When I forget the gospel I become dependent on the smiles and evaluation of others.
TIMOTHY KELLERThe Gospel is that Jesus Christ came to earth, lived the life we should have lived and died the death we should have died.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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Men, you’ll never be a good groom to your wife unless you’re first a good bride to Jesus.
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Money isn’t an idol. It just shows you where your idols are.
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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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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 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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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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This leads to deep humility and deep confidence at the same time. It undermines both swaggering and sniveling. I cannot feel superior to anyone, and yet I have nothing to prove to anyone. I do not think more of myself nor less of myself. Instead, I think of myself less.
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Fear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves. Joy-based repentance makes us hate the sin.
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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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You don’t fall in love. You commit to it.
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We need to remember that we are saved by grace when we fail. But we need to remember it much more when we succeed.
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Our character is mainly shaped by our primary social community – the people with whom we eat, play, converse, and study.
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The gospel humbles us into the dust and at the very same time exalts us to the heavens.
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I am going to judge my circumstances by Jesus’ love, not Jesus’ love by my circumstances.
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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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