If anything becomes more fundamental than God to your happiness, meaning of life, and identity then it is an idol.
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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…Singles, too, must see the penultimate status of marriage. If single Christians don’t develop a deeply fulfilling love relationship with Jesus, they will put too much pressure on their DREAM of marriage, and that will create pathology in their lives as well.
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So we find messages of self-salvation extremely attractive, whether they are religious (Keep these rules and you earn eternal blessing) or secular (Grab hold of these things and you’ll experience blessing now).
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All human problems are ultimately symptoms, and our separation from God is the cause.
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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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God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He does not leave us as we are.
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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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Those who understand the gospel cannot possibly look down on anyone.
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It is impossible to forgive someone if you feel superior to him or her.
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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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What you do today is shaped by what you believe about tomorrow.
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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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Fear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves. Joy-based repentance makes us hate the sin.
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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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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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You can’t live the Christian life without a band of Christian friends, without a family of believers in which you find a place.
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