Where you find your significance is where you find your salvation.
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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The main human problems often are that we misidentify what will make us happy; and we ask people and things to save us beyond their ability.
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Faith is living out and believing what truth is despite what you feel.
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Christians need the gospel as much as non-Christians do.
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The only person who dares wake up a king at 3:00 AM for a glass of water is a child. We have that kind of access
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Christianity does not provide the reason for each experience of pain, but it does provide deep resources for actually facing suffering with hope and courage rather than bitterness and despair
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The sin that is most destructive in your life right now is the one you are most defensive about.
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God’s grace does not come to people who morally outperform others, but to those who admit their failure to perform and who acknowledge their need for a Savior.
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If God is not at the center of your life, something else is.
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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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Religion says earn your life. Secular society says create your life. Jesus says, ‘My life for your life.
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Christians tend to motivate others with guilt. We tend to say: You would do this if you were really committed Christians, indicating that we are committed and all that is needed is for others to become as good as we are!
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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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In the original language, ‘Fear the Lord’ doesn’t mean be afraid. It means sustaining a joyful, astonished awe, and wonder before Him.
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Faith is not primarily a function of how you feel.
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It is not the strength of your faith but the object of your faith that actually saves you.
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