Legalism is looking to something besides Jesus Christ in order to be acceptable and clean before God. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
The gospel is not just the “ABCs” but the “A-to-Z” of the Christian life. — Timothy Keller Christian Copy Share Image
“Our need for worth is so powerful that whatever we base our identity and value on we essentially “deify.” — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Change won’t happen through ‘trying harder’ but only through encountering the radical grace of God. — Timothy Keller Change Copy Share Image
Jesus may ask of you far more than you planned to give, but He can give to you infinitely more than you… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
The peace of God is not the absence of fear. It, in fact, is His presence. — Timothy Keller Absence Copy Share Image
God's grace and forgiveness, while free to the recipient, are always costly for the giver.. — Timothy Keller Forgiveness Copy Share Image
“You (Millennials) are the generation most afraid of real community because it inevitably limits freedom and choice. Get over your fear.” — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Christ's resurrection not only gives you hope for the future; it gives you hope to handle your scars right now. — Timothy Keller Christ Copy Share Image
If you have a small view of your sin, God's grace will be small to you. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
To be a Christian is a standing, a legal position. It means to be a child of God. You are or you… — Timothy Keller Child of god Copy Share Image
It is impossible to forgive someone if you feel superior to him or her. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Putting our faith in Christ is not about trying harder; it means transferring our trust away from ourselves and resting in him. — Timothy Keller Christ Copy Share Image
I wouldn't venture to say which kind of sin is more prevalent. I wouldn't even want to try to characterize certain 'circles.' — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“Human life is fatally fragile and subject to forces beyond our power to manage. Life is tragic.” — Timothy Keller Fragile Copy Share Image
Faith in God's promises means not always following the expected, rational path. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Do you realize that it is only in the gospel of Jesus Christ that you get the verdict before the performance? — Timothy Keller Christ Copy Share Image
There's nothing that makes you more miserable (or less interesting) than self-absorption . — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
There is a direct relationship between a person's grasp and experience of God's grace, and his or her heart for justice and… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
If you aren't constantly astonished at God's grace in your solitude, there's no way it can happen in public. — Timothy Keller Astonishment Copy Share Image
When we try and use fear or pride to stop from sinning, we are forgetting that we sin because of either fear… — Timothy Keller Fear Copy Share Image
If you add anything to Jesus as a requirement for being happy, that's your real king. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“If there is a God, you owe him far more than a morally decent life. He deserves to be at the center… — Timothy Keller Christianity Copy Share Image
“We often forget how thirsty we are because we believe we will fulfill our dreams.” — Timothy Keller Christianity Copy Share Image
Suffering dispels the illusion that we have the strength and competence to rule our own lives and save ourselves. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Sin is the despairing refusal to find your deepest identity in your relationship and service to God. — 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
The issue on which everything hangs is not whether you like His teaching but if He rose from the dead. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Only if God can say things that make you struggle will you know that you have met a real God and not… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Religion says, 'I obey; therefore I am accepted.' Christianity says, 'I'm accepted, therefore I obey. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Christians should not be optimists; we know too much about sin. We should also not be pessimists, for we know the living… — Timothy Keller Christian Copy Share Image
The gospel has two parts. It has the part that says you're a sinner, and it has the part that says you're… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Accepted in Christ, we now run the race 'for the joy that is set before us' rather than 'for fear that comes… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
To truly become Christians we must also repent of the reasons we ever did anything right. — Timothy Keller Christian Copy Share Image
The happy ending of the Resurrection is so enormous that it swallows up even the sorrow of the Cross. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
While we want doubts to give way to faith, we should be merciful and patient with those who are still in a… — Timothy Keller Doubt Copy Share Image
Love is counting someone else’s needs and interests as more important than your own needs or interests or comfort. — Timothy Keller Comfort Copy Share Image
A sense of Jesus’ absence might be a sign of his presence- a sign that he’s working already in your life. — Timothy Keller Absence Copy Share Image
In the original language, 'Fear the Lord' doesn't mean be afraid. It means sustaining a joyful, astonished awe, and wonder before Him. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
If the church does not identify with the marginalized, it will itself be marginalized. This is God's poetic justice. — Timothy Keller Church Copy Share Image
