Only on the cross do you have a totally holy God and a totally loving God.
TIMOTHY KELLERMany 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.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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The gospel does not promise you better life circumstances; it promises you a better life.
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The reason the stone was rolled away on Jesus’s tomb was not so that Jesus could get out, but so that we could get in.
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In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.
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When love of one’s people becomes an absolute, it turns into racism. When love of equality turns into a supreme thing, it can result in hatred and violence toward anyone who has led a privileged life. It is the settled tendency of human societies to turn good political causes into counterfeit gods.
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If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.
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The more you understand how your salvation isn’t about your behavior, the more radically your behavior will change.
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We have to be careful not to elevate our preferences to moral standards and judge others by them. We only do so to feel superior.
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When Jesus looked down from the cross, he didn’t think “I am giving myself to you because you are so attractive to me.”
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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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God relentlessly offers his grace to people who do not deserve it, or seek it, or even appreciate it after they have been saved by it.
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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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If your god never disagrees with you, you might just be worshipping an idealized version of yourself.
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It is impossible to forgive someone if you feel superior to him or her.
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God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He does not leave us as we are.
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