The infallible test of spiritual integrity, Jesus says, is your private prayer life.
TIMOTHY KELLEROnly on the cross do you have a totally holy God and a totally loving God.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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You don’t fall in love. You commit to it.
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Since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.
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Christianity does not provide the reason for each experience of pain, but it does provide deep resources for actually facing suffering with hope and courage rather than bitterness and despair
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You are more sinful than you could dare imagine and you are more loved and accepted than you could ever dare hope.
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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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To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God.
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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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Christians tend to motivate others with guilt. We tend to say: You would do this if you were really committed Christians, indicating that we are committed and all that is needed is for others to become as good as we are!
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God invites us to come as we are, not stay as we are.
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Faith is not primarily a function of how you feel.
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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.
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Those who understand the gospel cannot possibly look down on anyone.
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The great basis of Christian assurance is not how much our hearts are set on God, but how unshakably his heart is set on us.
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Legalistic remorse says, “I broke God’s rules,” while real repentance says, “I broke God’s heart.”
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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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