black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

The gospel humbles us into the dust and at the very same time exalts us to the heavens.

Timothy Keller

We were designed to know, serve, and love God supremely – and when we are faithful to that design, we flourish.
TIMOTHY KELLER

Design Dream Faithful Flourish Love Service Supremely
Are you living to justify yourself, or are you living because you are justified?
TIMOTHY KELLER

Justified Justify Living Yourself
You are more sinful than you could dare imagine and you are more loved and accepted than you could ever dare hope.
TIMOTHY KELLER

Accept Dare Hope Imagine More Sinful
In the original language, ‘Fear the Lord’ doesn’t mean be afraid. It means sustaining a joyful, astonished awe, and wonder before Him.
TIMOTHY KELLER

Astonished Before Fear Joyful Language Lord Mean Original Sustain Wonderful
…the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less.
TIMOTHY KELLER

Essence Gospel Humility Less More Myself Religious Think
In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.
TIMOTHY KELLER

Beautiful Christianity God Obey Religion Useful
Suffering is unbearable if you aren’t certain that God is for you and with you.
TIMOTHY KELLER

Certain God Suffer Unbearable With You
If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.
TIMOTHY KELLER

Failure Go Head Heart Identity Rather Success Work
As long as we think we are not that bad, the idea of grace will never change us.
TIMOTHY KELLER

Change Grace Ideas Long never Think
Religion makes us proud of what we have done. The Gospel makes us proud of what Jesus has done.
TIMOTHY KELLER

Done Jesus Make Proud Religion
Trust is accepting what God sends into your life whether you understand it or not.
TIMOTHY KELLER

Accept Defensive God Life Most Now Send Trust
Pride is the carbon-monoxide of Sin. It silently and slowly kills you without you even knowing.
TIMOTHY KELLER

Carbon Kiss Pride Silently Sin Slowly
No, 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

Aband Agony Betray Do Down Father Greatest History Look Love Make
After creation God said, ‘It is finished’-and he rested. After redemption Jesus said, ‘It is finished’-and we can rest.
TIMOTHY KELLER

After Creation Finish God Jesus Redemption Rest
Prayer is the way to experience a powerful confidence that God is handling our lives well, that our bad things will turn out for good, our good things cannot be taken from us, and the best things are yet to come.
TIMOTHY KELLER

Bad Experience God Good Handle Live Our Out Powerful Prayer Taken Thing Turn
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.
TIMOTHY KELLER

Brother Exert Instinctively Jesus Limit Ourselves Race

The gospel humbles us into the dust and at the very same time exalts us to the heavens.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

The gospel humbles us into the dust and at the very same time exalts us to the heavens.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Timothy Keller Quotes