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Timothy Keller Quotes - Page 8

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When people say, I know God forgives me, but I can't forgive myself, they mean that they have failed an idol, whose approval is more important than God's.

When people say, "I know God forgives me, but I can't forgive myself," they mean that they have failed an idol, whose approval is more important than God's.

Mean, Idols, People

Timothy Keller (2009). “Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power, and the Only Hope that Matters”, p.83, Penguin

Falling in love in a Christian way is to say,'I am excited about your future and I want to be part of getting you there. I'm signing up for the journey with you. Would you sign up for the journey to my true self with me? It's going to be hard but I want to get there.

I Love You, Christian, Falling In Love

We instinctively tend to limit for whom we exert ourselves. We do it for people like us, and for people whom we like. Jesus will have none of that. By depicting a Samaritan helping a Jew, Jesus could not have found a more forceful way to say that anyone at all in need - regardless of race, politics, class, and religion - is your neighbour. Not everyone is your brother or sister in faith, but everyone is your neighbour, and you must love your neighbour.

Jesus, Brother, Race

Timothy Keller (2010). “Generous Justice: How God's Grace Makes Us Just”, p.48, Penguin

If you wait until your motives are pure and unselfish before you do something, you will wait forever.

Motivational, Success, Waiting

Timothy Keller (2008). “The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism”, p.221, Penguin

What you treasure will ultimately require you die for it, Jesus is the only treasure that died for you.

Jesus, Treasure, Died

We are called not simply to communicate the gospel to nonbelievers; we must also intentionally celebrate the gospel before them.

Bible, Religious, Worship

The church should be a place where people can be free to say that they are sinners.

People, Church, Should

Suffering is actually at the heart of the Christian story.

God, Christian, Pain

Timothy Keller (2013). “Walking with God through Pain and Suffering”, p.58, Penguin

Prayer can be simple, but it's not easy. Nothing great is.

Prayer, Simple, Easy

The key question in order to change you is not 'What would Jesus do?' but "What has Jesus done for you?"

Jesus, Keys, Order

Jesus cannot be just liked. His claims make us either kill him or crown him.

Jesus, Crowns, Claims

God's reckless grace is our greatest hope.

God, Christian, Hope

Timothy Keller (2008). “The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith”, p.23, Penguin

Rejoicing and repentance must go together. Repentance without rejoicing will lead to despair. Rejoicing without repentance is shallow and will only provide passing inspiration instead of deep change.

Inspiration, Despair, Together

Timothy Keller (2009). “Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power, and the Only Hope that Matters”, p.94, Penguin

Truth is more important, freedom is more complex, and Jesus is more liberating than you think.

Jesus, Thinking, Important

Pride is that which claims to be the author of what is really a gift.

Pride, Claims

Because we put ourselves in God’s place, He put Himself in our place.

Grace is the free, unmerited favor of God, working powerfully on the mind and heart to change lives.

Life Changing, Heart, Grace

We get angry when we feel like God owes us a better life than we have.

Better Life, Feels, Angry

Are you living to justify yourself, or are you living because you are justified?

Justified, Justify

If you have a small view of your sin, God's grace will be small to you.

Views, Grace, Sin

We do not have to make ourselves suffer in order to merit forgiveness. We simply receive the forgiveness earned by Christ. 1 John 1:9 says that God forgives us because He is ‘just.’ That is a remarkable statement. It would be unjust of God to ever deny us forgiveness, because Jesus earned our acceptance! In religion we earn our forgiveness with our repentance, but in the gospel we just receive it.

Jesus, Acceptance, Order

A lack of generosity refuses to acknowledge that your assets are not really yours, but God's.

Generosity, Assets, Acknowledge

Timothy Keller (2010). “Generous Justice: How God's Grace Makes Us Just”, p.60, Penguin

Humility is so shy. If you begin talking about it, it leaves.

Funny, Humility, Talking

Friends become wiser together through a healthy clash of viewpoints.

Friends, Wisdom, Healthy

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

To take a person out of slavery takes an instant. To take slavery out of a person takes a process.

Slavery, Process, Instant

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