The resurrection was God’s way of stamping PAID IN FULL right across history so that nobody could miss it.
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 Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all that he said; if he didn’t rise from the dead, then why worry about any of what he said? The issue on which everything hangs is not whether or not you like his teaching but whether or not he rose from the dead.
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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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Jesus Christ did not suffer so that you would not suffer. He suffered so that when you suffer, you’ll become more like him.
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If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.
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Jesus didn’t come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.
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…the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less.
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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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God relentlessly offers his grace to people who do not deserve it, or seek it, or even appreciate it after they have been saved by it.
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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 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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It is impossible to forgive someone if you feel superior to him or her.
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When Job was prospering, he prayed. When he was suffering, he still prayed.
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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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Generosity is not only about money. There is more than one currency. Let your generosity be pervasive in life.
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Success and suffering will either darken your heart or make you wise, but they won’t leave you where you were.
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