Christianity does not set faith against thinking. It sets faith against assuming. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Jesus came into this world not as a philosopher or a general but as a carpenter. All work matters to God. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
The resurrection was God's way of stamping PAID IN FULL right across history so that nobody could miss it. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Jesus didn't come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
The Gospel is news of what God has done to reach us. It is not advice about what we must do to… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
If Christianity is really true it will be offending and correcting you somewhere. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
The church is not a museum for pristine saints, but a hospital ward for broken sinners. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“many people process from unbelief to faith through “mini-decisions.” — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“Underneath all notions of justice is a set of faith assumptions that are essentially religious, and these are often not acknowledged.” — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Jesus smashed two of the rich young ruler's assumptions: Christianity is something you can ADD and something you can DO. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“Jesus Christ says, 'Kill me and in 3 days, not only this temple, but all temples in the whole world will be… — 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
At the cross, we see the worst that sin can do, as humanity - of which each one of us is a… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“It is not the strength of your faith but the object of your faith that actually saves you. Strong faith in a… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Public faith means going public with what’s in your heart, with humility and respect for others, as we speak of the truth… — 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
I have long profited from Adele Ahlberg Calhoun's gifts in the field of spiritual development, and I am delighted that she has… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
To preach the gospel is to show people their need for salvation against a backdrop of God's nature and the character of… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“The preachers must choose some particular illustrations and concepts that will inevitably be more meaningful to some cultural groups than others. We… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“It is no more narrow to claim that one religion is right than to claim that one way to think about all… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“Christians are confronted with ethical and theological issues every day in the workplace. Preaching and ministry in urban churches must therefore help… — 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
“A boring sermon is boring because it fails to bring the truth into the listeners’ daily life and world. It does not… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Our need for worth is so powerful that whatever we base our identity and value on we essentially 'deify.' We will look… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“the basic form of this every-member gospel ministry is the same: • Organic. It happens spontaneously, outside of the church’s organized programs… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION AND REFLECTION 1. How would you describe your own attitude toward cities? Indifferent? Hostile? Romanticized? Positive? In what way… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“It is not enough for the skeptic, then, to simply dismiss the Christian teaching about the resurrection of Jesus by saying, “It… — 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
“The challenge for the urban preacher is to preach in a way that edifies believers and engages and evangelized nonbelievers at the… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“If you are communicating the gospel message, you must not only help listeners distinguish between obeying God and disobeying him; you must… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“Despite all these profound differences, the speeches show several important commonalities as well. David Peterson observes that while there is no standard… — 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
“THE RIGHT RELATIONSHIP OF THE GOSPEL TO ALL OF MINISTRY There is always a danger that church leaders and ministers will conceive… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“So the novelist David Foster Wallace, not long before his suicide, spoke these words to the 2005 graduating class at Kenyon College:… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones taught that the gospel emphasis on grace could be lost in several ways. A church might simply become heterodox… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“DEVOTION TO GOD’S KINGDOM OVER SELF OR TRIBE ENABLES SACRIFICE People in a church with movement dynamics put the vision ahead of… — 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
“God is blessing the church in China with extraordinary growth. However, when Chinese churches and ministers who had experienced God’s blessing in… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“If we just preach general doctrine and ethics from Scripture, we are not preaching the gospel. The gospel is the good news… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“A church that truly understands the implications of the biblical gospel, letting the “word of Christ dwell in [it] richly” (Col 3:16),… — 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
![“A church that truly understands the implications of the biblical gospel, letting the “word of Christ dwell in [it] richly” (Col 3:16), will look like an unusual hybrid of various church forms and stereotypes. Because of the inside-out, substitutionary atonement aspect, the church will place great…” quote by Timothy Keller](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/4ed/timothy-keller-240_christian-worldview_a-church-that-truly-understands-the-impl_2580719.jpg)
