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 Copy Share Image
People only get in the afterlife what they have most wanted-either to have God as Savior and Master or to be their… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
The main human problems often are that we misidentify what will make us happy; and we ask people and things to save… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
One of the biggest obstacles in the way of people coming to Christianity is that they think they know about it already. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
People are messy; therefore, relationships will be messy. Don't be surprised by messiness. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Tolerance is not the absence of belief. Tolerance is how your beliefs teach you to treat other people — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Every religion has a prophet who is pointing people to God. Jesus is the only one who says, 'I am God, and… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
While other worldviews lead us to sit in the midst of life’s joys, foreseeing the coming sorrows, Christianity empowers its people to… — 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
Contextualization is not giving people what they want. It is giving God's answers (which they probably do not want) to the questions… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
The targets of this story are not wayward sinners but religious people who do everything the Bible requires. Jesus is pleading not… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
An idol is something that we look to for things that only God can give. Idolatry functions widely inside religious communities when… — 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
Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Tolerance isn't about not having beliefs. It's about how your beliefs lead you to treat people who disagree with you. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
We would say homosexuality is not the original design for sexuality. Therefore, it’s not good for human flourishing. We want people to… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Jesus's teaching consistently attracted the irreligious while offending the Bible-believing , religious people of his day. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
God relentlessly offers his grace to people who do not deserve it, or seek it, or even appreciate it after they have… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
The church is often like a football stadium where 22 people need a rest and thousands of people need exercise. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
If you seek to serve people more than to gain power, you will not only serve people, you will gain influence. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Religion poses a danger of creating division or intolerance between groups of people. However, the gospel of Jesus lead us to three… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
We modern people think of miracles as the suspension of the natural order, but Jesus meant them to be the restoration of… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Unless you point to the good news of God's grace people will not be able to bear the bad news of God's… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Most people want Jesus as a consultant rather than a King, and He does not come that way. — 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
