Jesus didn’t come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.
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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I am going to judge my circumstances by Jesus’ love, not Jesus’ love by my circumstances.
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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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If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all that he said; if he didn’t rise from the dead, then why worry about any of what he said? The issue on which everything hangs is not whether or not you like his teaching but whether or not he rose from the dead.
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The key question in order to change you is not ‘What would Jesus do?’ but “What has Jesus done for you?”
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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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Our character is mainly shaped by our primary social community – the people with whom we eat, play, converse, and study.
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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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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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Forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness. To not retaliate is to absorb the cost.
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Suffering can refine us rather than destroy us because God himself walks with us in the fire.
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Jesus Christ did not suffer so that you would not suffer. He suffered so that when you suffer, you’ll become more like him.
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Trust is accepting what God sends into your life whether you understand it or not.
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It’s impossible to have met the real Jesus and be indifferent. You either bow down in wonder OR go away offended.
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God invites us to come as we are, not stay as we are.
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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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