…the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less.
TIMOTHY KELLERChristians tend to motivate others with guilt. We tend to say: You would do this if you were really committed Christians, indicating that we are committed and all that is needed is for others to become as good as we are!
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.
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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 sin that is most destructive in your life right now is the one you are most defensive about.
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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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The gospel is not only the way to enter the kingdom; it is the way to live in the kingdom.
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Yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.
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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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The prerequisite for receiving the grace of God is to know you need it.
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How does Satan accuse us? By causing us to look at our sin rather than our Savior.
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…Singles, too, must see the penultimate status of marriage. If single Christians don’t develop a deeply fulfilling love relationship with Jesus, they will put too much pressure on their DREAM of marriage, and that will create pathology in their lives as well.
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The world values power, comfort, success, and recognition. Jesus frees us to value grief, sacrifice, weakness, and exclusion.
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Forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness. To not retaliate is to absorb the cost.
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As long as we think we are not that bad, the idea of grace will never change us.
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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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