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If anything becomes more fundamental than God to your happiness, meaning of life, and identity then it is an idol.

If anything becomes more fundamental than God to your happiness, meaning of life, and identity then it is an idol.

Timothy Keller
Idols, Identity, Meaning Of Life
Timothy Keller (2009). “Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power, and the Only Hope that Matters”, p.12, Penguin

If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.

Timothy Keller
Heart, Identity, Christ

The Bible says that our real problem is that every one of us is building our identity on something besides Jesus.

Timothy Keller
Jesus, Real, Identity
Timothy Keller (2013). “Jesus the King: Understanding the Life and Death of the Son of God”, p.28, Penguin

Religion: 'My identity is built on being a good person.' Gospel: 'My identity is not built on my record or my performance but on Christ's.'

Timothy Keller
Identity, Records, Good Person

Paul sees all kinds of sins in himself and all kinds of accomplishments too, but he refuses to connect them with his identity.

Timothy Keller
Accomplishment, Identity, Kind

Sin is the despairing refusal to find your deepest identity in your relationship and service to God.

Timothy Keller
Identity, Sin, Our Relationship
Timothy Keller (2008). “The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism”, p.163, Penguin

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