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The story of Jesus changes our lives because it is true.

Timothy Keller

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God's grace and forgiveness, while free to the recipient, are always costly for the giver. From the earliest parts of the Bible, it was understood that God could not forgive without sacrifice. No one who is seriously wronged can “just forgive” the perpetrator.
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When pain and suffering come upon us, we finally see not only that we are not in control of our lives but that we never were.
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The church does not simply have a missions department it should wholly exist to be a mission.
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How does Satan accuse us? By causing us to look at our sin rather than our Savior.
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Christ's resurrection not only gives you hope for the future it gives you hope to handle your scars right now.
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Every religion has a prophet who is pointing people to God. Jesus is the only one who says, 'I am God, and I am coming to find you.'
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Suffering is the stripping of our hope in finite things, therefore we do not put our ultimate hope in anything finite.
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You are more sinful than you could dare imagine and you are more loved and accepted than you could ever dare hope.
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If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all he said.
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If you don't feel like praying, pray to God to give you the desire.
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Tolerance isn't about not having beliefs. It's about how your beliefs lead you to treat people who disagree with you.
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There is a direct relationship between a person's grasp and experience of God's grace, and his or her heart for justice and the poor.
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One of the most frequent responses I get from non-Christian readers is: 'I'm not sure I agree with all this, but I must say this is the first book I've read by a Christian that didn't treat me like I was an idiot.'
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Christmas is telling you that you could never get to heaven on your own. God had to come to you.
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Humility is so shy. If you begin talking about it, it leaves.
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Our need for worth is so powerful that whatever we base our identity and value on we essentially 'deify.' We will look to it with all the passion and intensity of worship and devotion, even if we think ourselves as highly irreligious.
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The infallible test of spiritual integrity, Jesus says, is your private prayer life.
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Pride is that which claims to be the author of what is really a gift.
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Careful obedience to God’s law may serve as a strategy for rebelling against God
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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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