In the original language, ‘Fear the Lord’ doesn’t mean be afraid. It means sustaining a joyful, astonished awe, and wonder before Him.
TIMOTHY KELLERThe more you understand how your salvation isn’t about your behavior, the more radically your behavior will change.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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Pride is the carbon-monoxide of Sin. It silently and slowly kills you without you even knowing.
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You are a totally loved moral failure.
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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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Christ did not suffer so you wouldn’t suffer. He suffered so when you suffer you will become like Him.
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Money isn’t an idol. It just shows you where your idols are.
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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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If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.
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Religion: ‘My identity is built on being a good person.’ Gospel: ‘My identity is not built on my record or my performance but on Christ’s.’
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The world values power, comfort, success, and recognition. Jesus frees us to value grief, sacrifice, weakness, and exclusion.
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The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe.
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Those who understand the gospel cannot possibly look down on anyone.
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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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Only on the cross do you have a totally holy God and a totally loving God.
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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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