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Timothy Keller Quotes - Page 23

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We are so evil and sinful and flawed that Jesus had to die for us... But we are so lobed and valued that he was willing to due for us.

We are so evil and sinful and flawed that Jesus had to die for us... But we are so lobed and valued that he was willing to due for us.

Jesus, Evil, Flawed

A god of less wrath than the God of the Bible is necessarily a god of less love. His anger is a product of his love.

Wrath, His Love, Products

It seems almost oxymoronic to believe that this new idealism has led to a new pessimism about marriage, but that is exactly what has happened. In generations past there was far less talk about "compatibility" and finding the ideal soul mate. Today we are looking for someone who accepts us as we are and fulfills our desires, and this creates an unrealistic set of expectations that frustrates both the searchers and the searched for.

Believe, Past, Expectations

Timothy Keller (2011). “The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God”, p.22, Penguin

If God exists then every good endeavor, even the simplest ones, pursued in response to God's calling can matter forever.

Forever, Matter, Calling

Timothy Keller (2012). “Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God's Work”, p.14, Penguin

We are free to fight sin, and free to win; but we must still fight.

Fighting, Winning, Sin

In every other religion the indicative flows from the imperative. Which means, ‘because I do, therefore I am... because I do this, therefore I’m a child of God.’ But only in Christianity does the imperative flow from the indicative. ‘Because I am in Christ all these things, therefore I obey.’ Exactly the opposite.

Children, Mean, Opposites

How could a good, all-powerful God allow suffering?

Powerful, Suffering, Powerful God

Jesus Christ doesn’t just give us truths; he is the truth. Jesus Christ is the prophet to end all prophets. He gives us hard-copy words from God, truths on which we can build our lives, truths we have to submit to, truths we have to obey, and truths we have to build our lives on, but he himself is the truth.

Jesus, Giving, Christ

Remember that according to the Bible, the heart is not primarily the emotions but rather the seat of our fundamental commitments and trusts, and therefore it is the control center of the whole life. So to preach to the heart means to go right for the commanding commitments of people's lives that drive their desires, thinking, feeling, and action.

Heart, Mean, Commitment

The Christian faith gives us a new conception of work as the means by which God loves and cares for his world through us.

Christian, Mean, Giving

The gospel is not about choosing to follow advice; it's about being called to follow a King.

Kings, Advice

Timothy Keller (2013). “Jesus the King: Understanding the Life and Death of the Son of God”, p.22, Penguin

Jesus smashed two of the rich young ruler's assumptions: Christianity is something you can ADD and something you can DO.

Jesus, Two, Add

The future is already won, and the more hostile the culture, the easier it is to communicate the difference of Christianity.

Differences, Culture, Christianity

Ironically, the insistence that doctrines do not matter is really a doctrine itself

Doctrine, Matter, Insistence

Timothy Keller (2008). “The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism”, p.30, Penguin

If the evolutionary mechanism of natural selection depends on death, destruction, and violence of the strong against the weak, then these things are perfectly natural. On what basis, then, does the atheist judge the natural world to be horribly wrong, unfair, and unjust?

Strong, Atheist, Judging

Timothy Keller (2008). “The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism”, p.45, Penguin

It is one thing to say that science is only equipped to test for natural causes and cannot speak to any others. It is quite another to insist that science proves that no other causes could possibly exist. . . . There would be no experimental model for testing the statement: 'No supernatural cause for any natural phenomenon is possible.' It is therefore a philosophical presupposition and not a scientific finding.

Philosophical, Would Be, Tests

If you don't love the poor, you don't know what God's done for you.

Done, Poor, Knows

We must neither confuse evangelism with doing justice, nor separate them from one another.

Justice, Evangelism

Timothy Keller (2010). “Generous Justice: How God's Grace Makes Us Just”, p.86, Penguin

It is inaccurate to think the gospel is what saves non-Christians, and then Christians mature by trying hard to live according to biblical principles. It is more accurate to say that we are saved by believing the gospel, and then we are transformed in every part of our minds, hearts, and lives by believing the gospel more and more deeply as life goes on.

Christian, Believe, Heart

"Shaped by the Gospel: Doing Balanced, Gospel-Centered Ministry in Your City".

Christianity is not just for the strong; it's for everyone.

Strong, Christianity

Timothy Keller (2013). “Encounters with Jesus: Unexpected Answers to Life's Biggest Questions”, p.18, Penguin

Bad evangelism says: I'm right, you're wrong, and I would love to tell you about it

Evangelism

To love our success more than God and our neighbor hardens the heart, making us less able to feel and to sense.

Heart, Able, Neighbor

Timothy Keller (2014). “Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God”, p.14, Penguin

The two things we all want so desperately — glory and relationship — can coexist only with God.

Two, Want, Glory

"Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God's Work".

The happy ending of the Resurrection is so enormous that it swallows up even the sorrow of the Cross.

Sorrow, Happy Endings, Resurrection

Timothy Keller (2013). “Jesus the King: Understanding the Life and Death of the Son of God”, p.250, Penguin

Freedom is not the absence of limitations and constraints but it is finding the right ones, those that fit our nature and liberate us.

Fit, Absence, Constraints

Timothy Keller (2008). “The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism”, p.64, Penguin

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