’s heart.”
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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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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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The sin that is most destructive in your life right now is the one you are most defensive about.
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