If the church does not identify with the marginalized, it will itself be marginalized. This is God’s poetic justice.
TIMOTHY KELLERThink like a prophet, serve like a priest, and plan like a king.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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If you want God’s grace, all you need is need, all you need is nothing. But that kind of spiritual humility is hard to muster.
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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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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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If anything becomes more fundamental than God to your happiness, meaning of life, and identity then it is an idol.
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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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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 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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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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We 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.
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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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If I have the smile of God, all other frowns are inconsequential.
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The way to find your calling is to look at the way you were created. Your gifts have not emerged by accident.
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The world values power, comfort, success, and recognition. Jesus frees us to value grief, sacrifice, weakness, and exclusion.
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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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