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Timothy Keller Quotes - Page 18

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The most liberating act of free, unconditional grace demands that the recipient give up control of his or her life.

The most liberating act of free, unconditional grace demands that the recipient give up control of his or her life.

Giving Up, Grace, Demand

Timothy Keller (2008). “The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism”, p.182, Penguin

Whatever you base your life on--you have to live up to that. Jesus is the one Lord you can live for who already died for you.

Jesus, Lord, Died

Timothy Keller (2009). “The Reason for God: Belief in an age of scepticism”, p.140, Hachette UK

Jesus does not just bring good news; he is the good news.

Jesus, Doe, News

Jesus came into this world not as a philosopher or a general but as a carpenter. All work matters to God.

Jesus, World, Matter

Preaching is compelling to young secular adults ... - not if preachers use video clips from their favorite movies and dress informally and sound sophisticated, - but if the preachers understand their hearts and culture so well that listeners feel the force of the sermon's reasoning, even if in the end they don't agree with it.

Heart, Sound, Adults

Timothy Keller (2013). “Gospel Renewal: Center Church, Part Two”, p.74, Harper Collins

The Bible judges the church; the church does not judge the Bible. The Bible is the foundation for and the creator of the church; the church is not the foundation for or creator of the Bible. The church and its hierarchy must be evaluated by the believer with the biblical gospel as the touchstone or plumb line for judging all truth claims.

Biblical, Judging, Church

If we pick out which parts of the Bible we dislike, we actually have a god we've created. How can that god ever call you out on anything?

Picks, Ifs, Dislike

If God is real, why does he align perfectly with our views? We should expect God to challenge us on what we think is right somewhere

Real, Thinking, Views

It’s a mistake to think that you must feel love to give it.

Mistake, Thinking, Giving

To preach the gospel is to show people their need for salvation against a backdrop of God's nature and the character of sin, and then present Jesus as the only remedy for what ails them and the world. In my weekly preaching in the worship services I always call people to believe in Christ.

Jesus, Believe, Character

Source: www.monergism.com

Covenant community is like air. We don't miss it until we need it.

Air, Community, Missing

When the world sees us doing evangelism, they just see us recruiting. When they see us doing justice, they see God's glory.

Justice, World, Glory

The best things that have been written, almost, are by Catholics during the counter Reformation: Ignatius of Loyola, St. Francis de Sales, John of the Cross, St. Theresa of Бvila.....great stuff.

Catholic, Stuff, Crosses

I hate the moment when suddenly my anger turns into tears

Sad, Hate, Heart Failure

Every other religion points to answers. Jesus, though, says 'I am the answer'.

Jesus, Answers

Prayer is never just an emergency flare or desperate anxious gamble. God's attention is not based on our performance but parental love.

Prayer, Attention, Emergencies

Marriage is so much like salvation and our relationship with Christ that you can’t understand marriage w/o looking at the gospel.

Christ, Our Relationship, Salvation

Fear, logic, and tradition are not going to make you live a good life when no one is looking.

Good Life, Logic, Tradition

If we can't "love the sinner; hate the sin" then how can we relate to ourselves? Love who we are in Christ but still hate the sin remaining.

Hate, Self Love, Who We Are

The most rapturous delights you have ever had - in the beauty of a landscape, or in the pleasure of food, or in the fulfillment of a loving embrace - are like dewdrops compared to the bottomless ocean of joy that it will be to see God face-to-face (1 John 3:1-3). That is what we are in for, nothing less. And according to the Bible, that glorious beauty, and our enjoyment of it, has been immeasurably enhanced by Christ's redemption of us from evil and death.

God, Pain, Ocean

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 immoral outsiders as with moral insiders. H wants to show them their blindness, narrowness, and self righteousness, and how these things are destroying both their own souls and the lives of the people around them.

Religious, Jesus, Self

Living is giving....If you spend your money on yourself, you are just surviving. But if you want your life to count, if you want to really live - give.

Giving, Want, Ifs

In the secular view, suffering is never seen as a meaningful part of life but only as an interruption.

God, Meaningful, Pain

Timothy Keller (2013). “Walking with God through Pain and Suffering”, p.26, Penguin

The Gospel is this: You're more sinful, evil and weak than you'd ever believe. But you're more valued, accepted and loved than you dared hope.

Believe, Evil, Accepted

The very fact that we have access to God's attention and presence should concentrate the thoughts and elevate the heart.

Heart, Attention, Facts

Timothy Keller (2014). “Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God”, p.65, Penguin

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