Christians don't believe that goodness gets you to heaven. Christians believe it's exhausting to rely on your own goodness to please God. — 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 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
“Self-control. Moralists tell us to control our passions out of fear of punishment. This is a volition-based approach. Relativists tell us to… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“According to Richard Lints in The Fabric of Theology, four factors influence the formation of a theological vision. The foundation is, of… — 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
“The Spirit’s work of making the gospel real to the heart weakens the self-centeredness in the soul.” — 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
Christianity does not set faith against thinking. It sets faith against assuming. — 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
The resurrection makes Christianity the most irritating religion on the face of the earth. — 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
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
Christianity does not provide the reason for each experience of pain, but it does provide deep resources for actually facing suffering with… — 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 Bible judges the church; the church does not judge the Bible. The Bible is the foundation for and the creator of… — 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
The gospel is an exclusive truth but it's the most inclusive exclusive truth in the world. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Christians tend to motivate others with guilt. We tend to say: You would do this if you were really committed Christians, indicating… — 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
The irreligious don't repent at all and the religious only repent of sins. But Christians repent of their wrongfully placed righteousness. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
If Christianity is really true it will be offending and correcting you somewhere. — 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
When you say, "Come in Jesus as my caregiver, stay out as my Lord," he can't. He's both. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
The product of a true, growing, gospel-centered nature is often gentleness. — 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
