How you experience your present is completely shaped by what you believe your ultimate future to be.
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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Generosity is not only about money. There is more than one currency. Let your generosity be pervasive in life.
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If the church does not identify with the marginalized, it will itself be marginalized. This is God’s poetic justice.
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There is a joy available that the deepest grief cannot put out. No circumstance or person can take away the joy God gives.
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Legalistic remorse says, “I broke God’s rules,” while real repentance says, “I broke God’s heart.”
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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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Jesus Christ was treated as we deserved so that when we believe in Jesus, God treats us as Jesus deserves.
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If God is not at the center of your life, something else is.
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You are more sinful than you could dare imagine and you are more loved and accepted than you could ever dare hope.
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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 anything becomes more fundamental than God to your happiness, meaning of life, and identity then it is an idol.
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Think like a prophet, serve like a priest, and plan like a king.
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God became someone we could hurt. Why? To get us back… No other religion-whethe r secularism, Greco-Roman paganism, Eastern religion, Judaism, or Islam-believes God became breakable or suffered or had a body.
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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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The prerequisite for receiving the grace of God is to know you need it.
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It is what we need more than anything. It liberates us from pretense, humbles us out of our self-righteousness, and fortifies us for any difficulty life can throw at us.
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