Worry is not believing God will get it right, and bitterness is believing God got it wrong.
TIMOTHY KELLERAll human problems are ultimately symptoms, and our separation from God is the cause.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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This is the humbling truth that lies at the heart of Christianity. We love to be our own saviors. Our hearts love to manufacture glory for themselves.
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The infallible test of spiritual integrity, Jesus says, is your private prayer life.
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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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God looks at the anxious and says, I tore my Son to shreds for you, and you’re afraid I will not give you what you need?
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This leads to deep humility and deep confidence at the same time. It undermines both swaggering and sniveling. I cannot feel superior to anyone, and yet I have nothing to prove to anyone. I do not think more of myself nor less of myself. Instead, I think of myself less.
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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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The more you understand how your salvation isn’t about your behavior, the more radically your behavior will change.
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If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.
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Those who understand the gospel cannot possibly look down on anyone.
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The great basis of Christian assurance is not how much our hearts are set on God, but how unshakably his heart is set on us.
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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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Nothing is more important than to learn how to maintain a life of purpose in the midst of painful adversity.
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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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The resurrection was God’s way of stamping PAID IN FULL right across history so that nobody could miss it.
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