We think that idols are bad things, but that is almost never the case. The greater the good, the more likely we… — 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
What is an idol? It is anything more important to you than God, anything that absorbs your heart and imagination more than… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
[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 Copy Share Image
Power, approval, comfort, and control are meta-idols that hold sway over our daily lives. — 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
An idol is something that we look to for things that only God can give. Idolatry functions widely inside religious communities when… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
If you have to run away from something that used to be an idol, you're actually still enslaved by it. It's still… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Idols are often good things that we have made into ultimate things. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“What you need to drive out an old passion, is a new passion, a greater passion. What you need is an over-mastering… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The human heart is an idol factory that takes good things like a successful career, love, material possessions, even family, and turns… — 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