The most liberating act of free, unconditional grace demands that the recipient give up control of his or her life. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Prayer gives us relief from the melancholy burden of self-absorption . — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Love is primarily giving. It’s an action that leads to a feeling, not a feeling first. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
God will only give you what you would have asked for if you knew everything he knows — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Gifts are abilities God gives us to meet the needs of others in Christ’s name. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
There is a joy available that the deepest grief cannot put out. No circumstance or person can take away the joy God… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
What is an idol? It is anything more important to you than God, anything that absorbs your heart and imagination more than… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Holding a grudge against someone means you think you know what they deserve and you take it upon yourself to give it… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Living is giving…If you spend your money on yourself, you are just surviving. But if you want your life to count, if… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
God looks at the anxious and says, I tore my Son to shreds for you, and you're afraid I will not give… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
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 Image
Only with time do we really learn who the other person is and come to love the person for him- or herself… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Contextualization is not giving people what they want. It is giving God's answers (which they probably do not want) to the questions… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
When Jesus looked down from the cross, he didn't think “I am giving myself to you because you are so attractive to… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
You can only afford to be generous if you actually have some money in the bank to give. In the same way,… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
The human heart is an idol factory that takes good things like a successful career, love, material possessions, even family, and turns… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
In the christian view, the ultimate evidence for the existence of God is Jesus Christ. If there is a God, we characters… — 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… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
In Ephesians 5, Paul shows us that even on earth Jesus did not use his power to oppress us but sacrificed everything… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Jesus Christ doesn’t just give us truths; he is the truth. Jesus Christ is the prophet to end all prophets. He gives… — 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 fits to glorify God - it not only fits reality, because God is infinitely and supremely praiseworthy, but it fits us… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Love without truth is sentimentality; it supports and affirms us but keeps us in denial about our flaws. Truth without love is… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
An idol is something that we look to for things that only God can give. Idolatry functions widely inside religious communities when… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Those who believe they have pleased God by the quality of their devotion and moral goodness naturally feel that they and their… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Holiness gives us new desires and brings old desires into line with one another. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Christ's resurrection not only gives you hope for the future; it gives you hope to handle your scars right now. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
If you don't feel like praying, pray to God to give you the desire. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Change happens not just by giving the mind new arguments but also by feeding the imagination new beauties — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
The Christian faith gives us a new conception of work as the means by which God loves and cares for his world… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Every treasure on this earth says, 'Give your life to purchase me.' Jesus says 'I'm the one treasure who died to purchase… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Jesus may ask of you far more than you planned to give, but He can give to you infinitely more than you… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
While we want doubts to give way to faith, we should be merciful and patient with those who are still in a… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Love without truth is sentimentality; it supports and affirms us but keeps us in denial about our flaws. Truth without love is… — 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
