“the essence of sin is not [primarily] the violation of laws but a wrecked relationship with God, one another, and the whole… — Timothy J. Keller Copy Share Image
“The essence of sin is we human beings substituting ourselves for God, while the essence of salvation is God substituting himself for… — Timothy J. Keller Copy Share Image
“At the root of each and every sin, and each and every problem, is unbelief and a rejection of the gospel.” — Timothy J. Keller Copy Share Image
“The choice is ours. If we want to be sure to experience this vision by sight hereafter, we must know it by faith now.… — Timothy J. Keller Copy Share Image
“It is worth asking ourselves: Where am I saying “I can’t” but God is saying “You won’t”? Israel’s failure to obey was based on… — Timothy J. Keller Copy Share Image
“The same sun that melts wax hardens clay.” In other words, what makes a life “good” is not a particular set of circumstances, but… — Timothy J. Keller Copy Share Image
“Tremendous freedom comes when we can laugh at ourselves and whisper to him, "So! It's been you all along!" In some ways that day… — Timothy J. Keller Copy Share Image
“Is there anyone or anything that can separate me from Christ’s love for me? And” — Timothy J. Keller Copy Share Image
“Then, suddenly, the defense comes in with a new witness who can be proved to have been at the scene of the crime! The… — Timothy J. Keller Copy Share Image
“God’s call to his people (then and now) is to combine spirituality with bravery. True discipleship is radical and risk-taking, because true disciples rely… — Timothy J. Keller Copy Share Image
“It needs to be said that faith-journeys are never simply intellectual exercises.” — Timothy J. Keller Copy Share Image
“The only way to doubt Christianity rightly and fairly is to discern the alternate belief under each of your doubts and then to ask… — Timothy J. Keller Copy Share Image
“Paul is not saying that I must have nothing to do with the people and things of the world. Ironically, if I must have… — Timothy J. Keller Copy Share Image
“Religion is not the place where the problem of man’s egotism is automatically solved. Rather, it is there that the ultimate battle between human… — Timothy J. Keller Copy Share Image
“Atheists and agnostics ask for this kind of “proof” for God, but are not alone in holding to strong rationalism. Many Christians claim that… — Timothy J. Keller Copy Share Image
“Without socially shared discovered meaning we have no basis for saying to somebody else: “You need to stop doing that!” Created meanings cannot be… — Timothy J. Keller Copy Share Image
“Christianity does not agree with the optimistic thinkers who say, “We can fix things if we try hard enough.” Nor does it agree with… — Timothy J. Keller Copy Share Image
“Everything we know in this world is “contingent,” has a cause outside of itself. Therefore the universe, which is just a huge pile of… — Timothy J. Keller Copy Share Image
![“the essence of sin is not [primarily] the violation of laws but a wrecked relationship with God, one another, and the whole created order. “All sins are attempts to fill voids,” wrote Simone Weil.” quote by Timothy J. Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a0c/timothy-j-keller-3733_relationship-with-go_the-essence-of-sin-is-not-primarily-the_1694853.jpg)
