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…
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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The Gospel is good news not good advice. Advice = what we should do. News = report of what was done for us.
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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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How you experience your present is completely shaped by what you believe your ultimate future to be.
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There is a joy available that the deepest grief cannot put out. No circumstance or person can take away the joy God gives.
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Think like a prophet, serve like a priest, and plan like a king.
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Money isn’t an idol. It just shows you where your idols are.
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Religion: ‘My identity is built on being a good person.’ Gospel: ‘My identity is not built on my record or my performance but on Christ’s.’
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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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After creation God said, ‘It is finished’-and he rested. After redemption Jesus said, ‘It is finished’-and we can rest.
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It is not the strength of your faith but the object of your faith that actually saves you.
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If your god never disagrees with you, you might just be worshipping an idealized version of yourself.
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We were designed to know, serve, and love God supremely – and when we are faithful to that design, we flourish.
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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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When we grasp that we are unworthy sinners saved by an infinitely costly grace, it destroys both our self-righteousn ess and our need to ridicule others.
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Only on the cross do you have a totally holy God and a totally loving God.
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