…the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less.
TIMOTHY KELLERThis is the humbling truth that lies at the heart of Christianity. We love to be our own saviors. Our hearts love to manufacture glory for themselves.
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Religion says earn your life. Secular society says create your life. Jesus says, ‘My life for your life.
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The purpose of Jesus’s coming is to put the whole world right, to renew and restore the creation, not to escape it.
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We come to God saying, “Look at all I’ve done,” or maybe “Look at all I’ve suffered.” God, however, wants us to look to him – to just wash.
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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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Christ’s resurrection not only gives you hope for the future; it gives you hope to handle your scars right now.
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Fear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves. Joy-based repentance makes us hate the sin.
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The great basis of Christian assurance is not how much our hearts are set on God, but how unshakably his heart is set on us.
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Jesus warns people far more often about greed than about sex, yet almost no one thinks they are guilty of it.
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God relentlessly offers his grace to people who do not deserve it, or seek it, or even appreciate it after they have been saved by it.
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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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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 were designed to know, serve, and love God supremely – and when we are faithful to that design, we flourish.
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Faith is not primarily a function of how you feel.
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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 I forget the gospel I become dependent on the smiles and evaluation of others.
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