Religion makes us proud of what we have done. The Gospel makes us proud of what Jesus has done. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“many people process from unbelief to faith through “mini-decisions.” — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
The world is polarizing over religion. It is getting both more religious and less religious at the same time. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
The Gospel is good news not good advice. Advice = what we should do. News = report of what was done for us. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Christianity does not set faith against thinking. It sets faith against assuming. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
It's important to remember the Gospel is a story; not a set of bullet points. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Jesus came into this world not as a philosopher or a general but as a carpenter. All work matters to God. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
The resurrection was God's way of stamping PAID IN FULL right across history so that nobody could miss it. — 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… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Public faith means going public with what’s in your heart, with humility and respect for others, as we speak of the truth… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Religion operates on the principle 'I obey-therefore I am accepted by God.' But the operating principle of the gospel is 'I am… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Jesus smashed two of the rich young ruler's assumptions: Christianity is something you can ADD and something you can DO. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
It is no more narrow to claim that one religion is right than to claim that one way to think about all… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“Underneath all notions of justice is a set of faith assumptions that are essentially religious, and these are often not acknowledged.” — 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
“Jesus Christ says, 'Kill me and in 3 days, not only this temple, but all temples in the whole world will be… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Most people in the world believe that if there is a God, you relate to God by being good. Most religions are… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
I have long profited from Adele Ahlberg Calhoun's gifts in the field of spiritual development, and I am delighted that she has… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Many people think of the Bible as a book of moral teachings with stories sprinkled through to illustrate the teachings. But it's… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
If you want God's grace, all you need is need, all you need is nothing. But that kind of spiritual humility is… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“The gospel is neither religion nor irreligion - it is something else altogether. Religion makes law and moral obedience a means of… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
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
“I would go even further and warn that failing to use both approaches invites danger. The STM, carried out in isolation from… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“In our discussion of the need for balanced ministry fronts in chapter 23, we looked at the five models of church proposed… — 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
“Third, do “apologetic sidebars.” Try to devote one of the three or four sermon points mainly to the doubts and concerns of… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“When it comes to speaking about sin, Paul is clear in his message to the Jews that the law cannot justify them,… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“Without an acceptance of multiple biblical church models, your own movement and network may plant cookie-cutter churches in neighborhoods where that model… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“THE STANCE OF PIETISM How did most of the evangelical church in the United States relate to culture during the greater part… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
A church must be more deeply and practically committed to deeds of compassion and social justice than traditional liberal churches and more… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“The Greek word euangelizo means “to gospelize,” to tell people the good news about what Jesus did for us, and in the… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“THE GOSPEL CHANGES EVERYTHING The gospel is not just the ABCs but the A to Z of the Christian life. It is… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“THE RIGHT RELATIONSHIP OF THE GOSPEL TO ALL OF MINISTRY There is always a danger that church leaders and ministers will conceive… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“You either are a Christian or you are not — you either are united to him by faith or you are not… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“DEVOTION TO GOD’S KINGDOM OVER SELF OR TRIBE ENABLES SACRIFICE People in a church with movement dynamics put the vision ahead of… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“the truths of the gospel, brought home by the Spirit, slowly but surely help us grasp in a new way how safe… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“A new church in the community usually leads existing churches to face this issue of kingdom-mindedness. New churches typically draw most of… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“a. Seek to worship and preach in the vernacular. It is impossible to overstate how insular and subcultural our preaching can become.… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“ADDRESSING DIVERSITY The way to reach the sheer diversity of the city is through new churches. New churches are the single best… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“D. A. Carson makes this observation about this section of 1 Corinthians: When in the last century Hudson Taylor, the founder 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
The more you rejoice in your own forgiveness, the quicker you will be to forgive others. — Timothy Keller Copy Share
“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
“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
“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
“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
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
“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
“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
If you are a child of God, you don’t lose your status if you have a bad week. — Timothy Keller Copy Share
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
“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
Suffering is the stripping of our hope in finite things, therefore we do not put our ultimate hope in anything finite. — Timothy Keller Copy Share
Christ will do everything for you or nothing. He's either all of your righteousness or none. — Timothy Keller Copy Share
If we give God things in hope that they'll earn us blessings, we're really not doing anything for him. It's for ourselves. — Timothy Keller Copy Share
