You are more sinful than you could dare imagine and you are more loved and accepted than you could ever dare hope.
TIMOTHY KELLERIt’s impossible to have met the real Jesus and be indifferent. You either bow down in wonder OR go away offended.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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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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Suffering is unbearable if you aren’t certain that God is for you and with you.
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Money isn’t an idol. It just shows you where your idols are.
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In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.
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The more you understand how your salvation isn’t about your behavior, the more radically your behavior will change.
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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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Fear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves. Joy-based repentance makes us hate the sin.
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Those who understand the gospel cannot possibly look down on anyone.
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To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God.
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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 key question in order to change you is not ‘What would Jesus do?’ but “What has Jesus done for you?”
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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 infallible test of spiritual integrity, Jesus says, is your private prayer life.
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Christians need the gospel as much as non-Christians do.
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