Worry is not believing God will get it right, and bitterness is believing God got it wrong.
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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All human problems are ultimately symptoms, and our separation from God is the cause.
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The main human problems often are that we misidentify what will make us happy; and we ask people and things to save us beyond their ability.
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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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Trust is accepting what God sends into your life whether you understand it or not.
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When we worry we are saying, ‘I know the way my life is supposed to go, and God’s not getting it right’.
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In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.
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It is not the strength of your faith but the object of your faith that actually saves you.
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Faith is not primarily a function of how you feel.
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The cross is the place where the Judge takes the Judgment.
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You are a totally loved moral failure.
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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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Every single emotion you have should be processed in prayer.
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So we find messages of self-salvation extremely attractive, whether they are religious (Keep these rules and you earn eternal blessing) or secular (Grab hold of these things and you’ll experience blessing now).
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God became someone we could hurt. Why? To get us back… No other religion-whethe r secularism, Greco-Roman paganism, Eastern religion, Judaism, or Islam-believes God became breakable or suffered or had a body.
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It’s impossible to have met the real Jesus and be indifferent. You either bow down in wonder OR go away offended.
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