You are more sinful than you could dare imagine and you are more loved and accepted than you could ever dare hope.
TIMOTHY KELLERThe Christian Gospel is that I am so flawed that Jesus had to die for me, yet I am so loved and valued that Jesus was glad to die for me.
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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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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We come to God saying, “Look at all I’ve done,” or maybe “Look at all I’ve suffered.” God, however, wants us to look to him – to just wash.
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If we have not seen our sin and sought radical forgiveness from God, we will be unable to forgive and to seek the good of those who have wronged us.
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Those who understand the gospel cannot possibly look down on anyone.
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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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Faith is not primarily a function of how you feel.
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It is impossible to forgive someone if you feel superior to him or her.
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If the church does not identify with the marginalized, it will itself be marginalized. This is God’s poetic justice.
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You are a totally loved moral failure.
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All human problems are ultimately symptoms, and our separation from God is the cause.
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Love is the effort and desire to make someone else everything they were created to be.
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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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I am going to judge my circumstances by Jesus’ love, not Jesus’ love by my circumstances.
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Christianity does not provide the reason for each experience of pain, but it does provide deep resources for actually facing suffering with hope and courage rather than bitterness and despair
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