Sunday, May 11, 2008

The Gospel

“The Christian gospel is that I am so flawed that Jesus had to die for me, yet I am so loved and valued that Jesus was glad to die for me. This leads to deep humility and deep confidence at the same time. It undermines both swaggering and sniveling. I cannot feel superior to anyone, and yet I have nothing to prove to anyone. I do not think more of myself nor less of myself. Instead, I think of myself less.”

— Timothy Keller, The Reason For God, New York, NY: Dutton, 2008, p. 181.

1 comment:

Mark Collinson said...

Cookie,
I'm loving this book.. will take on the train to Koln tomorrow morning... have you read his one on doing good works....??
Mark

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