“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 Copy Share Image
Your feelings come from where you find your hope. Where is your happiness and your significance? — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“If you understand what holiness is, you come to see that real happiness is on the far side of holiness, not the… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“We have talked about the manner and mode of preaching, but contextualization also has much to do with the content. A sermon… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
If you need something in addition to God to make you happy, that is your true King. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
If anything becomes more fundamental than God to your happiness, meaning of life, and identity then it is an idol. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
A triune God would call us to converse with him . . . because he wants to share the joy he has.… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“Lord make me happy enough in the grace of Jesus to avoid being proud, cold, scared, and hooked.” — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“The problem is that contemporary people think life is all about finding happiness. We decide what conditions will make us happy and… — 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
Happiness is a by-product of wanting something more than happiness-to be rightly related to God and our neighbor. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
We tend to see God as a means through which we get things to make us happy. For most of us, He… — 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)
