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People Quotes by Timothy Keller
- Jesus was much more interested in the quality of the people's response to him than in the quantity of the crowd.
- There are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.
- Our character is mainly shaped by our primary social community - the people with whom we eat, play, converse, and study.
- While other worldviews lead us to sit in the midst of life’s joys, foreseeing the coming sorrows, Christianity empowers its people to sit in the…
- The best people often have terrible lives. Job is one example, and Jesus—the ultimate ‘Job,’ the only truly, fully innocent sufferer — is another.
- The ministry of mercy, then, is the best advertising a church can have. It convinces a community that this church provides people with actions for…
- Contextualization is not giving people what they want. It is giving God's answers (which they probably do not want) to the questions they are asking…
- We would say homosexuality is not the original design for sexuality. Therefore, it’s not good for human flourishing. We want people to do things that…
- 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…
- A common vision can unite people of very different temperaments.
- If your fundamental is a man dying on the cross for his enemies, if the very heart of your self-image and your religion is a…
- No one is exempt from trials and tribulations. In fact, this is often what happens to people God loves very much, for it is part…
- God’s grace does not come to people who morally outperform others, but to those who admit their failure to perform and who acknowledge their need…
- Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.
- Marriage is two broken people having little broken people.
- Christianity offers not merely a consolation but a restoration - not just of the life we had but of the life we always wanted but…
- It fits to glorify God - it not only fits reality, because God is infinitely and supremely praiseworthy, but it fits us as nothing else…
- The targets of this story are not wayward sinners but religious people who do everything the Bible requires. Jesus is pleading not so much with…
- Many times people think if God has called you to something, he's promising you success. He might be calling you to fail to prepare you…
- We modern people think of miracles as the suspension of the natural order, but Jesus meant them to be the restoration of the natural order.
- Religion poses a danger of creating division or intolerance between groups of people. However, the gospel of Jesus lead us to three things: humble service,…
- Many people think of the Bible as a book of moral teachings with stories sprinkled through to illustrate the teachings. But it's a lot BETTER…
- Most people in the world believe that if there is a God, you relate to God by being good. Most religions are based on that…
- Most people want Jesus as a consultant rather than a King, and He does not come that way.
- Jesus's teaching consistently attracted the irreligious while offending the Bible-believing , religious people of his day.
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- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle