Only on the cross do you have a totally holy God and a totally loving God.
TIMOTHY KELLERWhen Job was prospering, he prayed. When he was suffering, he still prayed.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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The Bible’s purpose is not so much to show you how to live a good life.
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The only person who dares wake up a king at 3:00 AM for a glass of water is a child. We have that kind of access
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The gospel does not promise you better life circumstances; it promises you a better life.
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The key question in order to change you is not ‘What would Jesus do?’ but “What has Jesus done for you?”
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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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Those who understand the gospel cannot possibly look down on anyone.
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Yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.
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Trust is accepting what God sends into your life whether you understand it or not.
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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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The gospel humbles us into the dust and at the very same time exalts us to the heavens.
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The basic premise of religion– that if you live a good life, things will go well for you– is wrong. Jesus was the most morally upright person who ever lived, yet He had a life filled with the experience of poverty, rejection, injustice, and even torture.
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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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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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When I forget the gospel I become dependent on the smiles and evaluation of others.
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You are more sinful than you could dare imagine and you are more loved and accepted than you could ever dare hope.
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