Timothy J. Keller

“The same sun that melts wax hardens clay.” In”

— Timothy J. Keller

“It needs to be said that faith-journeys are never simply intellectual exercises.”

— Timothy J. Keller

“Jesus is not a metaphor. He is real. This all happened.”

— Timothy J. Keller

“Look what God’s done for me! Is this how I respond to him?”

— Timothy J. Keller

“Identity apart from God is inherently unstable.”

— Timothy J. Keller

“Forgiveness means absorbing the debt of the sin yourself.”

— Timothy J. Keller

“Created meaning is a less rational way to live life than doing so with discovered meaning.”

— Timothy J. Keller

“Is there anyone or anything that can separate me from Christ’s love for me? And”

— Timothy J. Keller

“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

“All that is required to know this salvation is belief: it is offered to “everyone who believes” (v 16).”

— Timothy J. Keller

“The “Spirit of sonship” that Paul speaks of is, therefore, an ability that the Holy Spirit gives us to approach God as…

— Timothy J. Keller

“The lesson is that the medium is not the message, that we must not ignore uncomfortable truths just because they come through…

— Timothy J. Keller

“Let the knowledge of your grace make me never less but only more intensely devoted to obeying you.”

— Timothy J. Keller

“Obedience flows out of faith; it is a consequence of saving faith, not a second condition for salvation.”

— Timothy J. Keller

“Theodoret, a Syrian bishop in the fifth century, likened the gospel to a pepper: “A pepper outwardly seems to be cold …”

— Timothy J. Keller

“Ultimately, the gospel is offensive because the cross stands against all schemes of self-salvation.”

— Timothy J. Keller

“Othniel attacked a city in God’s strength; the tribe of Judah concluded they could not do likewise in their own. It is…

— Timothy J. Keller

“When evolution is turned into an All-encompassing Theory explaining absolutely everything we believe, feel, and do as the product of natural selection,…

— Timothy J. Keller

“a saved person does not work (v 5a). This cannot mean that a saved person disregards the law (see 3:31). It must…

— Timothy J. Keller

“children of God” only for those who have received Christ as Savior and Lord: “Yet to all who received him, to those…

— Timothy J. Keller

“So if someone asks you if you are a Christian, you should not say, “Of course!” There should be no “of course-ness”…

— Timothy J. Keller

“The word “frustration” here—mataiotes—is the same word as the one translated as “vanity” in the book of Ecclesiastes in the Septuagint, the…

— Timothy J. Keller

“This is why in the Lord’s Prayer we don’t get to the petition for our daily bread and needs until we have…

— Timothy J. Keller

“Our prayer is that as you read, you’ll be struck not by the contents of this book, but by the book it’s…

— Timothy J. Keller

“A common image of hell in the Bible is that of fire.10 Fire disintegrates. Even in this life we can see the…

— Timothy J. Keller

“Christians, then, should expect to find nonbelievers who are much nicer, kinder, wiser, and better than they are. Why? Christian believers are…

— Timothy J. Keller

“Put it this way—are his promises conditional, or unconditional? Judges is crucial, in that it shows that neither answer to that question…

— Timothy J. Keller

“Think of people you consider fanatical. They’re overbearing, self-righteous, opinionated, insensitive, and harsh. Why? It’s not because they are too Christian but…

— Timothy J. Keller

“Adoption usually occurred when a wealthy adult had no heir for his estate. He would then adopt someone as heir—it could be…

— Timothy J. Keller

“The Christian life begins not with high deeds and achievements but with the most simple and ordinary act of humble asking. Then…

— Timothy J. Keller

“God became man; the divine Son became a Jew; the Almighty appeared on earth as a helpless human baby, unable to do…

— Timothy J. Keller

“Christianity does not agree with the optimistic thinkers who say, “We can fix things if we try hard enough.” Nor does it…

— Timothy J. Keller

“When love of one’s people becomes an absolute, it turns into racism. When love of equality turns into a supreme thing, it…

— Timothy J. Keller

“Aristotle very famously said in his Politics I.V.8 that some people are born to be slaves. He meant that some people are…

— Timothy J. Keller

“Deep humility. Examination: Have I looked down on anyone? Have I been too stung by criticism? Have I felt snubbed and ignored?…

— Timothy J. Keller

“For the first phase of American history, “hope was chiefly expressed through a Christian story that gave meaning to suffering and pleasure…

— Timothy J. Keller

“In 1961 the Russians put the first man into space, Yuri Gagarin. Nikita Khrushchev was the Russian premier, and he said that…

— Timothy J. Keller

“Moralistic behavior change simply manipulates and leverages radical selfishness without challenging it. It tries to use that selfishness against itself by appealing…

— Timothy J. Keller

“I believe this particular part of 1 Corinthians 7 is an important practical resource. Each partner in marriage is to be most…

— Timothy J. Keller

“We tend to see gifts as the sign of the Spirit’s work in someone. But the Bible never does. Judas and King…

— Timothy J. Keller