There is no way to have a real relationship without becoming vulnerable to hurt. Christmas tells us that God became breakable and fragile.
TIMOTHY KELLERThe purpose of Jesus’s coming is to put the whole world right, to renew and restore the creation, not to escape it.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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Are you living to justify yourself, or are you living because you are justified?
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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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Christians tend to motivate others with guilt. We tend to say: You would do this if you were really committed Christians, indicating that we are committed and all that is needed is for others to become as good as we are!
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The Christian Gospel is that I am so flawed that Jesus had to die for me, yet I am so loved and valued that Jesus was glad to die for me.
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God relentlessly offers his grace to people who do not deserve it, or seek it, or even appreciate it after they have been saved by it.
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Our character is mainly shaped by our primary social community – the people with whom we eat, play, converse, and study.
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If you love anything in this world more than God, you will crush that object under the weight of your expectations.
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When we grasp that we are unworthy sinners saved by an infinitely costly grace, it destroys both our self-righteousn ess and our need to ridicule others.
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Trust is accepting what God sends into your life whether you understand it or not.
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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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If anything becomes more fundamental than God to your happiness, meaning of life, and identity then it is an idol.
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The gospel does not promise you better life circumstances; it promises you a better life.
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Faith is not primarily a function of how you feel.
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God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He does not leave us as we are.
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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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