A sense of Jesus’ absence might be a sign of his presence- a sign that he’s working already in your life.
Timothy KellerThe gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe, yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.
Timothy KellerThe cross is the place where we find the freedom to accept ourselves without being proud and to challenge ourselves without being crushed.
Timothy KellerFaith in the gospel restructures our motivations, our self-understanding, our identity, and our view of the world. Behavioral compliance to rules without heart-change will be superficial and fleeting… We can only change permanently as we take the gospel more deeply into our understanding and into our hearts. We must feed on the gospel, as it were, digesting it and making it part of ourselves. That is how we grow.
Timothy Keller