If the church does not identify with the marginalized, it will itself be marginalized. This is God’s poetic justice.
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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Those who understand the gospel cannot possibly look down on anyone.
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Jesus didn’t come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.
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The reason the stone was rolled away on Jesus’s tomb was not so that Jesus could get out, but so that we could get in.
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When love of one’s people becomes an absolute, it turns into racism. When love of equality turns into a supreme thing, it can result in hatred and violence toward anyone who has led a privileged life. It is the settled tendency of human societies to turn good political causes into counterfeit gods.
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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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In the original language, ‘Fear the Lord’ doesn’t mean be afraid. It means sustaining a joyful, astonished awe, and wonder before Him.
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Since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.
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To fear the Lord is to be overwhelmed with wonder before the greatness of God and his love.
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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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Are you living to justify yourself, or are you living because you are justified?
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God became someone we could hurt. Why? To get us back… No other religion-whethe r secularism, Greco-Roman paganism, Eastern religion, Judaism, or Islam-believes God became breakable or suffered or had a body.
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The world values power, comfort, success, and recognition. Jesus frees us to value grief, sacrifice, weakness, and exclusion.
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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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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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