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If the preaching of our ministers and the practice of our parishioners do not have the same effect on people that Jesus had, then we must not be declaring the same message that Jesus did.

Timothy Keller

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I am God and I am coming to find you.
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God invites us to come as we are, not stay as we are.
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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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Anything can serve as a counterfeit god, especially the very best things in life.
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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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We must neither confuse evangelism with doing justice, nor separate them from one another.
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We only fully grasp the gospel when we understand, as Paul did, that we are the worst sinner we know
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God has become human. The absolute has become particular. The ideal has become real. The divine has taken up a human nature.
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A triune God would call us to converse with him . . . because he wants to share the joy he has. Prayer is our way of entering into the happiness of God himself.
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Occasionally God rips aside the veil, and you begin to see this very fact: All things happen for you. All things. Everything is knit together.
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The essence of Christian obedience is not do’s and don’ts but personal allegiance to Jesus.
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The cross is the place where the Judge takes the Judgment.
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It is impossible to forgive someone if you feel superior to him or her.
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God relentlessly offers his grace to people who do not deserve it, or seek it, or even appreciate it after they have been saved by it.
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If you come to recognize the beliefs on which your doubts about Christianity are based, and if you seek as much proof for those beliefs as you seek from Christians for theirs - you will discover that your doubts are not as solid as they first appeared.
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There is no evil that the father’s love cannot pardon and cover, there is no sin that is a match for his grace.
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