The purpose of Jesus’s coming is to put the whole world right, to renew and restore the creation, not to escape it.
TIMOTHY KELLERIt 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.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God’s will to mine, but to mold my will into His.
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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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When Job was prospering, he prayed. When he was suffering, he still prayed.
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All human problems are ultimately symptoms, and our separation from God is the cause.
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The Gospel is that Jesus Christ came to earth, lived the life we should have lived and died the death we should have died.
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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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…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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The cross is the place where the Judge takes the Judgment.
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No one is too bad for Jesus. A lot of people think they are too good for Jesus.
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Yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.
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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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Jesus didn’t come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.
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Faith is living out and believing what truth is despite what you feel.
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God invites us to come as we are, not stay as we are.
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The lack of joy in your life is due to your lack of mission.
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