The Bible says that our real problem is that every one of us is building our identity on something besides Jesus.
TIMOTHY KELLERThe Bible’s purpose is to show you how God’s grace breaks into your life against your will and saves you from the sin and brokenness otherwise you would never be able to overcome…
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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When Job was prospering, he prayed. When he was suffering, he still prayed.
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You are more sinful than you could dare imagine and you are more loved and accepted than you could ever dare hope.
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To discover the real you, look at what you spend time thinking about when no one is looking.
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There is no way to have a real relationship without becoming vulnerable to hurt. Christmas tells us that God became breakable and fragile.
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The gospel does not promise you better life circumstances; it promises you a better life.
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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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Religion operates on the principle ‘I obey-therefore I am accepted by God.’ But the operating principle of the gospel is ‘I am accepted by God through what Christ has done-therefore I obey.’
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What you do today is shaped by what you believe about tomorrow.
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The great basis of Christian assurance is not how much our hearts are set on God, but how unshakably his heart is set on us.
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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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Are you living to justify yourself, or are you living because you are justified?
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The basic premise of religion– that if you live a good life, things will go well for you– is wrong. Jesus was the most morally upright person who ever lived, yet He had a life filled with the experience of poverty, rejection, injustice, and even torture.
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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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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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The infallible test of spiritual integrity, Jesus says, is your private prayer life.
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