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.
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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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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Jesus Christ did not suffer so that you would not suffer. He suffered so that when you suffer, you’ll become more like him.
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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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Prayer should be done regularly, persistently, resolutely, and tenaciously at least daily, whether we feel like it or not.
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Suffering can refine us rather than destroy us because God himself walks with us in the fire.
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The Bible says that our real problem is that every one of us is building our identity on something besides Jesus.
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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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If the church does not identify with the marginalized, it will itself be marginalized. This is God’s poetic justice.
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God invites us to come as we are, not stay as we are.
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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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You don’t fall in love. You commit to it.
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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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The key question in order to change you is not ‘What would Jesus do?’ but “What has Jesus done for you?”
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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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Where you find your significance is where you find your salvation.
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