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
Jesus cannot be just liked. His claims make us either kill him or crown him. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Jesus is the author of faith, the provider of faith, and the object of faith. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
The happy ending of the Resurrection is so enormous that it swallows up even the sorrow of the Cross. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Because of the Cross, God can be both just towards sin and yet mercifully justifying to sinners. — 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
How Religion Works: If I obey, then God will love and accept me. The Gospel: I'm loved and accepted, therefore I wish… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“Properly understood, Christianity is by no means the opiate of the people. It’s more like the smelling salts.” — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
But resurrection is not just consolation — it is restoration. We get it all back — the love, the loved ones, the… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
The purpose of Jesus's coming is to put the whole world right, to renew and restore the creation, not to escape it. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“person’s faith can collapse almost overnight if she has failed over the years to listen patiently to her own doubts, which should… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
To be a Christian is a standing, a legal position. It means to be a child of God. You are or you… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Putting our faith in Christ is not about trying harder; it means transferring our trust away from ourselves and resting in him. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
To stand in the presence of God, that is what the Gospel is. The Gospel is not primarily about forgiveness. It’s not… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Jesus does not divide the world into the moral "good guys" and the immoral "bad guys". He shows us that everyone is… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“THE GOSPEL CHANGES EVERYTHING The gospel is not just the ABCs but the A to Z of the Christian life. It is… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
The gospel shows us that our spiritual problem lies not only in failing to obey God, but also in relying on our… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
It is not the strength of your faith but the object of your faith that actually saves you. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
It is possible to avoid Jesus as Savior as much by keeping all the Biblical rules as by breaking them. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
The resurrection makes Christianity the most irritating religion on the face of the earth. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“Postmodern people have been rejecting Christianity for years, thinking that it was indistinguishable from moralism.” — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Secularism and Religion are both all about your personal performance. The Gospel is the performance of another applied to you. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
In a smaller church your pastoring sets up your preaching. In a larger church your preaching sets up your pastoring. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
A Christian is somebody whose eyes have been opened, who admits that Jesus is not what you expected, but he’s what you… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Important reminder: It's not fair of you to demand more proof of Christians for their beliefs than you demand for your own. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
While other worldviews lead us to sit in the midst of life’s joys, foreseeing the coming sorrows, Christianity empowers its people to… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
The gospel is not just the A-B-C's but the A-Z of Christianity. The gospel is not just the minimum required doctrine necessary… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“As soon as you express the gospel, you are unavoidably doing it in a way that is more understandable and accessible for… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
We are called not simply to communicate the gospel to nonbelievers; we must also intentionally celebrate the gospel before them. — 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
