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Timothy Keller Quotes: If anything becomes more fundamental than God to your happiness, meaning of life, and identity then it is an idol.
         

If anything becomes more fundamental than God to your happiness, meaning of life, and identity then it is an idol.


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Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.

Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.



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God looks at the anxious and says, I tore my Son to shreds for you, and you're afraid I will not give you what you need?



There are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.

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If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.

If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.



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In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.





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