Christians need the gospel as much as non-Christians do.
TIMOTHY KELLERWe instinctively tend to limit for whom we exert ourselves. We do it for people like us, and for people whom we like. Jesus will have none of that.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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Christ did not suffer so you wouldn’t suffer. He suffered so when you suffer you will become like Him.
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Tolerance isn’t about not having beliefs. It’s about how your beliefs lead you to treat people who disagree with you.
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The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God’s will to mine, but to mold my will into His.
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The prerequisite for receiving the grace of God is to know you need it.
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Religion operates on the principle ‘I obey-therefore I am accepted by God.’ But the operating principle of the gospel is ‘I am accepted by God through what Christ has done-therefore I obey.’
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Suffering can refine us rather than destroy us because God himself walks with us in the fire.
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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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Religion makes us proud of what we have done. The Gospel makes us proud of what Jesus has done.
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All human problems are ultimately symptoms, and our separation from God is the cause.
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Faith is living out and believing what truth is despite what you feel.
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The Gospel is good news not good advice. Advice = what we should do. News = report of what was done for us.
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This is why so many churches quench the motivation of people for ministry. In our shoes, Paul would say: Remember the grace God has showered on you—what does living out and enjoying that grace look like in this situation?
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If you don’t feel like praying, pray to God to give you the desire.
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When we worry we are saying, ‘I know the way my life is supposed to go, and God’s not getting it right’.
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This leads to deep humility and deep confidence at the same time. It undermines both swaggering and sniveling. I cannot feel superior to anyone, and yet I have nothing to prove to anyone. I do not think more of myself nor less of myself. Instead, I think of myself less.
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