The Gospel is that Jesus Christ came to earth, lived the life we should have lived and died the death we should have died.
TIMOTHY KELLERSuccess and suffering will either darken your heart or make you wise, but they won’t leave you where you were.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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The cross is the place where the Judge takes the Judgment.
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Those who understand the gospel cannot possibly look down on anyone.
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If anything becomes more fundamental than God to your happiness, meaning of life, and identity then it is an idol.
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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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Forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness. To not retaliate is to absorb the cost.
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If we have not seen our sin and sought radical forgiveness from God, we will be unable to forgive and to seek the good of those who have wronged us.
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Christians need the gospel as much as non-Christians do.
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There is a joy available that the deepest grief cannot put out. No circumstance or person can take away the joy God gives.
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Suffering can refine us rather than destroy us because God himself walks with us in the fire.
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The resurrection was God’s way of stamping PAID IN FULL right across history so that nobody could miss it.
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Faith is not primarily a function of how you feel.
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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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The world values power, comfort, success, and recognition. Jesus frees us to value grief, sacrifice, weakness, and exclusion.
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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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