Our character is mainly shaped by our primary social community – the people with whom we eat, play, converse, and study.
TIMOTHY KELLERThe 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.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.
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Money isn’t an idol. It just shows you where your idols are.
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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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The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe.
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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 basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God’s will to mine, but to mold my will into His.
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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 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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Legalistic remorse says, “I broke God’s rules,” while real repentance says, “I broke God’s heart.”
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All human problems are ultimately symptoms, and our separation from God is the cause.
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If you love anything in this world more than God, you will crush that object under the weight of your expectations.
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Christians need the gospel as much as non-Christians do.
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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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God’s grace does not come to people who morally outperform others, but to those who admit their failure to perform and who acknowledge their need for a Savior.
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You are a totally loved moral failure.
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