Every other religion points to answers. Jesus, though, says 'I am the answer'. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Religion says earn your life. Secular society says create your life. Jesus says, 'My life for your life. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Discipleship is not an option. Jesus says that if anyone would come after me, he must follow me. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Jesus experienced homelessness at Christmas so that we could experience a love we could never lose. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Most people want Jesus as a consultant rather than a King, and He does not come that way. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Because of Jesus-there is always hope, even in the darkest moments of your life. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
The infallible test of spiritual integrity, Jesus says, is your private prayer life. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Every religion has a prophet who is pointing people to God. Jesus is the only one who says, 'I am God, and… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“Everybody has got to live for something, but Jesus is arguing that, if he is not that thing, it will fail you.” — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Jesus' claims are particularly unnerving, because if they are true there is no alternative but to bow the knee to him. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
If the preaching of our ministers and the practice of our parishioners do not have the same effect on people that Jesus… — 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
The best people often have terrible lives. Job is one example, and Jesus—the ultimate ‘Job,’ the only truly, fully innocent sufferer —… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
The world says you are loved because of what you do. Jesus says you can now do all things because you are… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
If we say, 'I believe in Jesus,' but it doesn't affect the way we live, the answer is not that now we… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
The basic premise of religion– that if you live a good life, things will go well for you– is wrong. Jesus was… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Religion poses a danger of creating division or intolerance between groups of people. However, the gospel of Jesus lead us to three… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all that he said; if he didn't rise from the dead,… — 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
Most churches make the mistake of selecting as leaders the confident, the competent, and the successful. But what you most need in… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
We do not have to make ourselves suffer in order to merit forgiveness. We simply receive the forgiveness earned by Christ. 1… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
The targets of this story are not wayward sinners but religious people who do everything the Bible requires. Jesus is pleading not… — 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
When you say, "Come in Jesus as my caregiver, stay out as my Lord," he can't. He's both. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Jesus Christ was treated as we deserved so that when we believe in Jesus, God treats us as Jesus deserves. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
The gospel destroys pride because it tells us we are so lost that Jesus had to die for us. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
I am going to judge my circumstances by Jesus’ love, not Jesus’ love by my circumstances. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
I am accepted by God through the work of Jesus Christ - therefore I obey — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
As many have learned and later taught, you don't realize Jesus is all you need until Jesus is all you have. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Legalism is looking to something besides Jesus Christ in order to be acceptable and clean before God. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Do you realize that it is only in the gospel of Jesus Christ that you get the verdict before the performance? — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“and you can only know Jesus fully through the Spirit’s influence,” — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
If you add anything to Jesus as a requirement for being happy, that's your real king. — 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
No one is too bad for Jesus. A lot of people think they are too good for Jesus. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
When Jesus got the big questions, he didn't present arguments. He presented himself. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
On the cross Jesus was treated as an outcast so that we could be brought into God's family freely by grace. — 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
