Jesus didn’t come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.
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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Christians tend to motivate others with guilt. We tend to say: You would do this if you were really committed Christians, indicating that we are committed and all that is needed is for others to become as good as we are!
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Many times people think if God has called you to something, he’s promising you success. He might be calling you to fail to prepare you for something else through the failure.
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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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God invites us to come as we are, not stay as we are.
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If we have not seen our sin and sought radical forgiveness from God, we will be unable to forgive and to seek the good of those who have wronged us.
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Christ did not suffer so you wouldn’t suffer. He suffered so when you suffer you will become like Him.
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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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The gospel is not only the way to enter the kingdom; it is the way to live in the kingdom.
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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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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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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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Fear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves. Joy-based repentance makes us hate the sin.
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As long as we think we are not that bad, the idea of grace will never change us.
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It is impossible to forgive someone if you feel superior to him or her.
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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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