Every single emotion you have should be processed in prayer.
TIMOTHY KELLERYet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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The gospel humbles us into the dust and at the very same time exalts us to the heavens.
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Money isn’t an idol. It just shows you where your idols are.
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Jesus didn’t come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.
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Religion: ‘My identity is built on being a good person.’ Gospel: ‘My identity is not built on my record or my performance but on Christ’s.’
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How does Satan accuse us? By causing us to look at our sin rather than our Savior.
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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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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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Christ did not suffer so you wouldn’t suffer. He suffered so when you suffer you will become like Him.
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God’s grace does not come to people who morally outperform others, but to those who admit their failure to perform and who acknowledge their need for a Savior.
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We are regularly in danger of having too light a view of our sin and also too light a grasp of what Jesus has done to free us from our sin.
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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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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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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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Christians need the gospel as much as non-Christians do.
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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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