The gospel humbles us into the dust and at the very same time exalts us to the heavens.
TIMOTHY KELLEREvery single emotion you have should be processed in prayer.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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God invites us to come as we are, not stay as we are.
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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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No one is too bad for Jesus. A lot of people think they are too good for Jesus.
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If God is not at the center of your life, something else is.
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Success and suffering will either darken your heart or make you wise, but they won’t leave you where you were.
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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…
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…Singles, too, must see the penultimate status of marriage. If single Christians don’t develop a deeply fulfilling love relationship with Jesus, they will put too much pressure on their DREAM of marriage, and that will create pathology in their lives as well.
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God looks at the anxious and says, I tore my Son to shreds for you, and you’re afraid I will not give you what you need?
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God became someone we could hurt. Why? To get us back… No other religion-whethe r secularism, Greco-Roman paganism, Eastern religion, Judaism, or Islam-believes God became breakable or suffered or had a body.
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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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If you want God’s grace, all you need is need, all you need is nothing. But that kind of spiritual humility is hard to muster.
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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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The Gospel is news of what God has done to reach us. It is not advice about what we must do to reach God.
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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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We were designed to know, serve, and love God supremely – and when we are faithful to that design, we flourish.
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