The sin that is most destructive in your life right now is the one you are most defensive about. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
The life of faith is not the perfect life; it is the life which clings on to what God has said he… — 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
The Gospel worldview equips the artist with a unique combination of optimism and realism about life. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Anything can serve as a counterfeit god, especially the very best things in life. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Religion says earn your life. Secular society says create your life. Jesus says, 'My life for your life. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Fear, logic, and tradition are not going to make you live a good life when no one is looking. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
A life of gratitude to God for being saved is far more pleasing than a life based on self-righteousness over being good. — 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… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
To the degree you experience God's love towards you - seeing you as beautiful and radiant - to that degree sex won't… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
You can't live the Christian life without a band of Christian friends, without a family of believers in which you find a… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
We must have a strong inner life of fellowship and intimacy with Jesus if we are going to have a strong outer… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
The Gospel is that Jesus Christ came to earth, lived the life we should have lived and died the death we should… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Our Christian hope is that we are going to live with Christ in a new earth, where there is not only no… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“One of the main ways we move from abstract knowledge about God to a personal encounter with him as a living reality… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Christianity offers not merely a consolation but a restoration - not just of the life we had but of the life we… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
A rich, vibrant, consoling, hard-won prayer life is the one good that makes it possible to receive all other kinds of goods… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
The purpose of Sabbath is not simply to rejuvenate yourself in order to do more production, nor is it the pursuit of… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
The basic premise of religion– that if you live a good life, things will go well for you– is wrong. Jesus was… — 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
Life in this fallen world is to a great degree meaningless, our aspirations are constantly being frustrated, and sometimes the respectable people… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
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
In the christian view, the ultimate evidence for the existence of God is Jesus Christ. If there is a God, we characters… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“The gospel addresses our greatest need and brings change and transformation to every area of life. Let’s look at just a few… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“Directly address and welcome nonbelievers. Talk regularly to “those of you who aren’t sure you believe this or who aren’t sure just… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
If your fundamental is a man dying on the cross for his enemies, if the very heart of your self-image and your… — 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
“In religion our only hope is to live a life good enough to require God to bless us, so every instance of… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“The gospel is not just the ABCs but the A to Z of the Christian life. It is inaccurate to think the… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
The Cross is not simply a lovely example of sacrificial love. Throwing your life away needlessly is not admirable — it is… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
If there is a God, you owe him far more than a morally decent life. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Trust is accepting what God sends into your life whether you understand it or not. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
When we worry we are saying, 'I know the way my life is supposed to go, and God's not getting it right'. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“If there is a God, you owe him far more than a morally decent life. He deserves to be at the center… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“Human life is fatally fragile and subject to forces beyond our power to manage. Life is tragic.” — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
The peace of God is not the absence of fear. It, in fact, is His presence. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
The gospel is not just the “ABCs” but the “A-to-Z” of the Christian life. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Generosity is not only about money. There is more than one currency. Let your generosity be pervasive in life. — 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
![“A rich, vibrant, consoling, hard-won prayer life is the one good that makes it possible to receive all other kinds of goods rightly and beneficially. [Paul] does not see prayer as merely a way to get things from God but as a way to get more of God himself.” quote by Timothy Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f3c/timothy-keller-240_consoling_a-rich-vibrant-consoling-hard-won-prayer_1803379.jpg)
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![“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)
