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Timothy Keller Quotes - Page 10

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Jesus's teaching consistently attracted the irreligious while offending the Bible-believing , religious people of his day.

Jesus's teaching consistently attracted the irreligious while offending the Bible-believing , religious people of his day.

Religious, Jesus, Believe

Timothy Keller (2008). “The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith”, p.5, Penguin

You can only afford to be generous if you actually have some money in the bank to give. In the same way, if your only source of love and meaning is your spouse, then anytime he or she fails you, it will not just cause grief but a psychological cataclysm. If, however, you know something of the work of the Spirit in your life, you have enough love "in the bank" to be generous to your spouse even when you are not getting much affection or kindness at the moment.

Marriage, Kindness, Grief

Those who believe they have pleased God by the quality of their devotion and moral goodness naturally feel that they and their group deserve deference and power over others. The God of Jesus and the prophets, however, saves completely by grace. He cannot be manipulated by religious and moral performance--he can only be reached through repentance, through the giving up of power. If we are saved by sheer grace we can only become grateful, willing servants of God and of everyone around us.

Religious, Jesus, Giving Up

Timothy Keller (2008). “The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism”, p.74, Penguin

If this world was made by a triune God, relationships of love are what life is really all about.

World, Life Is, Made

Timothy Keller (2013). “Jesus the King: Understanding the Life and Death of the Son of God”, p.17, Penguin

A Christian is one who stops working to be saved, not one who stops working!

Christian, Saved

Describe the God you've rejected. Describe the God you don't believe in. Maybe I don't believe in that God either.

Believe, Rejected, Don't Believe

Because of Jesus-there is always hope, even in the darkest moments of your life.

Jesus, Moments

Timothy Keller (2013). “Walking with God through Pain and Suffering”, p.169, Penguin

Suffering is the stripping of our hope in finite things, therefore we do not put our ultimate hope in anything finite.

Suffering, Stripping, Finite

Any person who only sticks with Christianity as long as things are going his or her way, is a stranger to the cross

Long, Way, Sticks

A sense of Jesus’ absence might be a sign of his presence- a sign that he’s working already in your life.

Jesus, Might, Absence

Timothy Keller (2013). “Encounters with Jesus: Unexpected Answers to Life's Biggest Questions”, p.52, Penguin

You are a totally loved moral failure.

Moral, Moral Failure

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 are good for human flourishing. But that’s not what sends you to heaven or Hell.

People, Design, Heaven

To fear the Lord is to be overwhelmed with wonder before the greatness of God and his love.

Greatness, His Love, Overwhelmed

Timothy Keller (2011). “The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God”, p.44, Penguin

While marriage is many things, it is anything but sentimental. Marriage is glorious but hard. It's a burning joy and strength, and yet it is also blood, sweat, and tears; humbling defeats and exhausting victories.

Blood, Sweat, Joy

Timothy Keller (2011). “The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God”, p.14, Penguin

The early church was strikingly different from the culture around it in this way - the pagan society was stingy with its money and promiscuous with its body. A pagan gave nobody their money and practically gave everybody their body. And the Christians came along and gave practically nobody their body and they gave practically everybody their money.

Christian, Church, Different

Just because we don't see a reason for evil and suffering doesn't mean there's not a reason for it.

Faith, Religious, Mean

Men, you'll never be a good groom to your wife unless you're first a good bride to Jesus.

Marriage, Jesus, Men

Christmas is telling you that you could never get to heaven on your own. God had to come to you.

Heaven

Only if you first seek inner forgiveness will your confrontation be temperate, wise, and gracious. Only when you have lost the need to see the other person hurt will you have any chance of actually bringing about change, reconciliation, and healing. You have to submit to the costly suffering and death of forgiveness if there is going to be any resurrection.

Wise, Hurt, Healing

The world is a dark place, and yet the coming of Jesus Christ shows us no one and nothing is hopeless.

Jesus, Dark, World

We deserve to be forgotten because we forget Him. But because Jesus died on the cross, we will never, ever be forgotten by God.

Jesus, Forget, Forgotten

We're far worse than we ever imagined, and far more loved than we could ever dream.

Dream

The cross is the place where we find the freedom to accept ourselves without being proud and to challenge ourselves without being crushed.

Challenges, Proud, Accepting

Without the gospel we hate ourselves instead of our sin. Without the gospel we’re motivated through all sorts of awful fear and pride to change and it doesn’t really change our hearts; it just restrains our hearts.

Hate, Heart, Pride

If you seek to serve people more than to gain power, you will not only serve people, you will gain influence.

People, Gains, Influence

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