In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.
TIMOTHY KELLERWe have to be careful not to elevate our preferences to moral standards and judge others by them. We only do so to feel superior.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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If you don’t feel like praying, pray to God to give you the desire.
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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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God invites us to come as we are, not stay as we are.
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Fear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves. Joy-based repentance makes us hate the sin.
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Religion says earn your life. Secular society says create your life. Jesus says, ‘My life for your life.
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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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As long as we think we are not that bad, the idea of grace will never change us.
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…the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less.
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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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We come to God saying, “Look at all I’ve done,” or maybe “Look at all I’ve suffered.” God, however, wants us to look to him – to just wash.
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The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God’s will to mine, but to mold my will into His.
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The Bible says that our real problem is that every one of us is building our identity on something besides Jesus.
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You can’t live the Christian life without a band of Christian friends, without a family of believers in which you find a place.
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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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You are a totally loved moral failure.
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