After creation God said, ‘It is finished’-and he rested. After redemption Jesus said, ‘It is finished’-and we can rest.
TIMOTHY KELLERThe Gospel is good news not good advice. Advice = what we should do. News = report of what was done for us.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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You can’t live the Christian life without a band of Christian friends, without a family of believers in which you find a place.
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As long as we think we are not that bad, the idea of grace will never change us.
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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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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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I am going to judge my circumstances by Jesus’ love, not Jesus’ love by my circumstances.
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The Bible says that our real problem is that every one of us is building our identity on something besides Jesus.
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Tolerance isn’t about not having beliefs. It’s about how your beliefs lead you to treat people who disagree with you.
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Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.
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Jesus warns people far more often about greed than about sex, yet almost no one thinks they are guilty of it.
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The way to find your calling is to look at the way you were created. Your gifts have not emerged by accident.
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The only person who dares wake up a king at 3:00 AM for a glass of water is a child. We have that kind of access
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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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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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The gospel humbles us into the dust and at the very same time exalts us to the heavens.
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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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