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The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe, yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.

Timothy Keller

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The common moral framework: Do anything as long as it does no harm to others. Problem: Whose definition of harm?
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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.
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To fear the Lord is to be overwhelmed with wonder before the greatness of God and his love.
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A Christian is one who stops working to be saved, not one who stops working!
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The Bible judges the church the church does not judge the Bible. The Bible is the foundation for and the creator of the church the church is not the foundation for or creator of the Bible. The church and its hierarchy must be evaluated by the believer with the biblical gospel as the touchstone or plumb line for judging all truth claims.
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Job never saw why he suffered, but he saw God, and that was enough.
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If you try to add to God's salvation you subtract. If you try to add to God's salvation you subtract. If you try to merit God's salvation you haven't believed at all, even if you try to do a little bit.
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Marriage has the power to set the course of your life as a whole. If your marriage is strong, even if all the circumstances in your life around you are filled with trouble and weakness, it won't matter. You will be able to move out into the world in strength.
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God takes our misery and suffering so seriously that he was willing to take it on himself.
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You cannot have Jesus' rescue without accepting His rule.
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Jesus came into this world not as a philosopher or a general but as a carpenter. All work matters to God.
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Our character is mainly shaped by our primary social community - the people with whom we eat, play, converse, and study.
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At the cross, we see the worst that sin can do, as humanity - of which each one of us is a part - crucified the Lord. But at the cross, we also see that the most that sin can do cannot thwart God's salvation.
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Nothing we formulate or do can qualify us for access to God. Only grace can do that- based not on our performance but on the saving work of Christ.
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The Bible says that our real problem is that every one of us is building our identity on something besides Jesus.
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Prayer is awe before an infinite force, and yet it's intimacy with a personal friend.
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After creation God said, 'It is finished'-and he rested. After redemption Jesus said, 'It is finished'-and we can rest.
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