We need to remember that we are saved by grace when we fail. But we need to remember it much more when we succeed.
TIMOTHY KELLERWe tend to see God as a means through which we get things to make us happy. For most of us, He has not become our happiness.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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Jesus Christ did not suffer so that you would not suffer. He suffered so that when you suffer, you’ll become more like him.
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Religion is ‘if you obey, then you will be accepted’. But the Gospel is, ‘if you are absolutely accepted, and sure you’re accepted, only then will you ever begin to obey’. Those are two utterly different things. Every page of the Bible shows the difference.
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You don’t fall in love. You commit to it.
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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…
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We are regularly in danger of having too light a view of our sin and also too light a grasp of what Jesus has done to free us from our sin.
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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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Christ’s resurrection not only gives you hope for the future; it gives you hope to handle your scars right now.
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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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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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Jesus didn’t come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.
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Men, you’ll never be a good groom to your wife unless you’re first a good bride to Jesus.
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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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Love without truth is sentimentality; it supports and affirms us but keeps us in denial about our flaws. Truth without love is harshness; it gives us information but in such a way that we cannot really hear it.
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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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