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Religion makes us proud of what we have done. The Gospel makes us proud of what Jesus has done.

Timothy Keller

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Many times people think if God has called you to something, he's promising you success. He might be calling you to fail to prepare you for something else through the failure.
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Big cities have a lot of 'younger brothers' who have left traditional parts of the world and their families for a more liberal lifestyle. But cities are filled to the gills with 'elder brothers' too.
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In every other religion the indicative flows from the imperative. Which means, ‘because I do, therefore I am... because I do this, therefore I’m a child of God.’ But only in Christianity does the imperative flow from the indicative. ‘Because I am in Christ all these things, therefore I obey.’ Exactly the opposite.
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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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Public faith means going public with what’s in your heart, with humility and respect for others, as we speak of the truth of the gospel.
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If we pick out which parts of the Bible we dislike, we actually have a god we've created. How can that god ever call you out on anything?
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Mercy and forgiveness must be free and unmerited to the wrongdoer. If the wrongdoer has to do something to merit it, then it isn’t mercy, but forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness.
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Nothing is more important than to learn how to maintain a life of purpose in the midst of painful adversity.
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Jesus smashed two of the rich young ruler's assumptions: Christianity is something you can ADD and something you can DO.
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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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We can only grasp the gospel's sweetness if we first grapple with its offense- you can't save yourself.
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What greater value could you possibly have than to be delighted in and sacrificed for by the Maker of the universe.
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A genuinely persuasive argument does not merely tell you that you are wrong about everything. It doesn't just beat on you from the outside. It comes inside your belief system, as it were, and affirms something you believe strongly. And then it says - well if you believe this (A) then why in the world can't you see that B is true?
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Unless you point to the good news of God's grace people will not be able to bear the bad news of God's judgement.
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We tend to see God as a means through which we get things to make us happy. For most of us, He has not become our happiness.
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We must have a strong inner life of fellowship and intimacy with Jesus if we are going to have a strong outer life of ministry
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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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To preach the gospel is to show people their need for salvation against a backdrop of God's nature and the character of sin, and then present Jesus as the only remedy for what ails them and the world. In my weekly preaching in the worship services I always call people to believe in Christ.
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Friendship is a deep oneness that develops when two people, speaking the truth in love to one another, journey together to the same horizon.
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Faith is not opposed to reason, but it is sometimes opposed to feelings and appearances.
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