The gospel is not only the way to enter the kingdom; it is the way to live in the kingdom.
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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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’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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Are you living to justify yourself, or are you living because you are justified?
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When Jesus looked down from the cross, he didn’t think “I am giving myself to you because you are so attractive to me.”
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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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If your god never disagrees with you, you might just be worshipping an idealized version of yourself.
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Since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.
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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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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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Our character is mainly shaped by our primary social community – the people with whom we eat, play, converse, and study.
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Every single emotion you have should be processed in prayer.
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Love is the effort and desire to make someone else everything they were created to be.
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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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Suffering is unbearable if you aren’t certain that God is for you and with you.
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If you love anything in this world more than God, you will crush that object under the weight of your expectations.
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