The Bible’s purpose is to show you how God’s grace breaks into your life against your will and saves you from the sin and brokenness otherwise you would never be able to overcome…
TIMOTHY KELLERFear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves. Joy-based repentance makes us hate the sin.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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The purpose of Jesus’s coming is to put the whole world right, to renew and restore the creation, not to escape it.
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The more you understand how your salvation isn’t about your behavior, the more radically your behavior will change.
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You are a totally loved moral failure.
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Only on the cross do you have a totally holy God and a totally loving God.
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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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God’s grace does not come to people who morally outperform others, but to those who admit their failure to perform and who acknowledge their need for a Savior.
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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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To fear the Lord is to be overwhelmed with wonder before the greatness of God and his love.
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The Bible’s purpose is not so much to show you how to live a good life.
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If we have not seen our sin and sought radical forgiveness from God, we will be unable to forgive and to seek the good of those who have wronged us.
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Think like a prophet, serve like a priest, and plan like a king.
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Jesus warns people far more often about greed than about sex, yet almost no one thinks they are guilty of it.
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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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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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You are more sinful than you could dare imagine and you are more loved and accepted than you could ever dare hope.
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