You can’t live the Christian life without a band of Christian friends, without a family of believers in which you find a place.
TIMOTHY KELLERSuffering can refine us rather than destroy us because God himself walks with us in the fire.
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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In the original language, ‘Fear the Lord’ doesn’t mean be afraid. It means sustaining a joyful, astonished awe, and wonder before Him.
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I am going to judge my circumstances by Jesus’ love, not Jesus’ love by my circumstances.
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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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The Gospel is that Jesus Christ came to earth, lived the life we should have lived and died the death we should have died.
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Worry is not believing God will get it right, and bitterness is believing God got it wrong.
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The main human problems often are that we misidentify what will make us happy; and we ask people and things to save us beyond their ability.
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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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In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.
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If you don’t feel like praying, pray to God to give you the desire.
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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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Since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.
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It is what we need more than anything. It liberates us from pretense, humbles us out of our self-righteousness, and fortifies us for any difficulty life can throw at us.
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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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