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.
TIMOTHY KELLERThe lack of joy in your life is due to your lack of mission.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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Christianity does not provide the reason for each experience of pain, but it does provide deep resources for actually facing suffering with hope and courage rather than bitterness and despair
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Christians need the gospel as much as non-Christians do.
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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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We have to be careful not to elevate our preferences to moral standards and judge others by them. We only do so to feel superior.
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Nothing is more important than to learn how to maintain a life of purpose in the midst of painful adversity.
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The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe.
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Prayer should be done regularly, persistently, resolutely, and tenaciously at least daily, whether we feel like it or not.
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Faith is living out and believing what truth is despite what you feel.
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To discover the real you, look at what you spend time thinking about when no one is looking.
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The gospel does not promise you better life circumstances; it promises you a better life.
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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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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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Suffering can refine us rather than destroy us because God himself walks with us in the fire.
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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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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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