God became someone we could hurt. Why? To get us back… No other religion-whethe r secularism, Greco-Roman paganism, Eastern religion, Judaism, or Islam-believes God became breakable or suffered or had a body.
TIMOTHY KELLERHow do you change your behavior? Change what you worship
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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We instinctively tend to limit for whom we exert ourselves. We do it for people like us, and for people whom we like. Jesus will have none of that.
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The Gospel is news of what God has done to reach us. It is not advice about what we must do to reach God.
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The purpose of Jesus’s coming is to put the whole world right, to renew and restore the creation, not to escape it.
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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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The prerequisite for receiving the grace of God is to know you need it.
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The Gospel is good news not good advice. Advice = what we should do. News = report of what was done for us.
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To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God.
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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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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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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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There are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.
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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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A life of gratitude to God for being saved is far more pleasing than a life based on self-righteousness over being good.
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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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The lack of joy in your life is due to your lack of mission.
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