If we are not deliberately thinking about our culture and our context, we will be conformed to it without ever knowing. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
If God is treated as God during suffering, then suffering can reveal and present him in all his greatness. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Suffering is unbearable if you aren’t certain that God is for you and with you. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
If God does not have our highest allegiance, we will use prayer to try to get things that have that designation. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
If you can't show the difference between religion and the Gospel, people will confuse morality with a changed heart — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
All I know is, if I don't care about the poor, if my church doesn't care about the poor, that's evil. — 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… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
If we pick out which parts of the Bible we dislike, we actually have a god we've created. How can that god… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
If God exists then every good endeavor, even the simplest ones, pursued in response to God's calling can matter forever. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Living is giving…If you spend your money on yourself, you are just surviving. But if you want your life to count, if… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
If we give God things in hope that they'll earn us blessings, we're really not doing anything for him. It's for ourselves. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
If God is real, why does he align perfectly with our views? We should expect God to challenge us on what we… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Preaching is compelling to young secular adults ... - not if preachers use video clips from their favorite movies and dress informally… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
If you come to recognize the beliefs on which your doubts about Christianity are based, and if you seek as much proof… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Even if 80 percent of the population of a country are Christian believers, they will have almost no cultural influence if the… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
If we are deeply moved by the sight of his love for us, it detaches our hearts from other would-be saviors. We… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
A genuinely persuasive argument does not merely tell you that you are wrong about everything. It doesn't just beat on you from… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Only if you first seek inner forgiveness will your confrontation be temperate, wise, and gracious. Only when you have lost the need… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Most people in the world believe that if there is a God, you relate to God by being good. Most religions are… — 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
You won't be able to change the world, yourself, anything, if you don't change yourself inwardly, deeply, enduringly. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
If you come from insignificance and when you die you return to insignificance, then nothing is significant now. — 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
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
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
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