You are more sinful than you could dare imagine and you are more loved and accepted than you could ever dare hope.
TIMOTHY KELLERThe Bible’s purpose is not so much to show you how to live a good life.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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Worry is not believing God will get it right, and bitterness is believing God got it wrong.
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Suffering is unbearable if you aren’t certain that God is for you and with you.
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You are a totally loved moral failure.
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Pride is the carbon-monoxide of Sin. It silently and slowly kills you without you even knowing.
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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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The Gospel is that Jesus Christ came to earth, lived the life we should have lived and died the death we should have died.
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It’s impossible to have met the real Jesus and be indifferent. You either bow down in wonder OR go away offended.
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When we worry we are saying, ‘I know the way my life is supposed to go, and God’s not getting it right’.
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The infallible test of spiritual integrity, Jesus says, is your private prayer life.
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The lack of joy in your life is due to your lack of mission.
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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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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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Our character is mainly shaped by our primary social community – the people with whom we eat, play, converse, and study.
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The sin that is most destructive in your life right now is the one you are most defensive about.
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Legalistic remorse says, “I broke God’s rules,” while real repentance says, “I broke God’s heart.”
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