If I have the smile of God, all other frowns are inconsequential.
TIMOTHY KELLERI am going to judge my circumstances by Jesus’ love, not Jesus’ love by my circumstances.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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Jesus didn’t come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.
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Only on the cross do you have a totally holy God and a totally loving God.
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…the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less.
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Faith is not primarily a function of how you feel.
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The gospel does not promise you better life circumstances; it promises you a better life.
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Fear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves. Joy-based repentance makes us hate the sin.
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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 Bible’s purpose is not so much to show you how to live a good life.
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I am going to judge my circumstances by Jesus’ love, not Jesus’ love by my circumstances.
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Christians need the gospel as much as non-Christians do.
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If you don’t feel like praying, pray to God to give you the desire.
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Think like a prophet, serve like a priest, and plan like a king.
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The basic premise of religion– that if you live a good life, things will go well for you– is wrong. Jesus was the most morally upright person who ever lived, yet He had a life filled with the experience of poverty, rejection, injustice, and even torture.
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The Bible’s purpose is to show you how God’s grace breaks into your life against your will and saves you from the sin and brokenness otherwise you would never be able to overcome…
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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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