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.
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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Worry is not believing God will get it right, and bitterness is believing God got it wrong.
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Faith is not primarily a function of how you feel.
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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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Where you find your significance is where you find your salvation.
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If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.
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The Gospel is news of what God has done to reach us. It is not advice about what we must do to reach God.
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If anything becomes more fundamental than God to your happiness, meaning of life, and identity then it is an idol.
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Money isn’t an idol. It just shows you where your idols are.
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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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Generosity is not only about money. There is more than one currency. Let your generosity be pervasive in life.
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Jesus Christ was treated as we deserved so that when we believe in Jesus, God treats us as Jesus deserves.
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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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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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If you love anything in this world more than God, you will crush that object under the weight of your expectations.
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When Jesus looked down from the cross, he didn’t think “I am giving myself to you because you are so attractive to me.”
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