Faith Quote by Timothy J. Keller

““Obedience flows out of faith; it is a consequence of saving faith, not a second condition for salvation.””

Timothy J. Keller

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“The choice is ours. If we want to be sure to experience this vision by sight hereafter, we must know it by faith now.…

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“It is worth asking ourselves: Where am I saying “I can’t” but God is saying “You won’t”? Israel’s failure to obey was based on what they saw as good reasons—God said they were flimsy excuses. Why? Because “God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear” (1 Corinthians 10:13). God will never put us…

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“Tremendous freedom comes when we can laugh at ourselves and whisper to him, "So! It's been you all along!" In some ways that day…

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“Is there anyone or anything that can separate me from Christ’s love for me? And”

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“Then, suddenly, the defense comes in with a new witness who can be proved to have been at the scene of the crime! The…

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“God’s call to his people (then and now) is to combine spirituality with bravery. True discipleship is radical and risk-taking, because true disciples rely…

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“It needs to be said that faith-journeys are never simply intellectual exercises.”

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“The only way to doubt Christianity rightly and fairly is to discern the alternate belief under each of your doubts and then to ask yourself what reasons you have for believing it. How do you know your belief is true? It would be inconsistent to require more justification for Christian belief than you do for your own, but that is…

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“Paul is not saying that I must have nothing to do with the people and things of the world. Ironically, if I must have…

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“Religion is not the place where the problem of man’s egotism is automatically solved. Rather, it is there that the ultimate battle between human pride and God’s grace takes place. Insofar as human pride may win the battle, religion can and does become one of the instruments of human sin. But insofar as there the self does meet God and…

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“Atheists and agnostics ask for this kind of “proof” for God, but are not alone in holding to strong rationalism. Many Christians claim that their arguments for faith are so strong that all who reject them are simply closing their minds to the truth out of fear or stubbornness.4 Despite all the books calling Christians to provide proofs for their…

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