Forgiveness Quotes by Timothy Keller

When you forgive, that means you absorb the loss and the debt. You bear it yourself. All forgiveness, then, is costly.

— Timothy Keller

The essence of forgiveness is absorbing pain instead of giving it.

— Timothy Keller

It is impossible to forgive someone if you feel superior to him or her.

— Timothy Keller

God's grace and forgiveness, while free to the recipient, are always costly for the giver..

— Timothy Keller

The more you rejoice in your own forgiveness, the quicker you will be to forgive others.

— Timothy Keller

“Forgiveness is negative. Righteousness is positive. Forgiveness is you may go. Righteousness is you may come.”

— Timothy Keller

Forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness. To not retaliate is to absorb the cost.

— Timothy Keller

There is no evil that the father’s love cannot pardon and cover, there is no sin that is a match for his…

— Timothy Keller

When people say, "I know God forgives me, but I can't forgive myself," they mean that they have failed an idol, whose…

— Timothy Keller

God's grace and forgiveness, while free to the recipient, are always costly for the giver. From the earliest parts of the Bible,…

— Timothy Keller

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

If we have not seen our sin and sought radical forgiveness from God, we will be unable to forgive and to seek…

— Timothy Keller

Mercy and forgiveness must be free and unmerited to the wrongdoer. If the wrongdoer has to do something to merit it, then…

— Timothy Keller

Only if you first seek inner forgiveness will your confrontation be temperate, wise, and gracious. Only when you have lost the need…

— Timothy Keller

The Cross is not simply a lovely example of sacrificial love. Throwing your life away needlessly is not admirable — it is…

— Timothy Keller

...God's grace and forgiveness, while free to the recipient, are always costly for the giver… From the earliest parts of the Bible,…

— Timothy Keller

We do not have to make ourselves suffer in order to merit forgiveness. We simply receive the forgiveness earned by Christ. 1…

— Timothy Keller

“When anything in life is an absolute requirement for your happiness and self-worth, it is essentially an ‘idol,’ something you are actually…

— Timothy Keller

“When we look at the whole scope of this story line, we see clearly that Christianity is not only about getting one’s…

— Timothy Keller

“Guilt and self-image. When someone says, “I can’t forgive myself,” it indicates that some standard or condition or person is more central…

— Timothy Keller