Christians need the gospel as much as non-Christians do.
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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Religion makes us proud of what we have done. The Gospel makes us proud of what Jesus has done.
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Jesus Christ was treated as we deserved so that when we believe in Jesus, God treats us as Jesus deserves.
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Prayer is the way to experience a powerful confidence that God is handling our lives well, that our bad things will turn out for good, our good things cannot be taken from us, and the best things are yet to come.
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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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It is what we need more than anything. It liberates us from pretense, humbles us out of our self-righteousness, and fortifies us for any difficulty life can throw at us.
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Fear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves. Joy-based repentance makes us hate the sin.
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Generosity is not only about money. There is more than one currency. Let your generosity be pervasive in life.
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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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Our character is mainly shaped by our primary social community – the people with whom we eat, play, converse, and study.
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It is impossible to forgive someone if you feel superior to him or her.
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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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Love without truth is sentimentality; it supports and affirms us but keeps us in denial about our flaws. Truth without love is harshness; it gives us information but in such a way that we cannot really hear it.
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After creation God said, ‘It is finished’-and he rested. After redemption Jesus said, ‘It is finished’-and we can rest.
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I am going to judge my circumstances by Jesus’ love, not Jesus’ love by my circumstances.
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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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