The Gospel is that Jesus Christ came to earth, lived the life we should have lived and died the death we should have died.
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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Faith is not primarily a function of how you feel.
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The cross is the place where the Judge takes the Judgment.
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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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Christians need the gospel as much as non-Christians do.
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Christ did not suffer so you wouldn’t suffer. He suffered so when you suffer you will become like Him.
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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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In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.
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When we worry we are saying, ‘I know the way my life is supposed to go, and God’s not getting it right’.
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We come to God saying, “Look at all I’ve done,” or maybe “Look at all I’ve suffered.” God, however, wants us to look to him – to just wash.
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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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Money isn’t an idol. It just shows you where your idols are.
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What you do today is shaped by what you believe about tomorrow.
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Fear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves. Joy-based repentance makes us hate the sin.
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The Christian Gospel is that I am so flawed that Jesus had to die for me, yet I am so loved and valued that Jesus was glad to die for me.
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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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