Christians need the gospel as much as non-Christians do.
TIMOTHY KELLERThe basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God’s will to mine, but to mold my will into His.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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Faith is not primarily a function of how you feel.
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In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.
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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 Bible says that our real problem is that every one of us is building our identity on something besides Jesus.
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Religion operates on the principle ‘I obey-therefore I am accepted by God.’ But the operating principle of the gospel is ‘I am accepted by God through what Christ has done-therefore I obey.’
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Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.
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I am going to judge my circumstances by Jesus’ love, not Jesus’ love by my circumstances.
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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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If your god never disagrees with you, you might just be worshipping an idealized version of yourself.
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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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Forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness. To not retaliate is to absorb the cost.
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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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…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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The more you understand how your salvation isn’t about your behavior, the more radically your behavior will change.
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Tolerance isn’t about not having beliefs. It’s about how your beliefs lead you to treat people who disagree with you.
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