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The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness

by Timothy J. Keller

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Feb 13, 2017 04:40PM

“You see, the verdict is in. And now I perform on the basis of the verdict. Because He loves me and He accepts me, I do not have to do things just to build up my résumé. I do not have to do things to make me look good. I can do things for the joy of doing them. I can help people to help people – not so I can feel better about myself, not so I can fill up the emptiness.”
― Timothy Keller, The Freedom of Self Forgetfulness

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“The way the normal human ego tries to fill its emptiness and deal with its discomfort is by comparing itself to other people. All the time.”
― Timothy Keller, The Freedom of Self Forgetfulness

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“The thing we would remember from meeting a truly gospel-humble person is how much they”
― Timothy Keller, The Freedom of Self Forgetfulness

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“This is gospel-humility, blessed self-forgetfulness. Not thinking less of myself as in modern cultures, or less of myself as in traditional cultures. Simply thinking of myself less.”
― Timothy Keller, The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness

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“Up until the 20th century, traditional cultures (and this is still true of most cultures in the world) always believed that too high a view of yourself was the root cause of all the evil in the world...Our belief today--and it in deeply rooted in everything--is that people misbehave for lack of self-esteem and because they have too low a view of themselves.”
― Timothy Keller, The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness

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