Everyone worships something. The only choice you get is what to worship. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
A Christian is one who stops working to be saved, not one who stops working! — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Job never saw why he suffered, but he saw God, and that was enough. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
The gospel is not just the “ABCs” but the “A-to-Z” of the Christian life. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
If you're a Christian how do you deal with stress without Jesus? You don't. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
One of the signs that you may not grasp the unique, radical nature of the gospel is that you are certain that… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Legalistic remorse says, "I broke God's rules," while real repentance says, "I broke God's heart." — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
The essence of Christian obedience is not do’s and don’ts but personal allegiance to Jesus. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Prayer-though it is often draining, even an agony-is in the long term the greatest source of power that is possible. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Christians necessarily believe we depend on God for everything-a prayerless Christian, then, is a contradiction in terms. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Christians don't believe that goodness gets you to heaven. Christians believe it's exhausting to rely on your own goodness to please God. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
It is remarkable that in all of his writings Paul's prayers for his friends contain no appeals for changes in their circumstances. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
To pray is to accept that we are, and always will be, wholly dependent on God for everything. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Revival occurs as a group of people who, on the whole, think they already know the gospel discover they do not really… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
One of the most frequent responses I get from non-Christian readers is: 'I'm not sure I agree with all this, but I… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Christianity does not provide the reason for each experience of pain, but it does provide deep resources for actually facing suffering with… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“Older forms of indentured servanthood and the bond-service of biblical times had often been harsh, but Christian abolitionists concluded that race-based, life-long… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
...Singles, too, must see the penultimate status of marriage. If single Christians don't develop a deeply fulfilling love relationship with Jesus, they… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Falling in love in a Christian way is to say,'I am excited about your future and I want to be part of… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
The main problem in the Christian life is that we have not thought out the deep implications of the gospel, we have… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
If you come to recognize the beliefs on which your doubts about Christianity are based, and if you seek as much proof… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
I've heard plenty of Christians try to answer the why question by going back to the what. "You have to believe because… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
It is not accurate to think the gospel is what saves non-Christians, and then, what matures Christians is trying hard to live… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Within this Christian vision of marriage, here's what it means to fall in love. It is to look at another person and… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
At the root of all our disobedience are particular ways in which we continue to seek control of our lives through systems… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Even if 80 percent of the population of a country are Christian believers, they will have almost no cultural influence if the… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“Fourth, address different groups directly, showing that you know they are there, as though you are dialoguing with them: “If you are… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
If your fundamental is a man dying on the cross for his enemies, if the very heart of your self-image and your… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
The Christian Gospel is that I am so flawed that Jesus had to die for me, yet I am so loved and… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“Our Western society is so deeply divided between these two approaches (moralism, self-discovery) that hardly anyone can conceive of any other way… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“You either are a Christian or you are not — you either are united to him by faith or you are not… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“So when we say that Christians work from a gospel worldview, it does not mean that they are constantly speaking about Christian… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“There are now six times more Anglicans in Nigeria alone than there are in all of the United States. There are more… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“The Greek word euangelizo means “to gospelize,” to tell people the good news about what Jesus did for us, and in the… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
The Christian gospel is that I am so flawed that Jesus had to die for me, yet I am so loved and… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
You can't live the Christian life without a band of Christian friends, without a family of believers in which you find a… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Most apologetic books are really written for Christians, even the ones that purport to be written for non-believers. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
If you are trying to live a life in accordance with the Bible, the concept and call to justice are inescapable. We do justice… — Timothy Keller Copy Share
The more you rejoice in your own forgiveness, the quicker you will be to forgive others. — Timothy Keller Copy Share
“Evangelism will come organically in friendship if we don’t let our pride, fears, and pessimism cause us to hide our faith and heart.” — Timothy Keller Copy Share
“The coming of the messianic King occurs in two stages. At his first coming, he saved us from the penalty of sin and gave… — Timothy Keller Copy Share
“24 A few pages later, Delbanco writes the following: [Alexis de] Tocqueville’s detection of a “strange melancholy in the midst of abundance” has a… — Timothy Keller Copy Share
“To stay away from Christianity because part of the Bible's teaching is offensive to you assumes that if there is a God he wouldn't… — Timothy Keller Copy Share
If the preaching of our ministers and the practice of our parishioners do not have the same effect on people that Jesus had, then… — Timothy Keller Copy Share
“of temple, presence, and sacrifice; of covenant and faithfulness; of kingdom and victory. When we seek to communicate the gospel to a particular culture,… — Timothy Keller Copy Share
“Finally, you are ready to launch your church. Begin by developing action steps and goals that can be used as benchmarks to track your… — Timothy Keller Copy Share
If you are a child of God, you don’t lose your status if you have a bad week. — Timothy Keller Copy Share
God's salvation does not come in response to a changed life. A changed life comes in response to the salvation, offered as a free… — Timothy Keller Copy Share
“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… — Timothy Keller Copy Share
Suffering is the stripping of our hope in finite things, therefore we do not put our ultimate hope in anything finite. — Timothy Keller Copy Share
Christ will do everything for you or nothing. He's either all of your righteousness or none. — Timothy Keller Copy Share
If we give God things in hope that they'll earn us blessings, we're really not doing anything for him. It's for ourselves. — Timothy Keller Copy Share
