In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.
TIMOTHY KELLERIf the church does not identify with the marginalized, it will itself be marginalized. This is God’s poetic justice.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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We tend to see God as a means through which we get things to make us happy. For most of us, He has not become our happiness.
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The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe.
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The main human problems often are that we misidentify what will make us happy; and we ask people and things to save us beyond their ability.
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If you want God’s grace, all you need is need, all you need is nothing. But that kind of spiritual humility is hard to muster.
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Religion says earn your life. Secular society says create your life. Jesus says, ‘My life for your life.
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When Job was prospering, he prayed. When he was suffering, he still prayed.
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God invites us to come as we are, not stay as we are.
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To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God.
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Jesus Christ did not suffer so that you would not suffer. He suffered so that when you suffer, you’ll become more like him.
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To fear the Lord is to be overwhelmed with wonder before the greatness of God and his love.
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Money isn’t an idol. It just shows you where your idols are.
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Think like a prophet, serve like a priest, and plan like a king.
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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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You are a totally loved moral failure.
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The gospel is not only the way to enter the kingdom; it is the way to live in the kingdom.
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