Faith is living out and believing what truth is despite what you feel.
TIMOTHY KELLERChrist did not suffer so you wouldn’t suffer. He suffered so when you suffer you will become like Him.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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This is the humbling truth that lies at the heart of Christianity. We love to be our own saviors. Our hearts love to manufacture glory for themselves.
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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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Love without truth is sentimentality; it supports and affirms us but keeps us in denial about our flaws. Truth without love is harshness; it gives us information but in such a way that we cannot really hear it.
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The lack of joy in your life is due to your lack of mission.
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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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What you do today is shaped by what you believe about tomorrow.
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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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We need to remember that we are saved by grace when we fail. But we need to remember it much more when we succeed.
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If God is not at the center of your life, something else is.
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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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In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.
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The purpose of Jesus’s coming is to put the whole world right, to renew and restore the creation, not to escape it.
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Christianity does not provide the reason for each experience of pain, but it does provide deep resources for actually facing suffering with hope and courage rather than bitterness and despair
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We have to be careful not to elevate our preferences to moral standards and judge others by them. We only do so to feel superior.
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Only on the cross do you have a totally holy God and a totally loving God.
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