Faith is not primarily a function of how you feel.
TIMOTHY KELLERMen, you’ll never be a good groom to your wife unless you’re first a good bride to Jesus.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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God relentlessly offers his grace to people who do not deserve it, or seek it, or even appreciate it after they have been saved by it.
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If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.
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You are a totally loved moral failure.
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Faith is living out and believing what truth is despite what you feel.
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Jesus Christ was treated as we deserved so that when we believe in Jesus, God treats us as Jesus deserves.
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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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As long as we think we are not that bad, the idea of grace will never change us.
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Legalistic remorse says, “I broke God’s rules,” while real repentance says, “I broke God’s heart.”
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How do you change your behavior? Change what you worship
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When I forget the gospel I become dependent on the smiles and evaluation of others.
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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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Yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.
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The more you understand how your salvation isn’t about your behavior, the more radically your behavior will change.
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The cross is the place where the Judge takes the Judgment.
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Christianity does not provide the reason for each experience of pain, but it does provide deep resources for actually facing suffering with hope and courage rather than bitterness and despair
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