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.’
TIMOTHY KELLERThere is a joy available that the deepest grief cannot put out. No circumstance or person can take away the joy God gives.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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Only on the cross do you have a totally holy God and a totally loving God.
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The more you understand how your salvation isn’t about your behavior, the more radically your behavior will change.
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Christians need the gospel as much as non-Christians do.
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Our character is mainly shaped by our primary social community – the people with whom we eat, play, converse, and study.
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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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Generosity is not only about money. There is more than one currency. Let your generosity be pervasive in life.
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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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When Job was prospering, he prayed. When he was suffering, he still prayed.
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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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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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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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The resurrection was God’s way of stamping PAID IN FULL right across history so that nobody could miss it.
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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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Are you living to justify yourself, or are you living because you are justified?
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When love of one’s people becomes an absolute, it turns into racism. When love of equality turns into a supreme thing, it can result in hatred and violence toward anyone who has led a privileged life. It is the settled tendency of human societies to turn good political causes into counterfeit gods.
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