Prayer should be done regularly, persistently, resolutely, and tenaciously at least daily, whether we feel like it or not.
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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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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You dont fall into love. You commit to it. Love is saying I will be there no matter what.
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Generosity is not only about money. There is more than one currency. Let your generosity be pervasive in life.
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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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God invites us to come as we are, not stay as we are.
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The Gospel is good news not good advice. Advice = what we should do. News = report of what was done for us.
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Forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness. To not retaliate is to absorb the cost.
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Christians tend to motivate others with guilt. We tend to say: You would do this if you were really committed Christians, indicating that we are committed and all that is needed is for others to become as good as we are!
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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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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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The resurrection was God’s way of stamping PAID IN FULL right across history so that nobody could miss it.
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Religion is ‘if you obey, then you will be accepted’. But the Gospel is, ‘if you are absolutely accepted, and sure you’re accepted, only then will you ever begin to obey’. Those are two utterly different things. Every page of the Bible shows the difference.
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When I forget the gospel I become dependent on the smiles and evaluation of others.
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Faith is living out and believing what truth is despite what you feel.
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How you experience your present is completely shaped by what you believe your ultimate future to be.
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