When we grasp that we are unworthy sinners saved by an infinitely costly grace, it destroys both our self-righteousn ess and our need to ridicule others.
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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I am going to judge my circumstances by Jesus’ love, not Jesus’ love by my circumstances.
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Those who understand the gospel cannot possibly look down on anyone.
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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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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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Suffering can refine us rather than destroy us because God himself walks with us in the fire.
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The Gospel is good news not good advice. Advice = what we should do. News = report of what was done for us.
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Faith is not primarily a function of how you feel.
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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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Since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.
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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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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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Jesus warns people far more often about greed than about sex, yet almost no one thinks they are guilty of it.
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This leads to deep humility and deep confidence at the same time. It undermines both swaggering and sniveling. I cannot feel superior to anyone, and yet I have nothing to prove to anyone. I do not think more of myself nor less of myself. Instead, I think of myself less.
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No, he was in agony, and he looked down at us – denying him, abandoning him, and betraying him – and in the greatest act of love in history, he STAYED. He said, “Father, forgive them, they don’t know what they are doing.” He loved us, not because we were lovely to him, but to make us lovely.
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Only on the cross do you have a totally holy God and a totally loving God.
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