“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.”
“A faith without some doubts is like a human body with no antobodies in it. People who blithely go through life too busy or indifferent to ask the hard questions about why they believe as they do will find themselves defenseless against either the experience of tragedy or the probing questions of a smart skeptic. A person's faith can collapse almost overnight if she failed over the years to listen patiently to her own doubts, which should only be discarded after long reflection.”
“It is not the strength of your faith but the object of your faith that actually saves you.”
“Jesus's teaching consistently attracted the irreligious while offending the Bible-believing, religious people of his day. However, in the main, our churches today do not have this effect. The kind of outsiders Jesus attracted are not attracted to contemporary churches, even our most avant-garde ones. We tend to draw conservative, buttoned-down, moralistic people. The licentious and liberated or the broken and marginal avoid church. That can only mean one thing. If the preaching of our ministers and the practice of our parishioners do not have the same effect on people that Jesus had, then we must not be declaring the same message that Jesus did.”
“When anything in life is an absolute requirement for your happiness and self-worth, it is essentially an ‘idol,’ something you are actually worshiping. When such a thing is threatened, your anger is absolute. Your anger is actually the way the idol keeps you in its service, in its chains. Therefore if you find that, despite all the efforts to forgive, your anger and bitterness cannot subside, you may need to look deeper and ask, ‘What am I defending? What is so important that I cannot live without?’ It may be that, until some inordinate desire is identified and confronted, you will not be able to master your anger.”
Timothy Keller
“基督教的福音是，“Jīdūjiào de fúyīn shì,我是如此有缺陷，wǒ shì rúcǐ yǒu quēxiàn,
以至于耶稣不得不为我而死，yǐ zhìyú yēsū bùdé bù wéi wǒ ér sǐ, 但我是如此被爱和被重视，dàn wǒ shì rúcǐ bèi ài hé bèi zhòngshì, 以至于耶稣很高兴为我而死。yǐ zhìyú yēsū hěn gāoxìng wèi wǒ ér sǐ. 这同时会导致深深的谦逊和深深的自信。Zhè tóngshí huì dǎozhì shēn shēn de qiānxùn hé shēn shēn de zìxìn. 它破坏了狂妄自大和哭泣。Tā pòhuàile kuángwàng zì dà hé kūqì. 我不能觉得自己比任何人优越，Wǒ bùnéng juédé zìjǐ bǐ rènhé rén yōuyuè, 但我也没有什么可以向任何人证明的。dàn wǒ yě méiyǒu shé me kěyǐ xiàng rènhé rén zhèngmíng de. 我不认为自己更多，Wǒ bù rènwéi zìjǐ gèng duō, 也不会认为自己更少。yě bù huì rènwéi zìjǐ gèng shǎo. 相反，Xiāngfǎn, 我对自己的看法更少了。” wǒ duì zìjǐ de kànfǎ gèng shǎole.”
“没有怀疑的信仰就像一个没有抗体的人体。“Méiyǒu huáiyí de xìnyǎng jiù xiàng yīgè méiyǒu kàngtǐ de réntǐ. 那些因为忙碌或漠不关心而无法提出关于他们为何如此相信的尖锐问题的人会发现自己对悲剧的经历或聪明的怀疑论者的探究问题毫无防备。Nàxiē yīnwèi mánglù huò mòbùguānxīn ér wúfǎ tíchū guānyú tāmen wèihé rúcǐ xiāngxìn de jiānruì wèntí de rén huì fāxiàn zìjǐ duì bēijù de jīnglì huò cōngmíng de huáiyí lùn zhě de tànjiù wèntí háo wú fángbèi. 如果一个人多年来没有耐心倾听自己的疑虑，Rúguǒ yīgè rén duōnián lái méiyǒu nàixīn qīngtīng zìjǐ de yílǜ, 那么他的信仰几乎可以在一夜之间崩溃，nàme tā de xìnyǎng jīhū kěyǐ zài yīyè zhī jiān bēngkuì, 只有在长期反思之后才能抛弃。” zhǐyǒu zài chángqí fǎnsī zhīhòu cáinéng pāoqì.”
