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Christianity Quotes by Timothy Keller

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Timothy Keller describes the gospel as a full‑length guide, not just a simple ABC lesson, and says everyone needs its grace, no matter how good or bad they think they are. He notes that true faith shows itself when Christians live out their beliefs in everyday culture, not just in church.

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You cannot have Jesus' rescue without accepting His rule.

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Jesus' purpose is not to warm our hearts but to shatter our categories.

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The gospel is not about choosing to follow advice; it's about being called to follow a King.

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The essence of Christian obedience is not do’s and don’ts but personal allegiance to Jesus.

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Christianity does not set faith against thinking. It sets faith against assuming.

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Unless you believe the gospel, everything you do will be driven by either pride or fear.

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If Christianity is really true it will be offending and correcting you somewhere.

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“The Spirit’s work of making the gospel real to the heart weakens the self-centeredness in the soul.”

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One of the signs that you may not grasp the unique, radical nature of the gospel is that you are certain that…

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Look at Jesus Christ. Every time he was in trouble he used the Word of God. When he was tempted he used…

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“The power of the gospel comes in two movements. It first says, “I am more sinful and flawed than I ever dared…

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“Pastors must practice a two-fold program of cultural engagement: deconstruction and demystification of cultural idols, and reconstruction and re-enchantment of a gospel-shaped…

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Revival occurs as a group of people who, on the whole, think they already know the gospel discover they do not really…

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Christianity does not provide the reason for each experience of pain, but it does provide deep resources for actually facing suffering with…

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Without the gospel we hate ourselves instead of our sin. Without the gospel we’re motivated through all sorts of awful fear and…

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“The weekly worship service can be very effective in evangelism of non-Christians and in edification of Christians if it does not aim…

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Christianity offers not merely a consolation but a restoration - not just of the life we had but of the life we…

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While Christianity was able to agree with pagan writers that inordinate attachment to earthly goods can lead to unnecessary pain and grief,…

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“I would go even further and warn that failing to use both approaches invites danger. The STM, carried out in isolation from…

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“Family. Moralism can make a person a slave to parental expectations, while relativism/pragmatism sees no need for family loyalty or keeping promises…

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It is because Jesus Christ experienced cosmic thirst on the cross that you and I can have our spiritual thirst satisfied. It…

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“The gospel alone can give us the humility (“I have much to learn from the city”), the confidence (“I have much to…

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It is not accurate to think the gospel is what saves non-Christians, and then, what matures Christians is trying hard to live…

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Most people in the world believe that if there is a God, you relate to God by being good. Most religions are…

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“THE DANGER OF NOT CONTEXTUALIZING (OR OF THINKING YOU AREN’T) All gospel ministry and communication are already heavily adapted to a particular…

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“When it comes to speaking about sin, Paul is clear in his message to the Jews that the law cannot justify them,…

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“of temple, presence, and sacrifice; of covenant and faithfulness; of kingdom and victory. When we seek to communicate the gospel to a…

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“Sexuality. The moralist tends to see sex as dirty, or at least as a dangerous impulse that leads constantly to sin. The…

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I've heard plenty of Christians try to answer the why question by going back to the what. "You have to believe because…

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“Who is this Servant? The Christian church has since its very beginning understood this to be Jesus Christ himself (Acts 8:32–33) and…

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“The city will challenge us to discover the power of the gospel in new ways. We will find people who seem spiritually…

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“I was intrigued. I asked her what was so scary about unmerited free grace? She replied something like this: “If I was…

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“The coming of the messianic King occurs in two stages. At his first coming, he saved us from the penalty of sin…

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“THE MEANS OF GOSPEL RENEWAL While the ultimate source of a revival is the Holy Spirit, the Spirit ordinarily uses several “instrumental,”…

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“the truths of the gospel, brought home by the Spirit, slowly but surely help us grasp in a new way how safe…

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“If we conceive of the question in the second way, to ask all that God is going to accomplish in history, we…

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“Gospel renewal does not simply seek to convert nominal church members; it also insists that all Christians — even committed ones —…

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“a. Seek to worship and preach in the vernacular. It is impossible to overstate how insular and subcultural our preaching can become.…

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“Celebrate deeds of mercy and justice. We live in a time when public esteem of the church is plummeting. For many outsiders…

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“But Green returns to the most important way that Christianity spread — through the extended household (oikos) evangelism done informally by Christians.…

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“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…

If the preaching of our ministers and the practice of our parishioners do not have the same effect on people that Jesus had, then…

“of temple, presence, and sacrifice; of covenant and faithfulness; of kingdom and victory. When we seek to communicate the gospel to a particular culture,…

“Finally, you are ready to launch your church. Begin by developing action steps and goals that can be used as benchmarks to track your…

If you are a child of God, you don’t lose your status if you have a bad week.

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…

“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…

Suffering is the stripping of our hope in finite things, therefore we do not put our ultimate hope in anything finite.

Christ will do everything for you or nothing. He's either all of your righteousness or none.

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.