Suffering is unbearable if you aren’t certain that God is for you and with you.
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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Pride is the carbon-monoxide of Sin. It silently and slowly kills you without you even knowing.
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Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.
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Religion makes us proud of what we have done. The Gospel makes us proud of what Jesus has done.
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Religion is ‘if you obey, then you will be accepted’. But the Gospel is, ‘if you are absolutely accepted, and sure you’re accepted, only then will you ever begin to obey’. Those are two utterly different things. Every page of the Bible shows the difference.
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Trust is accepting what God sends into your life whether you understand it or not.
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All human problems are ultimately symptoms, and our separation from God is the cause.
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Faith is living out and believing what truth is despite what you feel.
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You dont fall into love. You commit to it. Love is saying I will be there no matter what.
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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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The resurrection was God’s way of stamping PAID IN FULL right across history so that nobody could miss it.
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The gospel does not promise you better life circumstances; it promises you a better life.
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Jesus didn’t come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.
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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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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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Love without truth is sentimentality; it supports and affirms us but keeps us in denial about our flaws. Truth without love is harshness; it gives us information but in such a way that we cannot really hear it.
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