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.
TIMOTHY KELLEROur character is mainly shaped by our primary social community – the people with whom we eat, play, converse, and study.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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Love is the effort and desire to make someone else everything they were created to be.
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Christ’s resurrection not only gives you hope for the future; it gives you hope to handle your scars right now.
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Christians need the gospel as much as non-Christians do.
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Religion operates on the principle ‘I obey-therefore I am accepted by God.’ But the operating principle of the gospel is ‘I am accepted by God through what Christ has done-therefore I obey.’
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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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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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It is not the strength of your faith but the object of your faith that actually saves you.
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After creation God said, ‘It is finished’-and he rested. After redemption Jesus said, ‘It is finished’-and we can rest.
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Christ did not suffer so you wouldn’t suffer. He suffered so when you suffer you will become like Him.
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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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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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Prayer should be done regularly, persistently, resolutely, and tenaciously at least daily, whether we feel like it or not.
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You are a totally loved moral failure.
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The key question in order to change you is not ‘What would Jesus do?’ but “What has Jesus done for you?”
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All human problems are ultimately symptoms, and our separation from God is the cause.
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