We need to remember that we are saved by grace when we fail. But we need to remember it much more when we succeed.
Timothy KellerRepentance out of mere fear is really sorrow for the consequences of sin, sorrow over the danger of sin โ it bends the will away from sin, but the heart still clings. But repentance out of conviction over mercy is really sorrow over sin, sorrow over the grievousness of sin โ it melts the heart away from sin. It makes the sin itself disgusting to us, so it loses its attractive power over us. We say, โthis disgusting thing is an affront to the one who died for me. Iโm continuing to stab him with it!โ
Timothy KellerTolerance isn't about not having beliefs. It's about how your beliefs lead you to treat people who disagree with you.
Timothy KellerWhen Jesus looked down from the cross, he didn't think โI am giving myself to you because you are so attractive to me.โ No, he was in agony, and he looked down at us - denying him, abandoning him, and betraying him - and in the greatest act of love in history, he STAYED. He said, โFather, forgive them, they don't know what they are doing.โ He loved us, not because we were lovely to him, but to make us lovely.
Timothy Keller