All human problems are ultimately symptoms, and our separation from God is the cause.
TIMOTHY KELLERWe come to God saying, “Look at all I’ve done,” or maybe “Look at all I’ve suffered.” God, however, wants us to look to him – to just wash.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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Religion is ‘if you obey, then you will be accepted’. But the Gospel is, ‘if you are absolutely accepted, and sure you’re accepted, only then will you ever begin to obey’. Those are two utterly different things. Every page of the Bible shows the difference.
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We were designed to know, serve, and love God supremely – and when we are faithful to that design, we flourish.
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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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God invites us to come as we are, not stay as we are.
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How does Satan accuse us? By causing us to look at our sin rather than our Savior.
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Faith is not primarily a function of how you feel.
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To fear the Lord is to be overwhelmed with wonder before the greatness of God and his love.
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To discover the real you, look at what you spend time thinking about when no one is looking.
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The only person who dares wake up a king at 3:00 AM for a glass of water is a child. We have that kind of access
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Tolerance isn’t about not having beliefs. It’s about how your beliefs lead you to treat people who disagree with you.
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God became someone we could hurt. Why? To get us back… No other religion-whethe r secularism, Greco-Roman paganism, Eastern religion, Judaism, or Islam-believes God became breakable or suffered or had a body.
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Every single emotion you have should be processed in prayer.
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Legalistic remorse says, “I broke God’s rules,” while real repentance says, “I broke God’s heart.”
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We have to be careful not to elevate our preferences to moral standards and judge others by them. We only do so to feel superior.
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