How you experience your present is completely shaped by what you believe your ultimate future to be.
TIMOTHY KELLERThe main human problems often are that we misidentify what will make us happy; and we ask people and things to save us beyond their ability.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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 Christ did not suffer so that you would not suffer. He suffered so that when you suffer, you’ll become more like him.
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Tolerance isn’t about not having beliefs. It’s about how your beliefs lead you to treat people who disagree with you.
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It 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.
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You are a totally loved moral failure.
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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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Faith is not primarily a function of how you feel.
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Fear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves. Joy-based repentance makes us hate the sin.
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To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God.
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There are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.
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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 cross is the place where the Judge takes the Judgment.
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Since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.
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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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Every single emotion you have should be processed in prayer.
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