Christians need the gospel as much as non-Christians do.
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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Men, you’ll never be a good groom to your wife unless you’re first a good bride to Jesus.
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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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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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If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all that he said; if he didn’t rise from the dead, then why worry about any of what he said? The issue on which everything hangs is not whether or not you like his teaching but whether or not he rose from the dead.
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When we grasp that we are unworthy sinners saved by an infinitely costly grace, it destroys both our self-righteousn ess and our need to ridicule others.
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The Gospel is news of what God has done to reach us. It is not advice about what we must do to reach God.
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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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Faith is living out and believing what truth is despite what you feel.
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The infallible test of spiritual integrity, Jesus says, is your private prayer life.
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What you do today is shaped by what you believe about tomorrow.
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Religion: ‘My identity is built on being a good person.’ Gospel: ‘My identity is not built on my record or my performance but on Christ’s.’
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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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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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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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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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