Christmas is an invitation by God to say: Look what I've done to come near to you. Now draw near to me...I… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
If you want God's grace, all you need is need, all you need is nothing. But that kind of spiritual humility is… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
The Gospel is news of what God has done to reach us. It is not advice about what we must do to… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
The key question in order to change you is not 'What would Jesus do?' but "What has Jesus done for you?" — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Unless we believe the gospel, we will be driven in all we do-whether obeying or disobeying-by pride ('self-love') or fear ('of damnation').… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Jesus is not asking us to do anything for him that he hasn’t already done for us, under conditions of difficulty beyond… — 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
We are regularly in danger of having too light a view of our sin and also too light a grasp of what… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Prayer should be done regularly, persistently, resolutely, and tenaciously at least daily, whether we feel like it or not. — 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
If you don't love the poor, you don't know what God's done for you. — 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
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
![“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 special salience today — because while we have gotten very good at deconstructing old stories (the religion that was the subject of my first chapter…” quote by Timothy Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/85a/timothy-keller-240_sad_24-a-few-pages-later-delbanco-writes-the_25320.jpg)
