We instinctively tend to limit for whom we exert ourselves. We do it for people like us, and for people whom we like. Jesus will have none of that.
TIMOTHY KELLERPride is the carbon-monoxide of Sin. It silently and slowly kills you without you even knowing.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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The Christian Gospel is that I am so flawed that Jesus had to die for me, yet I am so loved and valued that Jesus was glad to die for me.
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When we worry we are saying, ‘I know the way my life is supposed to go, and God’s not getting it right’.
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There are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.
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When love of one’s people becomes an absolute, it turns into racism. When love of equality turns into a supreme thing, it can result in hatred and violence toward anyone who has led a privileged life. It is the settled tendency of human societies to turn good political causes into counterfeit gods.
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In the original language, ‘Fear the Lord’ doesn’t mean be afraid. It means sustaining a joyful, astonished awe, and wonder before Him.
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When Jesus looked down from the cross, he didn’t think “I am giving myself to you because you are so attractive to me.”
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Fear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves. Joy-based repentance makes us hate the sin.
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The reason the stone was rolled away on Jesus’s tomb was not so that Jesus could get out, but so that we could get in.
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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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Religion makes us proud of what we have done. The Gospel makes us proud of what Jesus has done.
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The main human problems often are that we misidentify what will make us happy; and we ask people and things to save us beyond their ability.
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The lack of joy in your life is due to your lack of mission.
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Worry is not believing God will get it right, and bitterness is believing God got it wrong.
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The infallible test of spiritual integrity, Jesus says, is your private prayer life.
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If God is not at the center of your life, something else is.
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