“The book of Judges shows us that the Bible is not a “Book of Virtues”; it is not full of inspirational stories.… — Timothy J. Keller Copy Share Image
“The history of the patriarchs is filled with such missteps and moral failures. How could these be our moral examples? The answer:… — Timothy J. Keller Copy Share Image
“The Swiss theologian John Calvin, in his commentaries on the Hebrew prophets, says that God so identifies with the poor that their… — Timothy J. Keller Copy Share Image
“We tend to see gifts as the sign of the Spirit’s work in someone. But the Bible never does. Judas and King… — Timothy J. Keller Copy Share Image
“Think of the implication of the very term “regressive.” To reject the Bible as regressive is to assume that you have now… — Timothy J. Keller Copy Share Image
“We humans may say, “Let there be light in this room,” but then we have to flick a switch or light a… — Timothy J. Keller Copy Share Image
“The word “frustration” here—mataiotes—is the same word as the one translated as “vanity” in the book of Ecclesiastes in the Septuagint, the… — Timothy J. Keller Copy Share Image
“A common image of hell in the Bible is that of fire.10 Fire disintegrates. Even in this life we can see the… — Timothy J. Keller Copy Share Image
“At one level, the only reason you can know anything is because of God. God made your mind and your cognitive faculties.… — Timothy J. Keller Copy Share Image
“Judges is the best book in the Old Testament for the understanding of renewal and revival, while Acts is the best place… — Timothy J. Keller Copy Share Image
“The choice is ours. If we want to be sure to experience this vision by sight hereafter, we must know it by faith now.… — Timothy J. Keller Copy Share Image
“It is worth asking ourselves: Where am I saying “I can’t” but God is saying “You won’t”? Israel’s failure to obey was based on… — Timothy J. Keller Copy Share Image
“The same sun that melts wax hardens clay.” In other words, what makes a life “good” is not a particular set of circumstances, but… — Timothy J. Keller Copy Share Image
“Tremendous freedom comes when we can laugh at ourselves and whisper to him, "So! It's been you all along!" In some ways that day… — Timothy J. Keller Copy Share Image
“Is there anyone or anything that can separate me from Christ’s love for me? And” — Timothy J. Keller Copy Share Image
“Then, suddenly, the defense comes in with a new witness who can be proved to have been at the scene of the crime! The… — Timothy J. Keller Copy Share Image
“God’s call to his people (then and now) is to combine spirituality with bravery. True discipleship is radical and risk-taking, because true disciples rely… — Timothy J. Keller Copy Share Image
“It needs to be said that faith-journeys are never simply intellectual exercises.” — Timothy J. Keller Copy Share Image
“The only way to doubt Christianity rightly and fairly is to discern the alternate belief under each of your doubts and then to ask… — Timothy J. Keller Copy Share Image
“Paul is not saying that I must have nothing to do with the people and things of the world. Ironically, if I must have… — Timothy J. Keller Copy Share Image
“Religion is not the place where the problem of man’s egotism is automatically solved. Rather, it is there that the ultimate battle between human… — Timothy J. Keller Copy Share Image
“Atheists and agnostics ask for this kind of “proof” for God, but are not alone in holding to strong rationalism. Many Christians claim that… — Timothy J. Keller Copy Share Image
