Those who understand the gospel cannot possibly look down on anyone.
TIMOTHY KELLERThere are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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The cross is the place where the Judge takes the Judgment.
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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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The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe.
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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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God looks at the anxious and says, I tore my Son to shreds for you, and you’re afraid I will not give you what you need?
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God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He does not leave us as we are.
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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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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.
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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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How do you change your behavior? Change what you worship
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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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Think like a prophet, serve like a priest, and plan like a king.
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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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We are regularly in danger of having too light a view of our sin and also too light a grasp of what Jesus has done to free us from our sin.
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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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