Nothing is more important than to learn how to maintain a life of purpose in the midst of painful adversity.
TIMOTHY KELLERYou can’t live the Christian life without a band of Christian friends, without a family of believers in which you find a place.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
-
-
Many times people think if God has called you to something, he’s promising you success. He might be calling you to fail to prepare you for something else through the failure.
TIMOTHY KELLER -
Tolerance isn’t about not having beliefs. It’s about how your beliefs lead you to treat people who disagree with you.
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 -
If we have not seen our sin and sought radical forgiveness from God, we will be unable to forgive and to seek the good of those who have wronged us.
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 -
The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe.
TIMOTHY KELLER -
How do you change your behavior? Change what you worship
TIMOTHY KELLER -
You dont fall into love. You commit to it. Love is saying I will be there no matter what.
TIMOTHY KELLER -
This leads to deep humility and deep confidence at the same time. It undermines both swaggering and sniveling. I cannot feel superior to anyone, and yet I have nothing to prove to anyone. I do not think more of myself nor less of myself. Instead, I think of myself less.
TIMOTHY KELLER -
We 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 KELLER -
Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.
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 -
Where you find your significance is where you find your salvation.
TIMOTHY KELLER -
To discover the real you, look at what you spend time thinking about when no one is looking.
TIMOTHY KELLER -
Jesus didn’t come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.
TIMOTHY KELLER