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.
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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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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Men, you’ll never be a good groom to your wife unless you’re first a good bride to Jesus.
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Faith is not primarily a function of how you feel.
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This is why so many churches quench the motivation of people for ministry. In our shoes, Paul would say: Remember the grace God has showered on you—what does living out and enjoying that grace look like in this situation?
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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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Since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.
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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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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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In the original language, ‘Fear the Lord’ doesn’t mean be afraid. It means sustaining a joyful, astonished awe, and wonder before Him.
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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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Prayer should be done regularly, persistently, resolutely, and tenaciously at least daily, whether we feel like it or not.
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This is the humbling truth that lies at the heart of Christianity. We love to be our own saviors. Our hearts love to manufacture glory for themselves.
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Christianity does not provide the reason for each experience of pain, but it does provide deep resources for actually facing suffering with hope and courage rather than bitterness and despair
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We are regularly in danger of having too light a view of our sin and also too light a grasp of what Jesus has done to free us from our sin.
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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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