Since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.
TIMOTHY KELLERIf 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.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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Success and suffering will either darken your heart or make you wise, but they won’t leave you where you were.
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Generosity is not only about money. There is more than one currency. Let your generosity be pervasive in life.
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Worry is not believing God will get it right, and bitterness is believing God got it wrong.
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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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God relentlessly offers his grace to people who do not deserve it, or seek it, or even appreciate it after they have been saved by it.
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When we worry we are saying, ‘I know the way my life is supposed to go, and God’s not getting it right’.
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Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.
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Prayer should be done regularly, persistently, resolutely, and tenaciously at least daily, whether we feel like it or not.
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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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I am going to judge my circumstances by Jesus’ love, not Jesus’ love by my circumstances.
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There is no way to have a real relationship without becoming vulnerable to hurt. Christmas tells us that God became breakable and fragile.
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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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The Bible’s purpose is to show you how God’s grace breaks into your life against your will and saves you from the sin and brokenness otherwise you would never be able to overcome…
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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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The more you understand how your salvation isn’t about your behavior, the more radically your behavior will change.
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