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More Quotes by Timothy Keller
In the original language, 'Fear the Lord' doesn't mean be afraid. It means sustaining a joyful, astonished awe, and wonder before Him.
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?
The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God's will to mine, but to mold my will into His.
Legalistic remorse says, "I broke God's rules," while real repentance says, "I broke God's heart."
No one is too bad for Jesus. A lot of people think they are too good for Jesus.
The only person who dares wake up a king at 3:00 AM for a glass of water is a child. We have that kind of access
The Gospel is that Jesus Christ came to earth, lived the life we should have lived and died the death we should have died.
Change won’t happen through ‘trying harder’ but only through encountering the radical grace of God.
The only love that won’t disappoint you is one that can’t change, that can’t be lost, that is not based on the ups and downs of life or of how well you live. It is something that not even death can take away from you. God’s love is the only thing like that.
The Bible’s purpose is not so much to show you how to live a good life. 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… religion is ‘if you obey, then you will be accepted’. But the Gospel is, ‘if you are absolutely accepted, and sure you’re accepted, only then will you ever begin to obey’. Those are two utterly different things. Every page of the Bible shows the difference.
