Think like a prophet, serve like a priest, and plan like a king.
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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If your god never disagrees with you, you might just be worshipping an idealized version of yourself.
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Many times people think if God has called you to something, he’s promising you success. He might be calling you to fail to prepare you for something else through the failure.
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Love is the effort and desire to make someone else everything they were created to be.
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Money isn’t an idol. It just shows you where your idols are.
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You are a totally loved moral failure.
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Only on the cross do you have a totally holy God and a totally loving God.
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Fear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves. Joy-based repentance makes us hate the sin.
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…Singles, too, must see the penultimate status of marriage. If single Christians don’t develop a deeply fulfilling love relationship with Jesus, they will put too much pressure on their DREAM of marriage, and that will create pathology in their lives as well.
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This is why so many churches quench the motivation of people for ministry. In our shoes, Paul would say: Remember the grace God has showered on you—what does living out and enjoying that grace look like in this situation?
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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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Christ’s resurrection not only gives you hope for the future; it gives you hope to handle your scars right now.
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The Bible’s purpose is to show you how God’s grace breaks into your life against your will and saves you from the sin and brokenness otherwise you would never be able to overcome…
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Jesus Christ was treated as we deserved so that when we believe in Jesus, God treats us as Jesus deserves.
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The more you understand how your salvation isn’t about your behavior, the more radically your behavior will change.
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The lack of joy in your life is due to your lack of mission.
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