The Bible’s purpose is to show you how God’s grace breaks into your life against your will and saves you from the sin and brokenness otherwise you would never be able to overcome…
TIMOTHY KELLERAfter creation God said, ‘It is finished’-and he rested. After redemption Jesus said, ‘It is finished’-and we can rest.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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When I forget the gospel I become dependent on the smiles and evaluation of others.
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We instinctively tend to limit for whom we exert ourselves. We do it for people like us, and for people whom we like. Jesus will have none of that.
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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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Christians tend to motivate others with guilt. We tend to say: You would do this if you were really committed Christians, indicating that we are committed and all that is needed is for others to become as good as we are!
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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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No one is too bad for Jesus. A lot of people think they are too good for Jesus.
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The sin that is most destructive in your life right now is the one you are most defensive about.
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The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe.
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There are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.
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Faith is living out and believing what truth is despite what you feel.
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The resurrection was God’s way of stamping PAID IN FULL right across history so that nobody could miss it.
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You are a totally loved moral failure.
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When Job was prospering, he prayed. When he was suffering, he still prayed.
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Religion: ‘My identity is built on being a good person.’ Gospel: ‘My identity is not built on my record or my performance but on Christ’s.’
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Christianity does not provide the reason for each experience of pain, but it does provide deep resources for actually facing suffering with hope and courage rather than bitterness and despair
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There is a joy available that the deepest grief cannot put out. No circumstance or person can take away the joy God gives.
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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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If we have not seen our sin and sought radical forgiveness from God, we will be unable to forgive and to seek the good of those who have wronged us.
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The gospel humbles us into the dust and at the very same time exalts us to the heavens.
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Prayer is the way to experience a powerful confidence that God is handling our lives well, that our bad things will turn out for good, our good things cannot be taken from us, and the best things are yet to come.
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If your god never disagrees with you, you might just be worshipping an idealized version of yourself.
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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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How you experience your present is completely shaped by what you believe your ultimate future to be.
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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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Pride is the carbon-monoxide of Sin. It silently and slowly kills you without you even knowing.
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As long as we think we are not that bad, the idea of grace will never change us.
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