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Tim Keller has been quoted here several times and it seems that he died last night at 72 from pancreatic cancer, so here are a few quotes from him to ponder today:

The central basis of Christian assurance is not how much our hearts are set on God, but how unshakably his heart is set on us.

If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all that he said. If he didn't, then why worry about any of what he said? 
The issue on which everything hangs is not whether you like his teaching, but whether he rose from the dead.

Describe the God you've rejected. Describe the God you don't believe in. Maybe I don't believe that God either.

The only person who dares wake up a king at 3:00 a.m. for a glass of water is a child. We have that kind of access.

If the suffering Jesus endured did not make him give up on us, nothing will.

To be loved but not known is superficial. 
To be known but not loved is our nightmare. Only Jesus knows us to the bottom and loves us to the sky.

#youareBeloved

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