Jesus' purpose is not to warm our hearts but to shatter our categories. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
The gospel is not about choosing to follow advice; it's about being called to follow a King. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
The product of a true, growing, gospel-centered nature is often gentleness. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
When I forget the gospel I become dependent on the smiles and evaluation of others. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
To truly become Christians we must also repent of the reasons we ever did anything right. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
The resurrection makes Christianity the most irritating religion on the face of the earth. — 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
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
“To stay away from Christianity because part of the Bible's teaching is offensive to you assumes that if there is a God… — 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
...the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Those who understand the gospel cannot possibly look down on anyone, since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect… — 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
Christians necessarily believe we depend on God for everything-a prayerless Christian, then, is a contradiction in terms. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
This is the humbling truth that lies at the heart of Christianity. We love to be our own saviors. Our hearts love… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“The gospel is neither religion nor irreligion - it is something else altogether. Religion makes law and moral obedience a means of… — 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
Christianity offers not merely a consolation but a restoration - not just of the life we had but of the life we… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
While Christianity was able to agree with pagan writers that inordinate attachment to earthly goods can lead to unnecessary pain and grief,… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“I would go even further and warn that failing to use both approaches invites danger. The STM, carried out in isolation from… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“Family. Moralism can make a person a slave to parental expectations, while relativism/pragmatism sees no need for family loyalty or keeping promises… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
It is because Jesus Christ experienced cosmic thirst on the cross that you and I can have our spiritual thirst satisfied. It… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“If you know what He has done at infinite cost to himself—He’s put you into a relationship so that you’ll never be… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“With Bible believers, he quotes Scripture and John the Baptist; with pagans he argues from general revelation and the greatness of creation.… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“The gospel addresses our greatest need and brings change and transformation to every area of life. Let’s look at just a few… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“Let’s think back for a moment to the boring sermon. Sometimes the sermon we hear is boring because it went on for… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“Third, do “apologetic sidebars.” Try to devote one of the three or four sermon points mainly to the doubts and concerns of… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
The Bible’s purpose is not so much to show you how to live a good life. The Bible’s purpose is to show… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“THE DANGER OF NOT CONTEXTUALIZING (OR OF THINKING YOU AREN’T) All gospel ministry and communication are already heavily adapted to a particular… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“When it comes to speaking about sin, Paul is clear in his message to the Jews that the law cannot justify them,… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“Directly address and welcome nonbelievers. Talk regularly to “those of you who aren’t sure you believe this or who aren’t sure just… — 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
“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
“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
“the truths of the gospel, brought home by the Spirit, slowly but surely help us grasp in a new way how safe… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“If we conceive of the question in the second way, to ask all that God is going to accomplish in history, we… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“Gospel renewal does not simply seek to convert nominal church members; it also insists that all Christians — even committed ones —… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“a. Seek to worship and preach in the vernacular. It is impossible to overstate how insular and subcultural our preaching can become.… — 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 Image
The more you rejoice in your own forgiveness, the quicker you will be to forgive others. — 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 heart.” — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
If you are a child of God, you don’t lose your status if you have a bad week. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
Christ will do everything for you or nothing. He's either all of your righteousness or none. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
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 Image
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