The way to find your calling is to look at the way you were created. Your gifts have not emerged by accident.
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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The gospel does not promise you better life circumstances; it promises you a better life.
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The Gospel is that Jesus Christ came to earth, lived the life we should have lived and died the death we should have died.
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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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Jesus Christ was treated as we deserved so that when we believe in Jesus, God treats us as Jesus deserves.
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You are a totally loved moral failure.
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Those who understand the gospel cannot possibly look down on anyone.
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You don’t fall in love. You commit to it.
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Love without truth is sentimentality; it supports and affirms us but keeps us in denial about our flaws. Truth without love is harshness; it gives us information but in such a way that we cannot really hear 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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We have to be careful not to elevate our preferences to moral standards and judge others by them. We only do so to feel superior.
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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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There is no way to have a real relationship without becoming vulnerable to hurt. Christmas tells us that God became breakable and fragile.
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Legalistic remorse says, “I broke God’s rules,” while real repentance says, “I broke God’s heart.”
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