Religion says earn your life. Secular society says create your life. Jesus says, ‘My life for your life.
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
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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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If anything becomes more fundamental than God to your happiness, meaning of life, and identity then it is an idol.
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The Bible’s purpose is not so much to show you how to live a good life.
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Where you find your significance is where you find your salvation.
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…the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less.
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If the church does not identify with the marginalized, it will itself be marginalized. This is God’s poetic justice.
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If I have the smile of God, all other frowns are inconsequential.
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What you do today is shaped by what you believe about tomorrow.
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The gospel is not only the way to enter the kingdom; it is the way to live in the kingdom.
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In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.
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You are a totally loved moral failure.
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Religion makes us proud of what we have done. The Gospel makes us proud of what Jesus has done.
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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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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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…Singles, too, must see the penultimate status of marriage. If single Christians don’t develop a deeply fulfilling love relationship with Jesus, they will put too much pressure on their DREAM of marriage, and that will create pathology in their lives as well.
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