You can’t live the Christian life without a band of Christian friends, without a family of believers in which you find a place.
TIMOTHY KELLERIf you love anything in this world more than God, you will crush that object under the weight of your expectations.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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Love without truth is sentimentality; it supports and affirms us but keeps us in denial about our flaws. Truth without love is harshness; it gives us information but in such a way that we cannot really hear it.
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If I have the smile of God, all other frowns are inconsequential.
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You are a totally loved moral failure.
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Generosity is not only about money. There is more than one currency. Let your generosity be pervasive in life.
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The gospel does not promise you better life circumstances; it promises you a better life.
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Trust is accepting what God sends into your life whether you understand it or not.
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All human problems are ultimately symptoms, and our separation from God is the cause.
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The more you understand how your salvation isn’t about your behavior, the more radically your behavior will change.
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No one is too bad for Jesus. A lot of people think they are too good for Jesus.
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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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I am going to judge my circumstances by Jesus’ love, not Jesus’ love by my circumstances.
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Prayer is the way to experience a powerful confidence that God is handling our lives well, that our bad things will turn out for good, our good things cannot be taken from us, and the best things are yet to come.
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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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Success and suffering will either darken your heart or make you wise, but they won’t leave you where you were.
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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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