The lack of joy in your life is due to your lack of mission.
TIMOTHY KELLERThe lack of joy in your life is due to your lack of mission.
TIMOTHY KELLERWe come to God saying, “Look at all I’ve done,” or maybe “Look at all I’ve suffered.” God, however, wants us to look to him – to just wash.
TIMOTHY KELLERWhen I forget the gospel I become dependent on the smiles and evaluation of others.
TIMOTHY KELLERChrist’s resurrection not only gives you hope for the future; it gives you hope to handle your scars right now.
TIMOTHY KELLERThis is the humbling truth that lies at the heart of Christianity. We love to be our own saviors. Our hearts love to manufacture glory for themselves.
TIMOTHY KELLERThe only person who dares wake up a king at 3:00 AM for a glass of water is a child. We have that kind of access
TIMOTHY KELLERJesus didn’t come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.
TIMOTHY KELLERReligion makes us proud of what we have done. The Gospel makes us proud of what Jesus has done.
TIMOTHY KELLERThe Bible’s purpose is not so much to show you how to live a good life.
TIMOTHY KELLERIt is what we need more than anything. It liberates us from pretense, humbles us out of our self-righteousness, and fortifies us for any difficulty life can throw at us.
TIMOTHY KELLERSuffering is unbearable if you aren’t certain that God is for you and with you.
TIMOTHY KELLERWhat you do today is shaped by what you believe about tomorrow.
TIMOTHY KELLERLove without truth is sentimentality; it supports and affirms us but keeps us in denial about our flaws. Truth without love is harshness; it gives us information but in such a way that we cannot really hear it.
TIMOTHY KELLERChristianity does not provide the reason for each experience of pain, but it does provide deep resources for actually facing suffering with hope and courage rather than bitterness and despair
TIMOTHY KELLERWe were designed to know, serve, and love God supremely – and when we are faithful to that design, we flourish.
TIMOTHY KELLERNo, he was in agony, and he looked down at us – denying him, abandoning him, and betraying him – and in the greatest act of love in history, he STAYED. He said, “Father, forgive them, they don’t know what they are doing.” He loved us, not because we were lovely to him, but to make us lovely.
TIMOTHY KELLER