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.
TIMOTHY KELLERWhen 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.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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The Gospel is good news not good advice. Advice = what we should do. News = report of what was done for us.
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The world values power, comfort, success, and recognition. Jesus frees us to value grief, sacrifice, weakness, and exclusion.
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This is why so many churches quench the motivation of people for ministry. In our shoes, Paul would say: Remember the grace God has showered on you—what does living out and enjoying that grace look like in this situation?
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There is a joy available that the deepest grief cannot put out. No circumstance or person can take away the joy God gives.
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When I forget the gospel I become dependent on the smiles and evaluation of others.
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Nothing is more important than to learn how to maintain a life of purpose in the midst of painful adversity.
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Worry is not believing God will get it right, and bitterness is believing God got it wrong.
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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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To discover the real you, look at what you spend time thinking about when no one is looking.
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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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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 God is not at the center of your life, something else is.
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We are regularly in danger of having too light a view of our sin and also too light a grasp of what Jesus has done to free us from our sin.
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Money isn’t an idol. It just shows you where your idols are.
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The Bible says that our real problem is that every one of us is building our identity on something besides Jesus.
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