You are a totally loved moral failure.
TIMOTHY KELLERLove 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.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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We need to remember that we are saved by grace when we fail. But we need to remember it much more when we succeed.
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Religion makes us proud of what we have done. The Gospel makes us proud of what Jesus has done.
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When love of one’s people becomes an absolute, it turns into racism. When love of equality turns into a supreme thing, it can result in hatred and violence toward anyone who has led a privileged life. It is the settled tendency of human societies to turn good political causes into counterfeit gods.
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All human problems are ultimately symptoms, and our separation from God is the cause.
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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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We tend to see God as a means through which we get things to make us happy. For most of us, He has not become our happiness.
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We come to God saying, “Look at all I’ve done,” or maybe “Look at all I’ve suffered.” God, however, wants us to look to him – to just wash.
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The Bible’s purpose is to show you how God’s grace breaks into your life against your will and saves you from the sin and brokenness otherwise you would never be able to overcome…
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How you experience your present is completely shaped by what you believe your ultimate future to be.
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You dont fall into love. You commit to it. Love is saying I will be there no matter what.
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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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Fear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves. Joy-based repentance makes us hate the sin.
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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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Love is the effort and desire to make someone else everything they were created to be.
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