Only on the cross do you have a totally holy God and a totally loving God.
TIMOTHY KELLERWhen Jesus looked down from the cross, he didn’t think “I am giving myself to you because you are so attractive to me.”
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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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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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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Jesus didn’t come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.
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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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Think like a prophet, serve like a priest, and plan like a king.
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No, he was in agony, and he looked down at us – denying him, abandoning him, and betraying him – and in the greatest act of love in history, he STAYED. He said, “Father, forgive them, they don’t know what they are doing.” He loved us, not because we were lovely to him, but to make us lovely.
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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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Pride is the carbon-monoxide of Sin. It silently and slowly kills you without you even knowing.
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You dont fall into love. You commit to it. Love is saying I will be there no matter what.
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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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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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The infallible test of spiritual integrity, Jesus says, is your private prayer life.
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The gospel does not promise you better life circumstances; it promises you a better life.
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Legalistic remorse says, “I broke God’s rules,” while real repentance says, “I broke God’s heart.”
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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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