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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 17h

“In the Bible, law is a means for relationship. That's the purpose of the law”

Source: Re-Imagine Law

Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 1d

“Are you addicted to achievement? Well, the only verdict and honor you really have if you’re a Christian is that Jesus says, ‘You are my beloved child, in whom I am well pleased.’ That’s the only one you need”

Gluttony: The Case of Achan (Sermon)

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 2d

Tim, about his love for Kathy, his wife, and Jesus:

“One or the other of us is going to look at the other person in a coffin. And if our Savior is in that coffin, how will He help us when our heart is breaking? (…) There is only one Savior and He can help you even with that”

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 2d

“[Knowing that] Spiritual resurrection [is coming] means that we are, in a sense, living in heaven while still on earth, living in the future while still being in the present”

Source: Hope in Times of Fear: The Resurrection and the Meaning of Easter

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 3d

“… Paul does not pray for the goods we would usually have near the top of our lists of requests”

Source: Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 3d

“… powerful forces, and separation from loved ones. Their existence was far less secure than ours is today. Yet in these prayers you see not one petition for a better emperor, for protection from marauding armies, or even for bread for the next meal …”

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 3d

“It is remarkable that in all of his writings Paul’s prayers for his friends contain no appeals for changes in their circumstances. It is certain that they lived in the midst of many dangers and hardships. They faced persecution, death from disease, oppression by …”

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 4d

“The human soul wants something that is so big that you can pour all the empires of the world into that hole, into that heart, you can pour all the empires of the world into your soul, and it not be satisfied”

Source: Pride: The Case of Nebuchadnezzar (Sermon)

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 5d

“… Humility is a completely different approach. Humility looks at life like this: ‘It’s a gift’”

Ssource: Pride: The Case of Nebuchadnezzar (Sermon)

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 5d

“Pride is a form of cosmic plagiarism. Something has been brought into your life, something has been given to you, and you say, ‘I wrote it. I composed it. I did it.’ You claim to be the author of that which is a sheer gift …”

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 6d

“Pride destroys your ability to handle bad times, and it sucks the goodness and joy out of good times”

Source: Pride: The Case of Nebuchadnezzar (Sermon)

Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 7d

“Jesus was the temple to end all temples, the priest to end all priests, and the sacrifice to end all sacrifices”

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 8d

“Prayer can be simple, but it’s not easy. Nothing great is”

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 9d

“Your future self will always see your present self as unwise and immature. That means, by your own standards, you are currently a fool right now”

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 10d

“If it is true that we are the product of our loves, so that what we most love shapes us, then preaching to the heart can change people right in their seats”

Source: Preaching

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 11d

“An idol is anything more important to you than God. Anything that absorbs your heart and imagination more than God. Anything that is so central and essential to your life, that should you lose it, your life would feel hardly worth living. Therefore, one can make anything into an idol”

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 12d

“You can avoid Jesus as Savior by keeping all the moral laws. If you do that then you have ‘rights.’ God owes you answered prayers and a good life and a ticket to heaven when you die. You don’t need a Savior who pardons you by free grace—you are your own Savior”

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 13d

"Discipleship is not just a matter of bending your will to Jesus’ will; it’s melting your heart into a whole new shape. A disciple is not someone who simply sets a new priority; a disciple finds a new identity”

Source: The Call to Discipleship

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 14d

“Truth without love is harshness; it may be right but you ignore it because of its bite. Truth and love together transforms”

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 15d

“You can only stay bitter toward someone if you feel superior, if you feel that you would never do anything like they did. Those who won’t forgive show they have not accepted the fact of their own sinfulness”

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 16d

“God will allow evil only to the degree that it brings about the very opposite of what it intends"

Source: Walking with God through Pain and Suffering

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 17d

“You can name sin without hating yourself. You can name the harm without collapsing in guilt. That's the difference between conviction and condemnation—one calls you home, the other locks you out”

Source: What is Wrong with the World?

Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 18d

“Three basic things to do: Speak the truth; show love—in the particular “currencies” or “love languages;" and, finally, give grace through regular repentance, forgiveness, and reconciliation”

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 19d

“Properly understood, Christianity is by no means the opiate of the people. It’s more like the smelling salts”

Source: The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 20d

“Only if we hammer home the gospel, that we're loved sinners in Christ (so loved that we don't have to despair when we do wrong, so sinful that we have no right to be puffed up when we do right) can we help our listeners escape the spiritually bipolar world of moralism”