Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.
TIMOTHY KELLERReligion makes us proud of what we have done. The Gospel makes us proud of what Jesus has done.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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The infallible test of spiritual integrity, Jesus says, is your private prayer life.
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The purpose of Jesus’s coming is to put the whole world right, to renew and restore the creation, not to escape it.
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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 way to find your calling is to look at the way you were created. Your gifts have not emerged by accident.
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Fear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves. Joy-based repentance makes us hate the sin.
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This is the humbling truth that lies at the heart of Christianity. We love to be our own saviors. Our hearts love to manufacture glory for themselves.
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When Job was prospering, he prayed. When he was suffering, he still prayed.
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We instinctively tend to limit for whom we exert ourselves. We do it for people like us, and for people whom we like. Jesus will have none of that.
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You can’t live the Christian life without a band of Christian friends, without a family of believers in which you find a place.
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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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God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He does not leave us as we are.
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It is impossible to forgive someone if you feel superior to him or her.
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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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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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Religion says earn your life. Secular society says create your life. Jesus says, ‘My life for your life.
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