The purpose of Jesus’s coming is to put the whole world right, to renew and restore the creation, not to escape it.
TIMOTHY KELLERIn religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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We were designed to know, serve, and love God supremely – and when we are faithful to that design, we flourish.
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There are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.
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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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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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Trust is accepting what God sends into your life whether you understand it or not.
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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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Faith is not primarily a function of how you feel.
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The Gospel is news of what God has done to reach us. It is not advice about what we must do to reach God.
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If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all that he said; if he didn’t rise from the dead, then why worry about any of what he said? The issue on which everything hangs is not whether or not you like his teaching but whether or not he rose from the dead.
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Jesus Christ did not suffer so that you would not suffer. He suffered so that when you suffer, you’ll become more like him.
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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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How you experience your present is completely shaped by what you believe your ultimate future to be.
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If anything becomes more fundamental than God to your happiness, meaning of life, and identity then it is an idol.
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A life of gratitude to God for being saved is far more pleasing than a life based on self-righteousness over being good.
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If you love anything in this world more than God, you will crush that object under the weight of your expectations.
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