The Bible’s purpose is not so much to show you how to live a good life.
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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Christians need the gospel as much as non-Christians do.
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The way to find your calling is to look at the way you were created. Your gifts have not emerged by accident.
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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 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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We were designed to know, serve, and love God supremely – and when we are faithful to that design, we flourish.
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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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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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Trust is accepting what God sends into your life whether you understand it or not.
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There are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.
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When we grasp that we are unworthy sinners saved by an infinitely costly grace, it destroys both our self-righteousn ess and our need to ridicule others.
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Since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.
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Pride is the carbon-monoxide of Sin. It silently and slowly kills you without you even knowing.
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Those who understand the gospel cannot possibly look down on anyone.
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Love is the effort and desire to make someone else everything they were created to be.
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