Suffering can refine us rather than destroy us because God himself walks with us in the fire.
TIMOTHY KELLERThe cross is the place where the Judge takes the Judgment.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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Christ did not suffer so you wouldn’t suffer. He suffered so when you suffer you will become like Him.
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Where you find your significance is where you find your salvation.
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This leads to deep humility and deep confidence at the same time. It undermines both swaggering and sniveling. I cannot feel superior to anyone, and yet I have nothing to prove to anyone. I do not think more of myself nor less of myself. Instead, I think of myself less.
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Jesus Christ was treated as we deserved so that when we believe in Jesus, God treats us as Jesus deserves.
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Our character is mainly shaped by our primary social community – the people with whom we eat, play, converse, and study.
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The way to find your calling is to look at the way you were created. Your gifts have not emerged by accident.
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If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.
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Suffering is unbearable if you aren’t certain that God is for you and with you.
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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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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 are a totally loved moral failure.
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Christ’s resurrection not only gives you hope for the future; it gives you hope to handle your scars right now.
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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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To discover the real you, look at what you spend time thinking about when no one is looking.
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When I forget the gospel I become dependent on the smiles and evaluation of others.
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