Jesus Quotes by Timothy Keller

Every other religion points to answers. Jesus, though, says 'I am the answer'.

— Timothy Keller

Religion says earn your life. Secular society says create your life. Jesus says, 'My life for your life.

— Timothy Keller

Religion makes us proud of what we have done. The Gospel makes us proud of what Jesus has done.

— Timothy Keller

Jesus came into this world not as a philosopher or a general but as a carpenter. All work matters to God.

— Timothy Keller

If his suffering did not make Jesus give up on us, nothing will.

— Timothy Keller

The essence of Christian obedience is not do’s and don’ts but personal allegiance to Jesus.

— Timothy Keller

What you treasure will ultimately require you die for it, Jesus is the only treasure that died for you.

— Timothy Keller

Men, you'll never be a good groom to your wife unless you're first a good bride to Jesus.

— Timothy Keller

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

— Timothy Keller

Jesus Christ did not suffer so that you would not suffer. He suffered so that when you suffer, you’ll become more like…

— Timothy Keller

The world values power, comfort, success, and recognition. Jesus frees us to value grief, sacrifice, weakness, and exclusion.

— Timothy Keller

We modern people think of miracles as the suspension of the natural order, but Jesus meant them to be the restoration of…

— Timothy Keller

Jesus' claims are particularly unnerving, because if they are true there is no alternative but to bow the knee to him.

— Timothy Keller

“Everybody has got to live for something, but Jesus is arguing that, if he is not that thing, it will fail you.”

— Timothy Keller

If we say, 'I believe in Jesus,' but it doesn't affect the way we live, the answer is not that now we…

— Timothy Keller

Only in Jesus Christ do we see how the untamable, infinite God can become a baby and a loving Savior. On the…

— Timothy Keller

The basic premise of religion– that if you live a good life, things will go well for you– is wrong. Jesus was…

— Timothy Keller

...Singles, too, must see the penultimate status of marriage. If single Christians don't develop a deeply fulfilling love relationship with Jesus, they…

— Timothy Keller

Jesus Christ, who had all the power in the world, saw us enslaved by the very things we thought would free us…

— Timothy Keller

Most people in the world believe that if there is a God, you relate to God by being good. Most religions are…

— Timothy Keller

To preach the gospel is to show people their need for salvation against a backdrop of God's nature and the character of…

— Timothy Keller

When Jesus looked down from the cross, he didn't think “I am giving myself to you because you are so attractive to…

— Timothy Keller

Through the person and work of Jesus Christ, God fully accomplishes salvation for us, rescuing us from judgment for sin into fellowship…

— Timothy Keller

It is because Jesus Christ experienced cosmic thirst on the cross that you and I can have our spiritual thirst satisfied. It…

— Timothy Keller

We instinctively tend to limit for whom we exert ourselves. We do it for people like us, and for people whom we…

— Timothy Keller

We modern people think of miracles as the suspension of the natural order, but Jesus meant them to be the restoration of…

— Timothy Keller

“...We must say to ourselves something like this: 'Well, when Jesus looked down from the cross, he didn't think "I am giving…

— Timothy Keller

I've heard plenty of Christians try to answer the why question by going back to the what. "You have to believe because…

— Timothy Keller

“I was intrigued. I asked her what was so scary about unmerited free grace? She replied something like this: “If I was…

— 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

Jesus lost all his glory so that we could be clothed in it. He was shut out so we could get access.…

— Timothy Keller

Those who believe they have pleased God by the quality of their devotion and moral goodness naturally feel that they and their…

— Timothy Keller

Truth is more important, freedom is more complex, and Jesus is more liberating than you think.

— Timothy Keller

Jesus didn't come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.

— Timothy Keller

Jesus was the temple to end all temples, the priest to end all priests, & the sacrifice to end all sacrifices.

— Timothy Keller

Jesus asks for far more than you ever thought, but offers more than you ever dreamed.

— Timothy Keller

Jesus warns people far more often about greed than about sex, yet almost no one thinks they are guilty of it.

— Timothy Keller

If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all he said.

— Timothy Keller

Jesus' purpose is not to warm our hearts but to shatter our categories.

— Timothy Keller

You cannot have Jesus' rescue without accepting His rule.

— Timothy Keller