If your god never disagrees with you, you might just be worshipping an idealized version of yourself.
TIMOTHY KELLERHow does Satan accuse us? By causing us to look at our sin rather than our Savior.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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The purpose of Jesus’s coming is to put the whole world right, to renew and restore the creation, not to escape it.
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God invites us to come as we are, not stay as we are.
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If I have the smile of God, all other frowns are inconsequential.
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Religion says earn your life. Secular society says create your life. Jesus says, ‘My life for your life.
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It is impossible to forgive someone if you feel superior to him or her.
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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 gospel humbles us into the dust and at the very same time exalts us to the heavens.
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If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all that he said; if he didn’t rise from the dead, then why worry about any of what he said? The issue on which everything hangs is not whether or not you like his teaching but whether or not he rose from the dead.
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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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Christians need the gospel as much as non-Christians do.
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This is the humbling truth that lies at the heart of Christianity. We love to be our own saviors. Our hearts love to manufacture glory for themselves.
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When I forget the gospel I become dependent on the smiles and evaluation of others.
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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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Faith is living out and believing what truth is despite what you feel.
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There is no way to have a real relationship without becoming vulnerable to hurt. Christmas tells us that God became breakable and fragile.
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