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The resurrection was God’s way of stamping PAID IN FULL right across history so that nobody could miss it.

Timothy Keller

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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God’s grace does not come to people who morally outperform others, but to those who admit their failure to perform and who acknowledge their need for a Savior.
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If 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.
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…the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less.
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If God is not at the center of your life, something else is.
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Religion operates on the principle ‘I obey-therefore I am accepted by God.’ But the operating principle of the gospel is ‘I am accepted by God through what Christ has done-therefore I obey.’
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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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…Singles, too, must see the penultimate status of marriage. If single Christians don’t develop a deeply fulfilling love relationship with Jesus, they will put too much pressure on their DREAM of marriage, and that will create pathology in their lives as well.
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God invites us to come as we are, not stay as we are.
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Since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.
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The key question in order to change you is not ‘What would Jesus do?’ but “What has Jesus done for you?”
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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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This leads to deep humility and deep confidence at the same time. It undermines both swaggering and sniveling. I cannot feel superior to anyone, and yet I have nothing to prove to anyone. I do not think more of myself nor less of myself. Instead, I think of myself less.
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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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The resurrection was God’s way of stamping PAID IN FULL right across history so that nobody could miss it.
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The Bible’s purpose is not so much to show you how to live a good life.
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