Money isn’t an idol. It just shows you where your idols are.
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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It is impossible to forgive someone if you feel superior to him or her.
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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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If your god never disagrees with you, you might just be worshipping an idealized version of yourself.
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Men, you’ll never be a good groom to your wife unless you’re first a good bride to Jesus.
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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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The way to find your calling is to look at the way you were created. Your gifts have not emerged by accident.
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Trust is accepting what God sends into your life whether you understand it or not.
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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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God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He does not leave us as we are.
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You don’t fall in love. You commit to it.
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If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.
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As long as we think we are not that bad, the idea of grace will never change us.
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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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We tend to see God as a means through which we get things to make us happy. For most of us, He has not become our happiness.
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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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