All Timothy Keller Quotes
- Sin is not just breaking the rules, it is putting yourself in the place of God as Savior, Lord, and Judge… There are two ways… All
- Only if you are part of a community of believers seeking to resemble, serve, and love Jesus will you ever get to know him and… Believer
- Mercy and forgiveness must be free and unmerited to the wrongdoer. If the wrongdoer has to do something to merit it, then it isn’t mercy,… Always Comes
- Faith in the gospel restructures our motivations, our self-understanding, our identity, and our view of the world. Behavioral compliance to rules without heart-change will be… Behavioral
- So live in the light of the resurrection and renewal of this world, and of yourself, in a glorious, never-ending, joyful dance of grace. Dance
- Careful obedience to God’s law may serve as a strategy for rebelling against God Careful
- All I know is, if I don't care about the poor, if my church doesn't care about the poor, that's evil. All
- Jesus took the tree of death so you could have the tree of life. Death
- A church must be more deeply and practically committed to deeds of compassion and social justice than traditional liberal churches and more deeply and practically… Ability
- How could a good, all-powerful God allow suffering? All
- Those who condemn the self-righteous for the sake of self-discovery do so with ironic self-righteousness. Condemn
- This is the humbling truth that lies at the heart of Christianity. We love to be our own saviors. Our hearts love to manufacture glory… Attractive
- Christians tend to motivate others with guilt. We tend to say: You would do this if you were really committed Christians, indicating that we are… All
- The Bible judges the church; the church does not judge the Bible. The Bible is the foundation for and the creator of the church; the… All
- It is possible to avoid Jesus as Savior as much by keeping all the Biblical rules as by breaking them. All
- Legalistic remorse says, "I broke God's rules," while real repentance says, "I broke God's heart." Broke
- Worry is not believing God will get it right, and bitterness is believing God got it wrong. Believe
- While Christianity was able to agree with pagan writers that inordinate attachment to earthly goods can lead to unnecessary pain and grief, it also taught… Able
- To stand in the presence of God, that is what the Gospel is. The Gospel is not primarily about forgiveness. It’s not primarily about good… All
- A common vision can unite people of very different temperaments. Common