Grace Quotes by Timothy Keller

If you want God's grace, all you need is need, all you need is nothing.

— Timothy Keller

Grace is to be let into a place that you don't have a right to be.

— Timothy Keller

God's reckless grace is our greatest hope.

— Timothy Keller

As long as we think we are not that bad, the idea of grace will never change us.

— Timothy Keller

Let us preach grace till humility just starts to grow in us.

— Timothy Keller

Nobody who understands the free grace of God takes sin lightly.

— Timothy Keller

If you have a small view of your sin, God's grace will be small to you.

— Timothy Keller

There is no sin that is a match for God's grace.

— Timothy Keller

The deeper the experience of the free grace of God, the more generous we must become.

— Timothy Keller

God relentlessly offers his grace to people who do not deserve it, or seek it, or even appreciate it after they have…

— Timothy Keller

It is because of the doctrine of judgment and hell that Jesus' proclamations of grace and love are so astounding.

— Timothy Keller

Nothing we formulate or do can qualify us for access to God. Only grace can do that- based not on our performance…

— Timothy Keller

Those who understand the gospel cannot possibly look down on anyone, since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect…

— Timothy Keller

“Lord make me happy enough in the grace of Jesus to avoid being proud, cold, scared, and hooked.”

— Timothy Keller

Grace is humbling and restorative. It pulls you down because Christ had to die for you, but also lifts you up because…

— Timothy Keller

The most liberating act of free, unconditional grace demands that the recipient give up control of his or her life.

— Timothy Keller

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

“Properly understood, the doctrine of sin means that believers are never as good as our true worldview should make us. Similarly, the…

— 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

Most churches make the mistake of selecting as leaders the confident, the competent, and the successful. But what you most need in…

— Timothy Keller

“Certainly we should be very active in seeking God, and Jesus himself called us to 'ask, seek, knock' in order to find…

— Timothy Keller

[T]he main problem in life is sin, and the only solution is God and his grace. The alternative to this view is…

— Timothy Keller

An idol is something that we look to for things that only God can give. Idolatry functions widely inside religious communities when…

— Timothy Keller

Love without truth is sentimentality; it supports and affirms us but keeps us in denial about our flaws. Truth without love is…

— Timothy Keller

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

For indeed, grace is the key to it all. It is not our lavish good deeds that procure salvation, but God's lavish…

— Timothy Keller

If a person has grasped the meaning of God's grace in his heart, he will do justice. If he doesn't live justly,…

— Timothy Keller

“If we are saved by grace alone, this salvation is a constant source of amazed delight. Nothing is mundane or matter-of-fact about…

— 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

So live in the light of the resurrection and renewal of this world, and of yourself, in a glorious, never-ending, joyful dance…

— Timothy Keller

No one is so good that they don’t need the grace of the gospel, nor so bad that they can’t receive the…

— Timothy Keller

God’s grace does not come to people who morally outperform others, but to those who admit their failure to perform and who…

— Timothy Keller

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

— Timothy Keller

Change won’t happen through ‘trying harder’ but only through encountering the radical grace of God.

— Timothy Keller

Unless you point to the good news of God's grace people will not be able to bear the bad news of God's…

— Timothy Keller

If you aren't constantly astonished at God's grace in your solitude, there's no way it can happen in public.

— Timothy Keller

There is a direct relationship between a person's grasp and experience of God's grace, and his or her heart for justice and…

— Timothy Keller

When we grasp that we are unworthy sinners saved by an infinitely costly grace, it destroys both our self-righteousn ess and our…

— Timothy Keller

On the cross Jesus was treated as an outcast so that we could be brought into God's family freely by grace.

— Timothy Keller

God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He…

— Timothy Keller