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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.

Timothy Keller

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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Bais Bend God Into Mine Mold Prayer Purpose
If anything becomes more fundamental than God to your happiness, meaning of life, and identity then it is an idol.
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Anything Become Fundamental God Identity Idol Idols Life Meaning
The Gospel is good news not good advice. Advice = what we should do. News = report of what was done for us.
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Advice Done Good New News Report
Christians need the gospel as much as non-Christians do.
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Christian Do Gospel Much Need
After creation God said, ‘It is finished’-and he rested. After redemption Jesus said, ‘It is finished’-and we can rest.
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After Creation Finish God Jesus Redemption Rest
You are more sinful than you could dare imagine and you are more loved and accepted than you could ever dare hope.
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Accept Dare Hope Imagine More Sinful
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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Absolute Good Hatred Love People People Become Political Racism Society Tendency Turn
Religion operates on the principle ‘I obey-therefore I am accepted by God.’ But the operating principle of the gospel is ‘I am accepted by God through what Christ has done-therefore I obey.’
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Accept Acceptable God Gospel Obey Operate Principle Religion
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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Came Christ Death Died Earth Gospel Jesus Life Live
How does Satan accuse us? By causing us to look at our sin rather than our Savior.
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Accuse Cause Look Our Satan Savior Sin
God relentlessly offers his grace to people who do not deserve it, or seek it, or even appreciate it after they have been saved by it.
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Appreciate Deserve God Grace Offer People Relentlessly Save Seek
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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Affirm Denial Flaw Giving Keep Love Marriage Sentimentality Support Truth
In the original language, ‘Fear the Lord’ doesn’t mean be afraid. It means sustaining a joyful, astonished awe, and wonder before Him.
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Astonished Before Fear Joyful Language Lord Mean Original Sustain Wonderful
I am going to judge my circumstances by Jesus’ love, not Jesus’ love by my circumstances.
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Circumstance Go Jesus Judging Love
Forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness. To not retaliate is to absorb the cost.
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Absorb Always Come Cost Forgiveness Grant One Retaliate
If your god never disagrees with you, you might just be worshipping an idealized version of yourself.
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Christian Disagree God Idealize might Version Worship Yourself

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