Prayer should be done regularly, persistently, resolutely, and tenaciously at least daily, whether we feel like it or not.
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 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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This leads to deep humility and deep confidence at the same time. It undermines both swaggering and sniveling. I cannot feel superior to anyone, and yet I have nothing to prove to anyone. I do not think more of myself nor less of myself. Instead, I think of myself less.
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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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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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The Bible’s purpose is not so much to show you how to live a good life.
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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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The Gospel is that Jesus Christ came to earth, lived the life we should have lived and died the death we should have died.
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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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Those who understand the gospel cannot possibly look down on anyone.
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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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The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe.
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Fear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves. Joy-based repentance makes us hate the sin.
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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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All human problems are ultimately symptoms, and our separation from God is the cause.
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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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