When we grasp that we are unworthy sinners saved by an infinitely costly grace, it destroys both our self-righteousn ess and our need to ridicule others.
TIMOTHY KELLERThe sin that is most destructive in your life right now is the one you are most defensive about.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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Suffering is unbearable if you aren’t certain that God is for you and with you.
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The cross is the place where the Judge takes the Judgment.
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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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Christians need the gospel as much as non-Christians do.
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There is a joy available that the deepest grief cannot put out. No circumstance or person can take away the joy God gives.
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Jesus warns people far more often about greed than about sex, yet almost no one thinks they are guilty of it.
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If you love anything in this world more than God, you will crush that object under the weight of your expectations.
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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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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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God looks at the anxious and says, I tore my Son to shreds for you, and you’re afraid I will not give you what you need?
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The main human problems often are that we misidentify what will make us happy; and we ask people and things to save us beyond their ability.
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All human problems are ultimately symptoms, and our separation from God is the cause.
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So we find messages of self-salvation extremely attractive, whether they are religious (Keep these rules and you earn eternal blessing) or secular (Grab hold of these things and you’ll experience blessing now).
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Every single emotion you have should be processed in prayer.
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In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.
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