The world values power, comfort, success, and recognition. Jesus frees us to value grief, sacrifice, weakness, and exclusion.
TIMOTHY KELLERFear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves. Joy-based repentance makes us hate the sin.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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 don’t fall in love. You commit to it.
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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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If you don’t feel like praying, pray to God to give you the desire.
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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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It is not the strength of your faith but the object of your faith that actually saves you.
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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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You dont fall into love. You commit to it. Love is saying I will be there no matter what.
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If your god never disagrees with you, you might just be worshipping an idealized version of yourself.
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Generosity is not only about money. There is more than one currency. Let your generosity be pervasive in life.
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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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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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If the church does not identify with the marginalized, it will itself be marginalized. This is God’s poetic justice.
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The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God’s will to mine, but to mold my will into His.
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If you want God’s grace, all you need is need, all you need is nothing. But that kind of spiritual humility is hard to muster.
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