The cross is the place where the Judge takes the Judgment.
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.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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If I have the smile of God, all other frowns are inconsequential.
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I am going to judge my circumstances by Jesus’ love, not Jesus’ love by my circumstances.
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Religion operates on the principle ‘I obey-therefore I am accepted by God.’ But the operating principle of the gospel is ‘I am accepted by God through what Christ has done-therefore I obey.’
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The way to find your calling is to look at the way you were created. Your gifts have not emerged by accident.
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Christians need the gospel as much as non-Christians do.
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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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…the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less.
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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 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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Forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness. To not retaliate is to absorb the cost.
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The gospel is not only the way to enter the kingdom; it is the way to live in the kingdom.
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If we have not seen our sin and sought radical forgiveness from God, we will be unable to forgive and to seek the good of those who have wronged us.
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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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You are a totally loved moral failure.
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Jesus Christ was treated as we deserved so that when we believe in Jesus, God treats us as Jesus deserves.
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