The only person who dares wake up a king at 3:00 AM for a glass of water is a child. We have that kind of access
TIMOTHY KELLERThe resurrection was God’s way of stamping PAID IN FULL right across history so that nobody could miss it.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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The great basis of Christian assurance is not how much our hearts are set on God, but how unshakably his heart is set on us.
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The Gospel is good news not good advice. Advice = what we should do. News = report of what was done for us.
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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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If we have not seen our sin and sought radical forgiveness from God, we will be unable to forgive and to seek the good of those who have wronged us.
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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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What you do today is shaped by what you believe about tomorrow.
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Are you living to justify yourself, or are you living because you are justified?
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The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God’s will to mine, but to mold my will into His.
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You don’t fall in love. You commit to it.
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In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.
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Jesus Christ did not suffer so that you would not suffer. He suffered so that when you suffer, you’ll become more like him.
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The Bible’s purpose is to show you how God’s grace breaks into your life against your will and saves you from the sin and brokenness otherwise you would never be able to overcome…
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The lack of joy in your life is due to your lack of mission.
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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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If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all that he said; if he didn’t rise from the dead, then why worry about any of what he said? The issue on which everything hangs is not whether or not you like his teaching but whether or not he rose from the dead.
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