The Bible says that our real problem is that every one of us is building our identity on something besides Jesus.
TIMOTHY KELLERAll human problems are ultimately symptoms, and our separation from God is the cause.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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To discover the real you, look at what you spend time thinking about when no one is looking.
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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 relentlessly offers his grace to people who do not deserve it, or seek it, or even appreciate it after they have been saved by it.
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Where you find your significance is where you find your salvation.
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Yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.
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Faith is not primarily a function of how you feel.
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You are a totally loved moral failure.
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You don’t fall in love. You commit to it.
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Pride is the carbon-monoxide of Sin. It silently and slowly kills you without you even knowing.
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What you do today is shaped by what you believe about tomorrow.
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The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe.
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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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When we worry we are saying, ‘I know the way my life is supposed to go, and God’s not getting it right’.
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It’s impossible to have met the real Jesus and be indifferent. You either bow down in wonder OR go away offended.
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