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.
TIMOTHY KELLERIf God is not at the center of your life, something else is.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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Legalistic remorse says, “I broke God’s rules,” while real repentance says, “I broke God’s heart.”
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It is what we need more than anything. It liberates us from pretense, humbles us out of our self-righteousness, and fortifies us for any difficulty life can throw at us.
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Christ’s resurrection not only gives you hope for the future; it gives you hope to handle your scars right now.
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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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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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No one is too bad for Jesus. A lot of people think they are too good for Jesus.
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When I forget the gospel I become dependent on the smiles and evaluation of others.
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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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We were designed to know, serve, and love God supremely – and when we are faithful to that design, we flourish.
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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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The more you understand how your salvation isn’t about your behavior, the more radically your behavior will change.
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If we have not seen our sin and sought radical forgiveness from God, we will be unable to forgive and to seek the good of those who have wronged us.
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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 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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The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God’s will to mine, but to mold my will into His.
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