The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe.
TIMOTHY KELLERIf you want God’s grace, all you need is need, all you need is nothing. But that kind of spiritual humility is hard to muster.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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Religion says earn your life. Secular society says create your life. Jesus says, ‘My life for your life.
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There is a joy available that the deepest grief cannot put out. No circumstance or person can take away the joy God gives.
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The cross is the place where the Judge takes the Judgment.
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Only on the cross do you have a totally holy God and a totally loving God.
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How does Satan accuse us? By causing us to look at our sin rather than our Savior.
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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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You are a totally loved moral failure.
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Think like a prophet, serve like a priest, and plan like a king.
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If your god never disagrees with you, you might just be worshipping an idealized version of yourself.
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Nothing is more important than to learn how to maintain a life of purpose in the midst of painful adversity.
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Generosity is not only about money. There is more than one currency. Let your generosity be pervasive in life.
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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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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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Religion: ‘My identity is built on being a good person.’ Gospel: ‘My identity is not built on my record or my performance but on Christ’s.’
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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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