Marriage Quotes by Timothy Keller

It takes both spouses to say, "My self-centeredness is the main problem in my marriage" to have a great marriage.

— Timothy Keller

Marriage is two broken people having little broken people.

— Timothy Keller

Proper wedding vows are more a promise of mutually binding future love than a declaration of your present love.

— Timothy Keller

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

— Timothy Keller

“What keeps the marriage going is your commitment to your spouse's holiness.”

— timothy keller

Real love, the Bible says, instinctively desires permanence.

— Timothy Keller

Marriage does not so much bring you into confrontation with your spouse as confront you with yourself.

— Timothy Keller

The simple fact is that only if I love Jesus more than my wife will I be able to serve her needs…

— Timothy Keller

Friendship is a deep oneness that develops when two people, speaking the truth in love to one another, journey together to the…

— Timothy Keller

Marriage is so much like salvation and our relationship with Christ that you can’t understand marriage w/o looking at the gospel.

— Timothy Keller

Only with time do we really learn who the other person is and come to love the person for him- or herself…

— Timothy Keller

“If you marry someone expecting them to be like a god, it is only inevitable that they will disappoint you. It's not…

— Timothy Keller

“Marriage is so much like salvation and our relationship with Christ that Paul says you can’t understand marriage without looking at the…

— Timothy Keller

Our culture says that feelings of love are the basis for actions of love. And of course that can be true. But…

— Timothy Keller

“Marriage [is] two flawed people coming together to create a space of stability, love and consolation, a haven in a heartless world.”

— Timothy Keller

“if you do nothing but urge people to “look out for number one,” you will be setting them up for future failure…

— Timothy Keller

“The reason that marriage is so painful and yet wonderful is because it is a reflection of the gospel, which is painful…

— Timothy Keller

“The reason that marriage is so painful and yet wonderful is because it is a reflection of the gospel, which is painful…

— Timothy Keller

It seems almost oxymoronic to believe that this new idealism has led to a new pessimism about marriage, but that is exactly…

— 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

You can only afford to be generous if you actually have some money in the bank to give. In the same way,…

— Timothy Keller

To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to…

— Timothy Keller

Both men and women today see marriage not as a way of creating character and community but as a way to reach…

— Timothy Keller

Marriage has the power to set the course of your life as a whole. If your marriage is strong, even if all…

— Timothy Keller

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

“Sociologists argue that in contemporary Western society the marketplace has become so dominant that the consumer model increasingly characterizes most relationships that…

— Timothy Keller

“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

“...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

“In any relationship, there will be frightening spells in which your feelings of love dry up. And when that happens you must…

— Timothy Keller

“When over the years someone has seen you at your worst, and knows you with all your strengths and flaws, yet commits…

— Timothy Keller

“the Bible’s solution to a bad marriage is a reorientation to the radical, spousal love of Christ communicated in the gospel. “You…

— Timothy Keller

“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

“This principle - that your spouse should be capable of becoming your best friend - is a game changer when you address…

— Timothy Keller

“When God brought the first man his spouse, he brought him not just a lover but the friend his heart had been…

— Timothy Keller

“In sharp contrast with our culture, the Bible teaches that the essence of marriage is a sacrificial commitment to the good of…

— Timothy Keller

Love without truth is sentimentality; it supports and affirms us but keeps us in denial about our flaws. Truth without love is…

— Timothy Keller

While your character flaws may have created mild problems for other people, they will create major problems for your spouse and your…

— Timothy Keller

[Spiritual friendship] is eagerly helping one another know, serve, love, and resemble God in deeper and deeper ways.

— Timothy Keller

While marriage is many things, it is anything but sentimental. Marriage is glorious but hard. It's a burning joy and strength, and…

— Timothy Keller

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