“All real, life-changing love is costly, substitutionary sacrifice” — 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
What you treasure will ultimately require you die for it, Jesus is the only treasure that died for you. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Jesus didn't come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Love is primarily giving. It’s an action that leads to a feeling, not a feeling first. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Everyone worships something. The only choice you get is what to worship. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
I am so bad that He had to die. I am so loved that He was glad to die. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
The gospel is not about choosing to follow advice; it's about being called to follow a King. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
The observer of beauty always receives a passion to share the beauty with others. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Our culture says that feelings of love are the basis for actions of love. And of course that can be true. But… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Only with time do we really learn who the other person is and come to love the person for him- or herself… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
...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 Copy Share Image
“we tell the truth and keep our promises simply out of love for the One who died for us, who kept a… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Friendship is a deep oneness that develops when two people, speaking the truth in love to one another, journey together to the… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
But resurrection is not just consolation — it is restoration. We get it all back — the love, the loved ones, the… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“God’s love and mercy (like liberal preachers). Only when people see God as absolutely holy and absolutely loving will the cross of… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Falling in love in a Christian way is to say,'I am excited about your future and I want to be part of… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
All forms of love are necessary, and none are to be ignored, but all of us find some forms of love to… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“Each of the divine persons centers upon the others. None demands that the others revolve around him. Each voluntarily circles the other… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
While Christianity was able to agree with pagan writers that inordinate attachment to earthly goods can lead to unnecessary pain and grief,… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
You can only afford to be generous if you actually have some money in the bank to give. In the same way,… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Love without truth is sentimentality; it supports and affirms us but keeps us in denial about our flaws. Truth without love is… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“all human work (especially excellent work), done by all people, as a channel of God’s love for his world. They will be… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Within this Christian vision of marriage, here's what it means to fall in love. It is to look at another person and… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“...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 Copy Share Image
“Within this Christian vision for marriage, here's what it means to fall in love. It is to look at another person and… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
For indeed, grace is the key to it all. It is not our lavish good deeds that procure salvation, but God's lavish… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“In Ephesians 3:14 – 21, Paul prays that the Spirit will strengthen his readers with power in their inner being. For what?… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“This principle - that your spouse should be capable of becoming your best friend - is a game changer when you address… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“Sociologists argue that in contemporary Western society the marketplace has become so dominant that the consumer model increasingly characterizes most relationships that… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“Those dreaming of the perfect match are outnumbered by those who don't really want it at all, though perhaps they can't admit… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“In sharp contrast with our culture, the Bible teaches that the essence of marriage is a sacrificial commitment to the good of… — 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)
