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Timothy Keller Quotes - Page 16

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The world is polarizing over religion. It is getting both more religious and less religious at the same time.

The world is polarizing over religion. It is getting both more religious and less religious at the same time.

Religious, World, Polarizing

Timothy Keller (2008). “The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism”, p.13, Penguin

If God is treated as God during suffering, then suffering can reveal and present him in all his greatness.

Greatness, Suffering, Treated

Timothy Keller (2013). “Walking with God through Pain and Suffering”, p.127, Penguin

There is a direct relationship between a person's grasp and experience of God's grace, and his or her heart for justice and the poor.

Heart, Justice, Grace

Timothy Keller (2010). “Generous Justice: How God's Grace Makes Us Just”, p.13, Penguin

You should not begin to pray for all you want until you realize that in God you have all you need.

Needs, Want, Praying

Timothy Keller (2014). “Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God”, p.87, Penguin

The Gospel is the deepest consolation you can offer to the human heart.

Heart, Consolation, Offers

Timothy Keller (2016). “Loving the City: Doing Balanced, Gospel-Centered Ministry in Your City”, p.56, Zondervan

Public faith means going public with what’s in your heart, with humility and respect for others, as we speak of the truth of the gospel.

Heart, Mean, Humility

One of the signs that you may not grasp the unique, radical nature of the gospel is that you are certain that you do.

Bible, Christian, Religious

Timothy Keller (2008). “The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith”, p.22, Penguin

Jesus is the ultimate Job, the only truly innocent sufferer.

God, Jesus, Jobs

Timothy Keller (2013). “Walking with God through Pain and Suffering”, p.197, Penguin

All forms of love are necessary, and none are to be ignored, but all of us find some forms of love to be more emotionally valuable to us. They are a currency that we find particularly precious, a language that delivers the message of love to our hearts with the most power. Some types of love are more thrilling and fulfilling to us when we receive them.

Heart, Messages, Ignored

Timothy Keller (2011). “The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God”, p.99, Penguin

When you say, "Come in Jesus as my caregiver, stay out as my Lord," he can't. He's both.

Jesus, Caregivers, Lord

The life of faith is not the perfect life; it is the life which clings on to what God has said he will do.

Perfect, Perfect Life, Said

Jesus is the only Lord who, if you receive him, will fulfill you completely, and, if you fail him, will forgive you eternally.

Jesus, Forgiving, Failing

Timothy Keller (2008). “The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism”, p.172, Penguin

The gospel shows a God far more holy than the legalist can bear, yet far more merciful than a humanist can conceive

Bears, Holy, Humanist

If there is a God, you owe him far more than a morally decent life.

If There Is A God, Decent, Decent Life

Timothy Keller (2013). “Encounters with Jesus: Unexpected Answers to Life's Biggest Questions”, p.30, Penguin

It is possible to avoid Jesus as Savior as much by keeping all the Biblical rules as by breaking them.

Jesus, Biblical, Savior

Timothy Keller (2008). “The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism”, p.176, Penguin

Change happens not just by giving the mind new arguments but also by feeding the imagination new beauties

Giving, Imagination, Mind

Timothy Keller (2015). “Preaching: Communicating Faith in an Age of Skepticism”, p.79, Penguin

The church is often like a football stadium where 22 people need a rest and thousands of people need exercise.

Football, Exercise, People

Gifts are abilities God gives us to meet the needs of others in Christ’s name.

Names, Giving, Needs

Doing justice includes not only the righting of wrongs but generosity and social concern, especially toward the poor and vulnerable.

Justice, Generosity, Vulnerable

Timothy Keller (2010). “Generous Justice: How God's Grace Makes Us Just”, p.23, Penguin

If you're avoiding sin and living morally so that God will have to bless you and save you, then you may be looking to Jesus as a teacher, model, and helper, but ironically you are avoiding him as Savior. You are trusting in your own goodness rather than in Jesus for your standing with God.

Teacher, Jesus, May

Christians don't believe that goodness gets you to heaven. Christians believe it's exhausting to rely on your own goodness to please God.

Christian, Believe, Heaven

Like a surgeon, friends cut you in order to heal you.

Cutting, Order, Heal

Timothy Keller (2011). “The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God”, p.72, Penguin

Jesus's miracles are not just a challenge to our minds, but a promise to our hearts, that the world we all want is coming.

Jesus, Heart, Miracle

Timothy Keller (2008). “The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism”, p.105, Penguin

Just because you can't see or imagine a good reason why God might allow something to happen doesn't mean there can't be one.

Mean, Might, Reason Why

Timothy Keller (2008). “The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism”, p.43, Penguin

Holding a grudge against someone means you think you know what they deserve and you take it upon yourself to give it to them.

Mean, Thinking, Giving

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