If you love anything in this world more than God, you will crush that object under the weight of your expectations.
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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In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.
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You dont fall into love. You commit to it. Love is saying I will be there no matter what.
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Pride is the carbon-monoxide of Sin. It silently and slowly kills you without you even knowing.
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Forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness. To not retaliate is to absorb the cost.
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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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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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Fear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves. Joy-based repentance makes us hate the sin.
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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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After creation God said, ‘It is finished’-and he rested. After redemption Jesus said, ‘It is finished’-and we can rest.
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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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Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.
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As long as we think we are not that bad, the idea of grace will never change us.
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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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How do you change your behavior? Change what you worship
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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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