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Religion Quotes by Timothy Keller
- We do not have to make ourselves suffer in order to merit forgiveness. We simply receive the forgiveness earned by Christ. 1 John 1:9 says…
- The Bible’s purpose is not so much to show you how to live a good life. The Bible’s purpose is to show you how God’s…
- 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…
- Religion says earn your life. Secular society says create your life. Jesus says, 'My life for your life.
- The world is polarizing over religion. It is getting both more religious and less religious at the same time.
- The resurrection makes Christianity the most irritating religion on the face of the earth.
- 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,…
- Every other religion points to answers. Jesus, though, says 'I am the answer'.
- In every other religion the indicative flows from the imperative. Which means, ‘because I do, therefore I am... because I do this, therefore I’m a…
- If you can't show the difference between religion and the Gospel, people will confuse morality with a changed heart
- There is no way to have a real relationship without becoming vulnerable to hurt. Christmas tells us that God became breakable and fragile. God became…
- Religion makes us proud of what we have done. The Gospel makes us proud of what Jesus has done.
- Religion operates on the principle 'I obey-therefore I am accepted by God.' But the operating principle of the gospel is 'I am accepted by God…
- How could you possibly know that no religion can see the whole truth unless you yourself have the superior, comprehensive knowledge of spiritual reality you…
- The basic premise of religion– that if you live a good life, things will go well for you– is wrong. Jesus was the most morally…
- We instinctively tend to limit for whom we exert ourselves. We do it for people like us, and for people whom we like. Jesus will…
- Hell is having to execute a pointless act from which nothing ever comes except the need to do it again.
More Religion Quotes
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life. — Aristotle
- Religious people often prefer to be right rather than compassionate. Often, they don't want to give up their egotism. They want their… — Karen Armstrong
- Islam is a religion of success. Unlike Christianity, which has as its main image, in the west at least, a man dying… — Karen Armstrong
- Compassion is not a popular virtue. Very often when I talk to religious people, and mention how important it is that compassion… — Karen Armstrong
- I am not interested in the afterlife. Religion is supposed to be about losing your ego, not preserving it eternally in optimum… — Karen Armstrong
- There are some forms of religion that are bad, just as there's bad cooking or bad art or bad sex, you have… — Karen Armstrong
- Every fundamentalist movement I've studied in Judaism, Christianity and Islam is convinced at some gut, visceral level that secular liberal society wants… — Karen Armstrong
- Zionism was originally a rebellion against religious Judaism and the PLO Charter was essentially secularist. But because the conflict was allowed to… — Karen Armstrong
- Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night. — Isaac Asimov
- To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today. — Isaac Asimov
- Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words. — Francis of Assisi