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.
TIMOTHY KELLERAll human problems are ultimately symptoms, and our separation from God is the cause.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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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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I am going to judge my circumstances by Jesus’ love, not Jesus’ love by my circumstances.
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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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Christians need the gospel as much as non-Christians do.
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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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How do you change your behavior? Change what you worship
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The key question in order to change you is not ‘What would Jesus do?’ but “What has Jesus done for you?”
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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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When 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.
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The cross is the place where the Judge takes the Judgment.
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Religion operates on the principle ‘I obey-therefore I am accepted by God.’ But the operating principle of the gospel is ‘I am accepted by God through what Christ has done-therefore I obey.’
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Forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness. To not retaliate is to absorb the cost.
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The Christian Gospel is that I am so flawed that Jesus had to die for me, yet I am so loved and valued that Jesus was glad to die for me.
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Religion is ‘if you obey, then you will be accepted’. But the Gospel is, ‘if you are absolutely accepted, and sure you’re accepted, only then will you ever begin to obey’. Those are two utterly different things. Every page of the Bible shows the difference.
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