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Reason can get you to probability, but only commitment can get you to certainty.

Timothy Keller

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The Gospel is news of what God has done to reach us. It is not advice about what we must do to reach God.
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Religion makes us proud of what we have done. The Gospel makes us proud of what Jesus has done.
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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 from God, truths on which we can build our lives, truths we have to submit to, truths we have to obey, and truths we have to build our lives on, but he himself is the truth.
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Out of the cross comes the resurrection. Out of weakness comes real strength.
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The ministry of mercy, then, is the best advertising a church can have. It convinces a community that this church provides people with actions for their problems, not only talk. It shows the community that this church is compassionate.
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