Where you find your significance is where you find your salvation.
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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If God is not at the center of your life, something else is.
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Faith is not primarily a function of how you feel.
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You can’t live the Christian life without a band of Christian friends, without a family of believers in which you find a place.
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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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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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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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If the church does not identify with the marginalized, it will itself be marginalized. This is God’s poetic justice.
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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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Suffering is unbearable if you aren’t certain that God is for you and with you.
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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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Trust is accepting what God sends into your life whether you understand it or not.
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Money isn’t an idol. It just shows you where your idols are.
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God became someone we could hurt. Why? To get us back… No other religion-whethe r secularism, Greco-Roman paganism, Eastern religion, Judaism, or Islam-believes God became breakable or suffered or had a body.
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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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Fear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves. Joy-based repentance makes us hate the sin.
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