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.
TIMOTHY KELLERLove is the effort and desire to make someone else everything they were created to be.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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Worry is not believing God will get it right, and bitterness is believing God got it wrong.
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Religion makes us proud of what we have done. The Gospel makes us proud of what Jesus has done.
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Where you find your significance is where you find your salvation.
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God became someone we could hurt. Why? To get us back… No other religion-whethe r secularism, Greco-Roman paganism, Eastern religion, Judaism, or Islam-believes God became breakable or suffered or had a body.
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In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.
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It is not the strength of your faith but the object of your faith that actually saves you.
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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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If God is not at the center of your life, something else is.
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If you don’t feel like praying, pray to God to give you the desire.
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How you experience your present is completely shaped by what you believe your ultimate future to be.
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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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The gospel does not promise you better life circumstances; it promises you a better life.
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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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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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It is impossible to forgive someone if you feel superior to him or her.
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