The gospel humbles us into the dust and at the very same time exalts us to the heavens.
TIMOTHY KELLERYou can’t live the Christian life without a band of Christian friends, without a family of believers in which you find a place.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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Faith is living out and believing what truth is despite what you feel.
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If 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.
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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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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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The great basis of Christian assurance is not how much our hearts are set on God, but how unshakably his heart is set on us.
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Think like a prophet, serve like a priest, and plan like a king.
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To discover the real you, look at what you spend time thinking about when no one is looking.
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Only on the cross do you have a totally holy God and a totally loving God.
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Christians need the gospel as much as non-Christians do.
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When Job was prospering, he prayed. When he was suffering, he still prayed.
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To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God.
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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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Many 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.
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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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Religion says earn your life. Secular society says create your life. Jesus says, ‘My life for your life.
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