There is no way to have a real relationship without becoming vulnerable to hurt. Christmas tells us that God became breakable and fragile.
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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No one is too bad for Jesus. A lot of people think they are too good for Jesus.
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You are a totally loved moral failure.
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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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Jesus warns people far more often about greed than about sex, yet almost no one thinks they are guilty of it.
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In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.
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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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Men, you’ll never be a good groom to your wife unless you’re first a good bride to Jesus.
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Where you find your significance is where you find your salvation.
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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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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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There are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.
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You don’t fall in love. You commit to it.
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…the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less.
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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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Religion makes us proud of what we have done. The Gospel makes us proud of what Jesus has done.
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