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From Quotes by Timothy Keller
- Jesus Christ doesn’t just give us truths; he is the truth. Jesus Christ is the prophet to end all prophets. He gives us hard-copy words…
- 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…
- Jesus lost all his glory so that we could be clothed in it. He was shut out so we could get access. He was bound,…
- 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…
- Repentance out of mere fear is really sorrow for the consequences of sin, sorrow over the danger of sin — it bends the will away…
- No one is exempt from trials and tribulations. In fact, this is often what happens to people God loves very much, for it is part…
- All human problems are ultimately symptoms, and our separation from God is the cause.
- A rich, vibrant, consoling, hard-won prayer life is the one good that makes it possible to receive all other kinds of goods rightly and beneficially.…
- The most rapturous delights you have ever had - in the beauty of a landscape, or in the pleasure of food, or in the fulfillment…
- Putting our faith in Christ is not about trying harder; it means transferring our trust away from ourselves and resting in him.
- If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all that he said.
- Most people in the world believe that if there is a God, you relate to God by being good. Most religions are based on that…
- In every other religion the indicative flows from the imperative. Which means, ‘because I do, therefore I am... because I do this, therefore I’m a…
- The purpose of Sabbath is not simply to rejuvenate yourself in order to do more production, nor is it the pursuit of pleasure. The purpose…
- We must neither confuse evangelism with doing justice, nor separate them from one another.
- Through the person and work of Jesus Christ, God fully accomplishes salvation for us, rescuing us from judgment for sin into fellowship with him, and…
- It is because Jesus Christ experienced cosmic thirst on the cross that you and I can have our spiritual thirst satisfied. It is because he…
- Prayer gives us relief from the melancholy burden of self-absorption .
- The doctrine of grace and redemption keeps us from seeing any person or situation as hopeless.
- To stay away from Christianity because part of the Bible’s teaching is offensive to you assumes that if there is a God he wouldn’t have…
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