Are you living to justify yourself, or are you living because you are justified? — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
When Jesus got the big questions, he didn't present arguments. He presented himself. — Timothy Keller Argument Copy Share Image
The common moral framework: Do anything as long as it does no harm to others. Problem: Whose definition of harm? — Timothy Keller Character Copy Share Image
Power, approval, comfort, and control are meta-idols that hold sway over our daily lives. — Timothy Keller Approval Copy Share Image
“Postmodern people have been rejecting Christianity for years, thinking that it was indistinguishable from moralism.” — Timothy Keller Christianity Copy Share Image
God loves and defends those with the least economic and social power, and so should we. — Timothy Keller Defends Copy Share Image
Paul reminds us that in the Gospel we are both brought lower and raised higher than we can imagine. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
In a smaller church your pastoring sets up your preaching. In a larger church your preaching sets up your pastoring. — Timothy Keller Church Copy Share Image
Secularism and Religion are both all about your personal performance. The Gospel is the performance of another applied to you. — Timothy Keller Performances Copy Share Image
Important reminder: It's not fair of you to demand more proof of Christians for their beliefs than you demand for your own. — Timothy Keller Belief Copy Share Image
Jesus cannot be just liked. His claims make us either kill him or crown him. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
We were designed to know, serve, and love God supremely - and when we are faithful to that design, we flourish. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Worry is not believing God will get it right, and bitterness is believing God got it wrong. — Timothy Keller Anger Copy Share Image
Christmas means Jesus came down and got involved in suffering. He hears your cries. — Timothy Keller Christmas Copy Share Image
Generosity is not only about money. There is more than one currency. Let your generosity be pervasive in life. — Timothy Keller Currency Copy Share Image
The world is a dark place, and yet the coming of Jesus Christ shows us no one and nothing is hopeless. — Timothy Keller Christ Copy Share Image
Jesus is the author of faith, the provider of faith, and the object of faith. — Timothy Keller Books Copy Share Image
The more you rejoice in your own forgiveness, the quicker you will be to forgive others. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
A Christian is somebody whose eyes have been opened, who admits that Jesus is not what you expected, but he’s what you… — Timothy Keller Christian Copy Share Image
Revival occurs when those who think they already know the gospel discover they do not really or fully know it. — Timothy Keller Christianity Copy Share Image
“Forgiveness is negative. Righteousness is positive. Forgiveness is you may go. Righteousness is you may come.” — Timothy Keller Forgiveness Copy Share Image
On the cross Jesus was treated as an outcast so that we could be brought into God's family freely by grace. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
When you experience God it is deeply personal, but it's not at all private. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful. — Timothy Keller Beautiful Copy Share Image
The irreligious don't repent at all and the religious only repent of sins. But Christians repent of their wrongfully placed righteousness. — Timothy Keller Christian Copy Share Image
Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way. — Timothy Keller Accountability Copy Share Image
We only fully grasp the gospel when we understand, as Paul did, that we are the worst sinner we know — Timothy Keller Bible Copy Share Image
God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“contextualization should be natural and organic. It will simply bubble up from the relationships” — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
If you seek to serve people more than to gain power, you will not only serve people, you will gain influence. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
How Religion Works: If I obey, then God will love and accept me. The Gospel: I'm loved and accepted, therefore I wish… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
The reason the stone was rolled away on Jesus's tomb was not so that Jesus could get out, but so that we… — Timothy Keller Inspirational Copy Share Image
Even if our own troubles are great, we should still serve. Jesus washed His disciples feet on the way to the cross. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
A god of less wrath than the God of the Bible is necessarily a god of less love. His anger is a… — Timothy Keller Anger Copy Share Image
The gospel destroys pride because it tells us we are so lost that Jesus had to die for us. — Timothy Keller Christianity Copy Share Image
The simple fact is that only if I love Jesus more than my wife will I be able to serve her needs… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Those who condemn the self-righteous for the sake of self-discovery do so with ironic self-righteousness. — Timothy Keller Discovery Copy Share Image
The Bible says that our real problem is that every one of us is building our identity on something besides Jesus. — Timothy Keller Bible Copy Share Image
The gospel shows a God far more holy than the legalist can bear, yet far more merciful than a humanist can conceive — Timothy Keller Bears Copy Share Image
If you love anything in this world more than God, you will crush that object under the weight of your expectations. — Timothy Keller Crush Copy Share Image
