All human problems are ultimately symptoms, and our separation from God is the cause.
TIMOTHY KELLERAfter creation God said, ‘It is finished’-and he rested. After redemption Jesus said, ‘It is finished’-and we can rest.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
-
-
The basic premise of religion– that if you live a good life, things will go well for you– is wrong. Jesus was the most morally upright person who ever lived, yet He had a life filled with the experience of poverty, rejection, injustice, and even torture.
TIMOTHY KELLER -
If your god never disagrees with you, you might just be worshipping an idealized version of yourself.
TIMOTHY KELLER -
When Job was prospering, he prayed. When he was suffering, he still prayed.
TIMOTHY KELLER -
Religion operates on the principle ‘I obey-therefore I am accepted by God.’ But the operating principle of the gospel is ‘I am accepted by God through what Christ has done-therefore I obey.’
TIMOTHY KELLER -
We tend to see God as a means through which we get things to make us happy. For most of us, He has not become our happiness.
TIMOTHY KELLER -
Men, you’ll never be a good groom to your wife unless you’re first a good bride to Jesus.
TIMOTHY KELLER -
The cross is the place where the Judge takes the Judgment.
TIMOTHY KELLER -
Yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.
TIMOTHY KELLER -
Fear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves. Joy-based repentance makes us hate the sin.
TIMOTHY KELLER -
I am going to judge my circumstances by Jesus’ love, not Jesus’ love by my circumstances.
TIMOTHY KELLER -
The Gospel is that Jesus Christ came to earth, lived the life we should have lived and died the death we should have died.
TIMOTHY KELLER -
Generosity is not only about money. There is more than one currency. Let your generosity be pervasive in life.
TIMOTHY KELLER -
No one is too bad for Jesus. A lot of people think they are too good for Jesus.
TIMOTHY KELLER -
When we grasp that we are unworthy sinners saved by an infinitely costly grace, it destroys both our self-righteousn ess and our need to ridicule others.
TIMOTHY KELLER -
The sin that is most destructive in your life right now is the one you are most defensive about.
TIMOTHY KELLER