If anything becomes more fundamental than God to your happiness, meaning of life, and identity then it is an idol.
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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Christians need the gospel as much as non-Christians do.
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When Job was prospering, he prayed. When he was suffering, he still prayed.
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You don’t fall in love. You commit to it.
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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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Those who understand the gospel cannot possibly look down on anyone.
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The prerequisite for receiving the grace of God is to know you need it.
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We need to remember that we are saved by grace when we fail. But we need to remember it much more when we succeed.
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When love of one’s people becomes an absolute, it turns into racism. When love of equality turns into a supreme thing, it can result in hatred and violence toward anyone who has led a privileged life. It is the settled tendency of human societies to turn good political causes into counterfeit gods.
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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 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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Many times people think if God has called you to something, he’s promising you success. He might be calling you to fail to prepare you for something else through the failure.
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What you do today is shaped by what you believe about tomorrow.
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The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe.
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We instinctively tend to limit for whom we exert ourselves. We do it for people like us, and for people whom we like. Jesus will have none of that.
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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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