It’s impossible to have met the real Jesus and be indifferent. You either bow down in wonder OR go away offended.
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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Legalistic remorse says, “I broke God’s rules,” while real repentance says, “I broke God’s heart.”
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Those who understand the gospel cannot possibly look down on anyone.
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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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Since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.
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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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God’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.
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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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God looks at the anxious and says, I tore my Son to shreds for you, and you’re afraid I will not give you what you need?
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Religion operates on the principle ‘I obey-therefore I am accepted by God.’ But the operating principle of the gospel is ‘I am accepted by God through what Christ has done-therefore I obey.’
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We instinctively tend to limit for whom we exert ourselves. We do it for people like us, and for people whom we like. Jesus will have none of that.
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…Singles, too, must see the penultimate status of marriage. If single Christians don’t develop a deeply fulfilling love relationship with Jesus, they will put too much pressure on their DREAM of marriage, and that will create pathology in their lives as well.
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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.
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Are you living to justify yourself, or are you living because you are justified?
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The Gospel is news of what God has done to reach us. It is not advice about what we must do to reach God.
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There is no way to have a real relationship without becoming vulnerable to hurt. Christmas tells us that God became breakable and fragile.
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