…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.
TIMOTHY KELLERIt is not the strength of your faith but the object of your faith that actually saves you.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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The great basis of Christian assurance is not how much our hearts are set on God, but how unshakably his heart is set on us.
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The gospel does not promise you better life circumstances; it promises you a better life.
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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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Love is the effort and desire to make someone else everything they were created to be.
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Jesus warns people far more often about greed than about sex, yet almost no one thinks they are guilty of it.
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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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Trust is accepting what God sends into your life whether you understand it or not.
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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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Suffering can refine us rather than destroy us because God himself walks with us in the fire.
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Fear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves. Joy-based repentance makes us hate the sin.
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The lack of joy in your life is due to your lack of mission.
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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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The Bible’s purpose is not so much to show you how to live a good life.
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Faith is not primarily a function of how you feel.
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