If your god never disagrees with you, you might just be worshipping an idealized version of yourself.
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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Worry is not believing God will get it right, and bitterness is believing God got it wrong.
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The way to find your calling is to look at the way you were created. Your gifts have not emerged by accident.
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Christians need the gospel as much as non-Christians do.
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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 Bible says that our real problem is that every one of us is building our identity on something besides Jesus.
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If I have the smile of God, all other frowns are inconsequential.
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Christians 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!
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The infallible test of spiritual integrity, Jesus says, is your private prayer life.
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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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To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God.
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Jesus didn’t come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.
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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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Only on the cross do you have a totally holy God and a totally loving God.
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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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What you do today is shaped by what you believe about tomorrow.
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