It is not the strength of your faith but the object of your faith that actually saves you.
TIMOTHY KELLERThe gospel is not only the way to enter the kingdom; it is the way to live in the kingdom.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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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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Suffering is unbearable if you aren’t certain that God is for you and with you.
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We need to remember that we are saved by grace when we fail. But we need to remember it much more when we succeed.
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The Bible’s purpose is to show you how God’s grace breaks into your life against your will and saves you from the sin and brokenness otherwise you would never be able to overcome…
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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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Fear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves. Joy-based repentance makes us hate the sin.
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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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God’s grace does not come to people who morally outperform others, but to those who admit their failure to perform and who acknowledge their need for a Savior.
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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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You dont fall into love. You commit to it. Love is saying I will be there no matter what.
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The Bible says that our real problem is that every one of us is building our identity on something besides Jesus.
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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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To discover the real you, look at what you spend time thinking about when no one is looking.
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The reason the stone was rolled away on Jesus’s tomb was not so that Jesus could get out, but so that we could get in.
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