Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.
TIMOTHY KELLEREveryone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.
TIMOTHY KELLERThe Bible’s purpose is to show you how God’s grace breaks into your life against your will and saves you from the sin and brokenness otherwise you would never be able to overcome…
TIMOTHY KELLERGod’s grace does not come to people who morally outperform others, but to those who admit their failure to perform and who acknowledge their need for a Savior.
TIMOTHY KELLERSuffering can refine us rather than destroy us because God himself walks with us in the fire.
TIMOTHY KELLERChristians need the gospel as much as non-Christians do.
TIMOTHY KELLERIf the church does not identify with the marginalized, it will itself be marginalized. This is God’s poetic justice.
TIMOTHY KELLERJesus didn’t come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.
TIMOTHY KELLERHow does Satan accuse us? By causing us to look at our sin rather than our Savior.
TIMOTHY KELLERIf you want God’s grace, all you need is need, all you need is nothing. But that kind of spiritual humility is hard to muster.
TIMOTHY KELLERIf your god never disagrees with you, you might just be worshipping an idealized version of yourself.
TIMOTHY KELLERIf 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.
TIMOTHY KELLERThink like a prophet, serve like a priest, and plan like a king.
TIMOTHY KELLERWhen Job was prospering, he prayed. When he was suffering, he still prayed.
TIMOTHY KELLERThose who understand the gospel cannot possibly look down on anyone.
TIMOTHY KELLERIt is not the strength of your faith but the object of your faith that actually saves you.
TIMOTHY KELLERIf anything becomes more fundamental than God to your happiness, meaning of life, and identity then it is an idol.
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