The lack of joy in your life is due to your lack of mission.
TIMOTHY KELLERFaith is not primarily a function of how you feel.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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To fear the Lord is to be overwhelmed with wonder before the greatness of God and his love.
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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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If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all that he said; if he didn’t rise from the dead, then why worry about any of what he said? The issue on which everything hangs is not whether or not you like his teaching but whether or not he rose from the dead.
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When love of one’s people becomes an absolute, it turns into racism. When love of equality turns into a supreme thing, it can result in hatred and violence toward anyone who has led a privileged life. It is the settled tendency of human societies to turn good political causes into counterfeit gods.
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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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How does Satan accuse us? By causing us to look at our sin rather than our Savior.
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A life of gratitude to God for being saved is far more pleasing than a life based on self-righteousness over being good.
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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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We are regularly in danger of having too light a view of our sin and also too light a grasp of what Jesus has done to free us from our sin.
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The infallible test of spiritual integrity, Jesus says, is your private prayer life.
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Love is the effort and desire to make someone else everything they were created to be.
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Generosity is not only about money. There is more than one currency. Let your generosity be pervasive in life.
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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 cross is the place where the Judge takes the Judgment.
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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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