Christ did not suffer so you wouldn’t suffer. He suffered so when you suffer you will become like Him.
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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Faith is not primarily a function of how you feel.
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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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The cross is the place where the Judge takes the Judgment.
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The basic premise of religion– that if you live a good life, things will go well for you– is wrong. Jesus was the most morally upright person who ever lived, yet He had a life filled with the experience of poverty, rejection, injustice, and even torture.
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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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Suffering can refine us rather than destroy us because God himself walks with us in the fire.
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If you don’t feel like praying, pray to God to give you the desire.
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There is no way to have a real relationship without becoming vulnerable to hurt. Christmas tells us that God became breakable and fragile.
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If you want God’s grace, all you need is need, all you need is nothing. But that kind of spiritual humility is hard to muster.
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If I have the smile of God, all other frowns are inconsequential.
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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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You can’t live the Christian life without a band of Christian friends, without a family of believers in which you find a place.
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When we grasp that we are unworthy sinners saved by an infinitely costly grace, it destroys both our self-righteousn ess and our need to ridicule others.
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The lack of joy in your life is due to your lack of mission.
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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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