Effort Quote by Timothy Keller Download Open image “Our moral efforts are too feeble and falsely motivated to ever merit salvation.” — Timothy Keller ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5.0 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Effort Merit Moral Motivated Salvation
There is an easiness in salvation which is more difficult to us than all our efforts. — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
Unless we believe the gospel, we will be driven in all we do-whether obeying or disobeying-by pride ('self-love') or fear ('of damnation'). Apart from 'grateful remembering' of the gospel, all good works are done then for sinful motives. Mere moral effort may restrain the heart, but does not truly change the heart. Moral effort merely 'jury rigs' the evil of… — Timothy Keller Copy Share
Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“Salvation does not depend on human desire or effort, but on God’s mercy of grace.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
“In most popular Christianity, “heaven” (and “fellowship with God” in the present) is the goal, and “sin” (bad behavior, deserving punishment) is the problem.… — N.T. Wright Copy Share Image
We can't achieve righteousness just by our own efforts but only tru God's grace that is always sufficient. — Innah Delos Angeles Copy Share Image
salvation is for the feeble, that's what I think. I don't want salvation, I want life, all of life, the miserable as well as… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
“Salvation of mankind is neither human effort nor desire. But God's grace of a greater mercy.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
Salvation is not a reward for the righteous, it is a gift for the guilty. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If you are trying to live a life in accordance with the Bible, the concept and call to justice are inescapable. We do justice… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
The more you rejoice in your own forgiveness, the quicker you will be to forgive others. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“Evangelism will come organically in friendship if we don’t let our pride, fears, and pessimism cause us to hide our faith and heart.” — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“The coming of the messianic King occurs in two stages. At his first coming, he saved us from the penalty of sin and gave… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“24 A few pages later, Delbanco writes the following: [Alexis de] Tocqueville’s detection of a “strange melancholy in the midst of abundance” has a… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“To stay away from Christianity because part of the Bible's teaching is offensive to you assumes that if there is a God he wouldn't… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
If the preaching of our ministers and the practice of our parishioners do not have the same effect on people that Jesus had, then… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“of temple, presence, and sacrifice; of covenant and faithfulness; of kingdom and victory. When we seek to communicate the gospel to a particular culture,… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“Finally, you are ready to launch your church. Begin by developing action steps and goals that can be used as benchmarks to track your… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
If you are a child of God, you don’t lose your status if you have a bad week. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
God's salvation does not come in response to a changed life. A changed life comes in response to the salvation, offered as a free… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“When anything in life is an absolute requirement for your happiness and self-worth, it is essentially an ‘idol,’ something you are actually worshiping. When… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
I value the experiences that come with life too much to sit by and not put my full effort into them. — Jim Miller Copy Share Image
An enlightened awareness is within each one of us, right at this moment. This enlightened awareness is truly unborn and marvellously illuminating; and everything… — Bankei Yotaku Copy Share Image
Reading counts as partying, even if you're not enjoying it! Even if someone's forcing you to read, you can find a way to make… — Andrew W.K Copy Share Image
Bernie [Ecclestone] is the commercial rights holder so the more outgoing the champion is, the better. Of course. I also do think about our… — Bernie Ecclestone Copy Share Image
All efforts to render politics aesthetic culminate in one thing: war. — Walter Benjamin Copy Share Image
Im tired, tired of putting more effort than you do. Im tired of always having to start the conversation and if I dont, you… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Only alone can you go into eternity. Only alone can you feel the transcendental light. It is not a shared experience because if it… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I love a pocket. I'm about helping women look as good as possible on the least amount of effort. I want versatility and comfort.… — Stella McCartney Copy Share Image
I have often spoken of integrity as the most important of these values, realizing that integrity – and personal integrity, at that – is… — Verghese Kurien Copy Share Image
Grace is the power of the Holy Spirit coming to us free of charge to enable you to do with ease what you could… — Joyce Meyer Copy Share Image
No wonder that Churchill described this effort [the British codebreakers working at Bletchley Park] as "Britian"s secret weapon," a weapon far more effective than… — Peter Hilton Copy Share Image