Religion says earn your life. Secular society says create your life. Jesus says, ‘My life for your life.
TIMOTHY KELLERLegalistic remorse says, “I broke God’s rules,” while real repentance says, “I broke God’s heart.”
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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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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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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The 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…
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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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Faith is not primarily a function of how you feel.
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The lack of joy in your life is due to your lack of mission.
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Our character is mainly shaped by our primary social community – the people with whom we eat, play, converse, and study.
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…Singles, too, must see the penultimate status of marriage. If single Christians don’t develop a deeply fulfilling love relationship with Jesus, they will put too much pressure on their DREAM of marriage, and that will create pathology in their lives as well.
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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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To fear the Lord is to be overwhelmed with wonder before the greatness of God and his love.
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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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Yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.
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Where you find your significance is where you find your salvation.
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This is why so many churches quench the motivation of people for ministry. In our shoes, Paul would say: Remember the grace God has showered on you—what does living out and enjoying that grace look like in this situation?
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