The cross is the place where the Judge takes the Judgment.
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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There are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.
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In the original language, ‘Fear the Lord’ doesn’t mean be afraid. It means sustaining a joyful, astonished awe, and wonder before Him.
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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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The basic premise of religion– that if you live a good life, things will go well for you– is wrong. Jesus was the most morally upright person who ever lived, yet He had a life filled with the experience of poverty, rejection, injustice, and even torture.
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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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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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God became someone we could hurt. Why? To get us back… No other religion-whethe r secularism, Greco-Roman paganism, Eastern religion, Judaism, or Islam-believes God became breakable or suffered or had a body.
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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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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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The Gospel is good news not good advice. Advice = what we should do. News = report of what was done for us.
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When I forget the gospel I become dependent on the smiles and evaluation of others.
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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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You don’t fall in love. You commit to it.
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The gospel humbles us into the dust and at the very same time exalts us to the heavens.
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