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Timothy Keller Quotes - Page 2

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If God is not at the center of your life, something else is.

If God is not at the center of your life, something else is.

Ifs

When we worry we are saying, 'I know the way my life is supposed to go, and God's not getting it right'.

Worry, Way, Life Is

Nothing is more important than to learn how to maintain a life of purpose in the midst of painful adversity.

Adversity, Important, Purpose

Timothy Keller (2013). “Walking with God through Pain and Suffering”, p.18, Penguin

The more you see your own flaws and sins, the more precious, electrifying, and amazing God’s grace appears to you.

Grace, God's Grace, Sin

Think like a prophet, serve like a priest, and plan like a king.

Kings, Thinking, Prophet

The Gospel is good news not good advice. Advice = what we should do. News = report of what was done for us.

Advice, News, Done

People are messy; therefore, relationships will be messy. Don't be surprised by messiness.

People, Messy, Messiness

There are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.

Inspirational, Hands, People

The Gospel is news of what God has done to reach us. It is not advice about what we must do to reach God.

Advice, News, Done

I am going to judge my circumstances by Jesus’ love, not Jesus’ love by my circumstances.

Jesus, Judging, Jesus Love

Jesus Christ, who had all the power in the world, saw us enslaved by the very things we thought would free us ... He laid aside the infinities and immensities of His being and, at the cost of His life, paid the debt for our sins, purchasing us the only place our hearts can rest, in His Father's house. Knowing He did this will transform us from the inside out.

Jesus, Father, Heart

Timothy Keller (2008). “The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith”, p.33, Penguin

No one is too bad for Jesus. A lot of people think they are too good for Jesus.

Jesus, Thinking, People

Religion makes us proud of what we have done. The Gospel makes us proud of what Jesus has done.

Jesus, Done, Proud

In the original language, 'Fear the Lord' doesn't mean be afraid. It means sustaining a joyful, astonished awe, and wonder before Him.

Mean, Awe And Wonder, Language

Money isn't an idol. It just shows you where your idols are.

Idols, Shows

Faith is not primarily a function of how you feel. Faith is living out and believing what truth is despite what you feel.

Believe, How You Feel, Truth Is

If anything becomes more fundamental than God to your happiness, meaning of life, and identity then it is an idol.

Idols, Identity, Meaning Of Life

Timothy Keller (2009). “Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power, and the Only Hope that Matters”, p.12, Penguin

It is not the strength of your faith but the object of your faith that actually saves you.

Objects

Timothy Keller (2009). “The Reason for God: Belief in an age of scepticism”, p.185, Hachette UK

The Christian Gospel is that I am so flawed that Jesus had to die for me, yet I am so loved and valued that Jesus was glad to die for me. This leads to deep humility and deep confidence at the same time. It undermines both swaggering and sniveling. I cannot feel superior to anyone, and yet I have nothing to prove to anyone. I do not think more of myself nor less of myself. Instead, I think of myself less.

Christian, Confidence, Jesus

Timothy Keller (2008). “The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism”, p.179, Penguin

The only love that won’t disappoint you is one that can’t change, that can’t be lost, that is not based on the ups and downs of life or of how well you live. It is something that not even death can take away from you. God’s love is the only thing like that.

Love, Death, God

Timothy Keller (2013). “Walking with God through Pain and Suffering”, p.304, Penguin

If your god never disagrees with you, you might just be worshipping an idealized version of yourself.

Christian, Might, Versions

Fear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves. Joy-based repentance makes us hate the sin.

Religious, Fear, Hate

Timothy Keller (2009). “Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power, and the Only Hope that Matters”, p.172, Penguin

The Gospel is that Jesus Christ came to earth, lived the life we should have lived and died the death we should have died.

Jesus, Should Have, Earth

God invites us to come as we are, not stay as we are.

Invites

The resurrection was God's way of stamping PAID IN FULL right across history so that nobody could miss it.

Missing, Way, Resurrection

Timothy Keller (2011). “King's Cross: Understanding the Life and Death of the Son of God”, p.132, Hachette UK

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