Timothy Keller Quotes - Page 5

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• When I forget the gospel I become dependent on the smiles and evaluation of others.

  Timothy Keller

  Evaluation, Forget, Dependent

  Timothy Keller, Kathy Keller (2015). “The Songs of Jesus: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Psalms”, Penguin

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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.

  Timothy Keller

  Christian, Band, Believer

  Timothy Keller (2008). “The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith”, p.48, Penguin

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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.

  Timothy Keller

  Giving, Scar, Resurrection

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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.

  Timothy Keller

  Religious, Humility, Thinking

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• Suffering is unbearable if you aren’t certain that God is for you and with you.

  Timothy Keller

  God, Religious, Pain

  Timothy Keller (2013). “Walking with God through Pain and Suffering”, p.46, Penguin

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• It takes pride to be anxious – I am not wise enough to know how my life should go.

  Timothy Keller

  Wise, Pride, Enough

  Timothy Keller (2014). “Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God”, p.134, Penguin

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• You don't fall in love. You commit to it.

  Timothy Keller

  Falling In Love, Love You, Don't Fall In Love

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• Every single emotion you have should be processed in prayer.

  Timothy Keller

  Prayer, Emotion, Should

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• The infallible test of spiritual integrity, Jesus says, is your private prayer life.

  Timothy Keller

  Christian, Spiritual, Religious

  Timothy Keller (2014). “Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God”, p.21, Penguin

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• Our character is mainly shaped by our primary social community - the people with whom we eat, play, converse, and study.

  Timothy Keller

  Character, Play, People

  Timothy Keller (2012). “Center Church: Doing Balanced, Gospel-Centered Ministry in Your City”, p.651, Zondervan

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• We are regularly in danger of having too light a view of our sin and also too light a grasp of what Jesus has done to free us from our sin.

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  Jesus, Light, Views

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• How you experience your present is completely shaped by what you believe your ultimate future to be.

  Timothy Keller

  Believe, Ultimate

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• If I have the smile of God, all other frowns are inconsequential.

  Timothy Keller

  Ifs, Inconsequential

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• Those who understand the gospel cannot possibly look down on anyone, since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.

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  Strong, Character, Perfect

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• Some suffering is given in order to chastise and correct a person for wrongful patterns of life (as in the case of Jonah imperiled by the storm), some suffering is given not to correct past wrongs but to prevent future ones (as in the case of Joseph sold into slavery), and some suffering has no purpose other than to lead a person to love God more ardently for himself alone and so discover the ultimate peace and freedom.

  Timothy Keller

  God, Pain, Past

  Timothy Keller (2013). “Walking with God through Pain and Suffering”, p.40, Penguin

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• If you don't feel like praying, pray to God to give you the desire.

  Timothy Keller

  Giving, Desire, Praying

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• Many times people think if God has called you to something, he's promising you success. He might be calling you to fail to prepare you for something else through the failure.

  Timothy Keller

  Thinking, People, Calling

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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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  Jesus, Sex, Thinking

  Timothy Keller (2009). “Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power, and the Only Hope that Matters”, p.40, Penguin

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• Unless you believe the gospel, everything you do will be driven by either pride or fear.

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  Believe, Pride, Driven

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• This 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. So we find messages of self-salvation extremely attractive, whether they are religious (Keep these rules and you earn eternal blessing) or secular (Grab hold of these things and you’ll experience blessing now).

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  Religious, Lying, Heart

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• Prayer can be simple, but it's not easy. Nothing great is.

  Timothy Keller

  Prayer, Simple, Easy

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• In the end, we love people into belief. We do not argue them into belief.

  Timothy Keller

  People, Belief, Arguing

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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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  Principles, Done, Christ

  Timothy Keller (2008). “The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism”, p.178, Penguin

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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.

  Timothy Keller

  Racism, People, Hatred

  Timothy Keller (2009). “Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power, and the Only Hope that Matters”, p.60, Penguin

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• Christians need the gospel as much as non-Christians do.

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  Christian, Needs

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