Legalistic remorse says, “I broke God’s rules,” while real repentance says, “I broke God’s heart.”
TIMOTHY KELLERIf I have the smile of God, all other frowns are inconsequential.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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The Gospel is that Jesus Christ came to earth, lived the life we should have lived and died the death we should have died.
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Love without truth is sentimentality; it supports and affirms us but keeps us in denial about our flaws. Truth without love is harshness; it gives us information but in such a way that we cannot really hear it.
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When I forget the gospel I become dependent on the smiles and evaluation of others.
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Success and suffering will either darken your heart or make you wise, but they won’t leave you where you were.
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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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If God is not at the center of your life, something else is.
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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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Since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.
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It is impossible to forgive someone if you feel superior to him or her.
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The basic premise of religion– that if you live a good life, things will go well for you– is wrong. Jesus was the most morally upright person who ever lived, yet He had a life filled with the experience of poverty, rejection, injustice, and even torture.
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When Jesus looked down from the cross, he didn’t think “I am giving myself to you because you are so attractive to me.”
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How you experience your present is completely shaped by what you believe your ultimate future to be.
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Faith is living out and believing what truth is despite what you feel.
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All human problems are ultimately symptoms, and our separation from God is the cause.
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A life of gratitude to God for being saved is far more pleasing than a life based on self-righteousness over being good.
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