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Timothy Keller

Gospel Theology

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    Without the gospel, our self-image is based on living up to some standards — either our own or someone else’s imposed on us
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    Loving God supremely is the only way to truly love anything else and become your true self, to become truly free (2 Cor 4:4; Col 1:15)
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    In the same way, if God created us and we owe him everything and we do not live for him but we “live a good life,” it is not enough. We all owe a debt that must be paid
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    yet because theological vision is largely invisible, people inevitably (and unfortunately) conclude that the differences are doctrinal
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    Therefore, if you think of your doctrinal foundation as “hardware” and of ministry programs as “software,” it is important to understand the existence of something called “middleware
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    But its overemphasis on technique and results can put too much pressure on ministers because it underemphasizes the importance of godly character and the sovereignty of God
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    “fruit” when he desired to preach in Rome: “that I might have some fruit among you
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    simul justus et peccator, both perfect and sinner
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    We don’t have to push or coerce them, for it is only God’s grace that opens hearts, not our eloquence or persistence or even their openness
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    We are hopeful about everyone, even the “hard cases,” because we were saved only because of grace, not because we were people likely to become Christians
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