Forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness. To not retaliate is to absorb the cost.
Timothy KellerOn the cross Jesus was treated as an outcast so that we could be brought into God's family freely by grace.
Timothy KellerPrayer is never just an emergency flare or desperate anxious gamble. God's attention is not based on our performance but parental love.
Timothy Keller