Fear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves. Joy-based repentance makes us hate the sin.
TIMOTHY KELLERIf your god never disagrees with you, you might just be worshipping an idealized version of yourself.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
-
-
The lack of joy in your life is due to your lack of mission.
TIMOTHY KELLER -
The Christian Gospel is that I am so flawed that Jesus had to die for me, yet I am so loved and valued that Jesus was glad to die for me.
TIMOTHY KELLER -
Legalistic remorse says, “I broke God’s rules,” while real repentance says, “I broke God’s heart.”
TIMOTHY KELLER -
The cross is the place where the Judge takes the Judgment.
TIMOTHY KELLER -
You don’t fall in love. You commit to it.
TIMOTHY KELLER -
It is not the strength of your faith but the object of your faith that actually saves you.
TIMOTHY KELLER -
Religion is ‘if you obey, then you will be accepted’. But the Gospel is, ‘if you are absolutely accepted, and sure you’re accepted, only then will you ever begin to obey’. Those are two utterly different things. Every page of the Bible shows the difference.
TIMOTHY KELLER -
Jesus warns people far more often about greed than about sex, yet almost no one thinks they are guilty of it.
TIMOTHY KELLER -
No one is too bad for Jesus. A lot of people think they are too good for Jesus.
TIMOTHY KELLER -
Think like a prophet, serve like a priest, and plan like a king.
TIMOTHY KELLER -
…the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less.
TIMOTHY KELLER -
Religion makes us proud of what we have done. The Gospel makes us proud of what Jesus has done.
TIMOTHY KELLER -
This 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 KELLER -
To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God.
TIMOTHY KELLER -
Since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.
TIMOTHY KELLER






