The Gospel is that Jesus Christ came to earth, lived the life we should have lived and died the death we should have died.
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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Religion says earn your life. Secular society says create your life. Jesus says, ‘My life for your life.
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If you want God’s grace, all you need is need, all you need is nothing. But that kind of spiritual humility is hard to muster.
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The lack of joy in your life is due to your lack of mission.
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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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Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.
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The gospel is not only the way to enter the kingdom; it is the way to live in the kingdom.
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No one is too bad for Jesus. A lot of people think they are too good for Jesus.
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Love without truth is sentimentality; it supports and affirms us but keeps us in denial about our flaws. Truth without love is harshness; it gives us information but in such a way that we cannot really hear it.
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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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In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.
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Every single emotion you have should be processed in prayer.
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Prayer should be done regularly, persistently, resolutely, and tenaciously at least daily, whether we feel like it or not.
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Worry is not believing God will get it right, and bitterness is believing God got it wrong.
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Yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.
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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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