The world is polarizing over religion. It is getting both more religious and less religious at the same time. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Religion makes us proud of what we have done. The Gospel makes us proud of what Jesus has done. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
The Gospel is good news not good advice. Advice = what we should do. News = report of what was done for us. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“It is not the amount of our faith but the object of our faith that saves us.” — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Every other religion points to answers. Jesus, though, says 'I am the answer'. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
To fail to pray, then, is not to merely break some religious rule- it is a failure to treat God as God. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
The key to continual and deeper spiritual renewal and revival is the continual re-discovery of the gospel. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
The gospel has supernatural versatility to address the particular hopes, fears, and idols of every culture and every person. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“Evangelism will come organically in friendship if we don’t let our pride, fears, and pessimism cause us to hide our faith and… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Religion operates on the principle 'I obey-therefore I am accepted by God.' But the operating principle of the gospel is 'I am… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Religion: 'My identity is built on being a good person.' Gospel: 'My identity is not built on my record or my performance… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
The cross is the place where we find the freedom to accept ourselves without being proud and to challenge ourselves without being… — 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
Jesus Christ did not suffer so that you would not suffer. He suffered so that when you suffer, you’ll become more like… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“Urban evangelism requires immersion in the various cultures’ greatest hopes, fears, views, and objections to Christianity.” — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“Paul appointed elders in each church, giving them a certain amount of independence. He was able to do this because the natural… — 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
The greatness of prayer is nothing but an extension of the greatness and glory of God in our lives To fail to… — 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
While the difference between a bad sermon and a good sermon is mainly the responsibility of the preacher, the difference between good… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“The Scriptures show numerous instances when gospel truths are brought out in different orders, argued for using different premises, and applied to… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
In every other religion the indicative flows from the imperative. Which means, ‘because I do, therefore I am... because I do this,… — 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
“Why is understanding church models essential in enabling a city’s churches to work together in unity? Without this understanding, there will be… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“USE WORDS IF NECESSARY The popular saying “Preach the gospel; use words if necessary” is helpful but also misleading. If the gospel… — 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
“What is the gospel, and how do we bring it to bear on the hearts of people today? What is this culture… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“The gospel is not just the ABCs but the A to Z of the Christian life. It is inaccurate to think the… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“In religion our only hope is to live a life good enough to require God to bless us, so every instance of… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“It is so much easier to move from the gospel to religion than the other way round. One of Martin Luther’s fundamental… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“The most important way to gain a hearing from postmodern people, confront nominal Christians, wake up “sleepy” Christians, and even delight committed… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“are more open to the Christian faith than they were in their original context. Most have been uprooted from their familiar, traditional… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“RENTERS AND NEIGHBORHOOD One “occupational hazard” of urban church planting is having a new church rent its worship space and therefore only… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“a culture, we will begin to discern which of these approaches and their many variants will have the most impact with the… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“To reach this growing post-Christendom society in the West will obviously take more than what we ordinarily call an evangelistic church; it… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“At the end of this Sabbath encounter with the religious leaders Mark records a remarkable sentence that sums up one of the… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“GOSPEL REDISCOVERY Along with extraordinary, persistent prayer, the most necessary element of gospel renewal is a recovery of the gospel itself, with… — 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
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
