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 only person who dares wake up a king at 3:00 AM for a glass of water is a child. We have that kind of access
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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We were designed to know, serve, and love God supremely – and when we are faithful to that design, we flourish.
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If God is not at the center of your life, something else is.
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Trust is accepting what God sends into your life whether you understand it or not.
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The basic premise of religion– that if you live a good life, things will go well for you– is wrong. Jesus was the most morally upright person who ever lived, yet He had a life filled with the experience of poverty, rejection, injustice, and even torture.
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Love is the effort and desire to make someone else everything they were created to be.
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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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Pride is the carbon-monoxide of Sin. It silently and slowly kills you without you even knowing.
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The prerequisite for receiving the grace of God is to know you need it.
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The key question in order to change you is not ‘What would Jesus do?’ but “What has Jesus done for you?”
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Fear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves. Joy-based repentance makes us hate the sin.
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Legalistic remorse says, “I broke God’s rules,” while real repentance says, “I broke God’s heart.”
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It is impossible to forgive someone if you feel superior to him or her.
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What you do today is shaped by what you believe about tomorrow.
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