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Work is taking the raw material of creation and developing it for the sake of others.

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If we are deeply moved by the sight of his love for us, it detaches our hearts from other would-be saviors. We stop trying to redeem ourselves through our pursuits and relationships, because we are already redeemed. We stop trying to make others into saviors, because we have a Savior.
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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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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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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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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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We were designed to know, serve, and love God supremely - and when we are faithful to that design, we flourish.
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The only love that won’t disappoint you is one that can’t change, that can’t be lost, that is not based on the ups and downs of life or of how well you live. It is something that not even death can take away from you. God’s love is the only thing like that.
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It's impossible to have met the real Jesus and be indifferent. You either bow down in wonder OR go away offended.
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The world is a dark place, and yet the coming of Jesus Christ shows us no one and nothing is hopeless.
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The deeper the experience of the free grace of God, the more generous we must become.
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The gospel has two parts. It has the part that says you're a sinner, and it has the part that says you're loved and accepted.
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We have to be careful not to elevate our preferences to moral standards and judge others by them. We only do so to feel superior.
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There seems to be a human instinct for prayer. Swiss theologian Karl Barth calls it our 'incurable God-sickness.'
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If this world was made by a triune God, relationships of love are what life is really all about.
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Through the person and work of Jesus Christ, God fully accomplishes salvation for us, rescuing us from judgment for sin into fellowship with him, and then restores the creation in which we can enjoy our new life together with him forever.
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Nobody who understands the free grace of God takes sin lightly.
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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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I am going to judge my circumstances by Jesus’ love, not Jesus’ love by my circumstances.
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Anything can serve as a counterfeit god, especially the very best things in life.
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Every other religion points to answers. Jesus, though, says 'I am the answer'.
Timothy Keller