Faith is living out and believing what truth is despite what you feel.
TIMOTHY KELLERIf I have the smile of God, all other frowns are inconsequential.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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No one is too bad for Jesus. A lot of people think they are too good for Jesus.
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You are a totally loved moral failure.
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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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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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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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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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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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The gospel is not only the way to enter the kingdom; it is the way to live in the kingdom.
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Suffering is unbearable if you aren’t certain that God is for you and with you.
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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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We need to remember that we are saved by grace when we fail. But we need to remember it much more when we succeed.
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I am going to judge my circumstances by Jesus’ love, not Jesus’ love by my circumstances.
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Forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness. To not retaliate is to absorb the cost.
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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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All human problems are ultimately symptoms, and our separation from God is the cause.
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