Since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.
TIMOTHY KELLERGod’s grace does not come to people who morally outperform others, but to those who admit their failure to perform and who acknowledge their need for a Savior.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
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Jesus Christ was treated as we deserved so that when we believe in Jesus, God treats us as Jesus deserves.
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When Job was prospering, he prayed. When he was suffering, he still prayed.
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How you experience your present is completely shaped by what you believe your ultimate future to be.
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Worry is not believing God will get it right, and bitterness is believing God got it wrong.
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Christianity 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
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The sin that is most destructive in your life right now is the one you are most defensive about.
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The lack of joy in your life is due to your lack of mission.
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Where you find your significance is where you find your salvation.
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It is not the strength of your faith but the object of your faith that actually saves you.
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The cross is the place where the Judge takes the Judgment.
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All human problems are ultimately symptoms, and our separation from God is the cause.
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Christians need the gospel as much as non-Christians do.
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The key question in order to change you is not ‘What would Jesus do?’ but “What has Jesus done for you?”
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Nothing is more important than to learn how to maintain a life of purpose in the midst of painful adversity.
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God became someone we could hurt. Why? To get us back… No other religion-whethe r secularism, Greco-Roman paganism, Eastern religion, Judaism, or Islam-believes God became breakable or suffered or had a body.
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