“真正拯救你的不是你信仰的力量，“Zhēnzhèng zhěngjiù nǐ de bùshì nǐ xìnyǎng de lìliàng, 而是你信仰的对象。” ér shì nǐ xìnyǎng de duìxiàng.”
“耶稣的教导不断地吸引不信教的人，“Yēsū de jiàodǎo bùduàn de xīyǐn bù xìnjiào de rén, 同时冒犯他那个时代相信圣经的宗教人士。tóngshí màofàn tā nàgè shídài xiāngxìn shèngjīng de zōngjiào rénshì. 然而，Rán'ér, 总的来说，zǒng de lái shuō, 我们今天的教会没有这种效果。wǒmen jīntiān de jiàohuì méiyǒu zhè zhǒng xiàoguǒ. 耶稣吸引的那种局外人不会被当代教会所吸引，Yēsū xīyǐn dì nà zhǒng júwàirén bù huì bèi dāngdài jiàohuì suǒ xīyǐn, 即使是我们最前卫的教会。jíshǐ shì wǒmen zuì qiánwèi de jiàohuì. 我们倾向于画保守的、Wǒmen qīngxiàng yú huà bǎoshǒu de, 保守的、bǎoshǒu de, 讲道德的人。jiǎng dàodé de rén. 放荡的和自由的或破碎的和边缘的人避免去教堂。Fàngdàng de hé zìyóu de huò pòsuì de hé biānyuán de rén bìmiǎn qù jiàotáng. 那只能说明一件事。Nà zhǐ néng shuōmíng yī jiàn shì. 如果我们传道人的讲道和我们教区居民的实践对人们的影响不如耶稣，Rúguǒ wǒmen chuándào ren de jiǎng dào hé wǒmen jiàoqū jūmín de shíjiàn duì rénmen de yǐngxiǎng bùrú yēsū, 那么我们就不能宣告与耶稣相同的信息。” nàme wǒmen jiù bùnéng xuāngào yǔ yēsū xiāngtóng de xìnxī.”
“当生活中的任何事物是你幸福和自我价值的绝对要求时，“Dāng shēnghuó zhōng de rènhé shìwù shì nǐ xìngfú hé zìwǒ jiàzhí de juéduì yāoqiú shí, 它本质上就是一个‘偶像’，tā běnzhí shàng jiùshì yīgè ‘ǒuxiàng’, 是你真正崇拜的东西 。shì nǐ zhēnzhèng chóngbài de dōngxī. 当这样的事情受到威胁时，Dāng zhèyàng de shìqíng shòudào wēixié shí, 你的愤怒是绝对的。nǐ de fènnù shì juéduì de. 你的愤怒实际上是偶像让你为它服务的方式, Nǐ de fènnù shíjì shang shì ǒuxiàng ràng nǐ wèi tā fúwù de fāngshì, 在它的锁链中。zài tā de suǒliàn zhōng. 因此，Yīncǐ, 如果你发现，rúguǒ nǐ fāxiàn, 尽管你尽了一切努力去宽恕，jǐnguǎn nǐ jǐnle yīqiè nǔlì qù kuānshù, 你的愤怒和痛苦却无法平息，nǐ de fènnù hé tòngkǔ què wúfǎ píngxí, 你可能需要更深入地审视并问：nǐ kěnéng xūyào gēng shēnrù dì shěnshì bìng wèn: ‘我在捍卫什么？‘Wǒ zài hànwèi shénme? 有什么东西如此重要，Yǒu shé me dōngxī rúcǐ zhòngyào, 我不能没有它？wǒ bùnéng méiyǒu tā? 可能是这样，Kěnéng shì zhèyàng, 直到发现并面对某种过度的欲望，zhídào fāxiàn bìng miàn duì mǒu zhǒng guòdù de yùwàng, 你才能控制住自己的愤怒。nǐ cáinéng kòngzhì zhù zìjǐ de fènnù.
蒂莫西·凯勒
Dì mò xī·kǎi lēi
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