It is what we need more than anything. It liberates us from pretense, humbles us out of our self-righteousness, and fortifies us for any difficulty life can throw at us.
TIMOTHY KELLERFaith is living out and believing what truth is despite what you feel.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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…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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Money isn’t an idol. It just shows you where your idols are.
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We tend to see God as a means through which we get things to make us happy. For most of us, He has not become our happiness.
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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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Suffering can refine us rather than destroy us because God himself walks with us in the fire.
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Our character is mainly shaped by our primary social community – the people with whom we eat, play, converse, and study.
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The prerequisite for receiving the grace of God is to know you need 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’s impossible to have met the real Jesus and be indifferent. You either bow down in wonder OR go away offended.
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God looks at the anxious and says, I tore my Son to shreds for you, and you’re afraid I will not give you what you need?
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It is impossible to forgive someone if you feel superior to him or her.
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Jesus warns people far more often about greed than about sex, yet almost no one thinks they are guilty of it.
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Every single emotion you have should be processed in prayer.
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You are a totally loved moral failure.
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