Suffering can refine us rather than destroy us because God himself walks with us in the fire.
TIMOTHY KELLERThe Gospel is good news not good advice. Advice = what we should do. News = report of what was done for us.
More Timothy Keller Quotes
-
-
You are more sinful than you could dare imagine and you are more loved and accepted than you could ever dare hope.
TIMOTHY KELLER -
The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe.
TIMOTHY KELLER -
The Bible says that our real problem is that every one of us is building our identity on something besides Jesus.
TIMOTHY KELLER -
So we find messages of self-salvation extremely attractive, whether they are religious (Keep these rules and you earn eternal blessing) or secular (Grab hold of these things and you’ll experience blessing now).
TIMOTHY KELLER -
Christians need the gospel as much as non-Christians do.
TIMOTHY KELLER -
Religion makes us proud of what we have done. The Gospel makes us proud of what Jesus has done.
TIMOTHY KELLER -
Legalistic remorse says, “I broke God’s rules,” while real repentance says, “I broke God’s heart.”
TIMOTHY KELLER -
If I have the smile of God, all other frowns are inconsequential.
TIMOTHY KELLER -
When Job was prospering, he prayed. When he was suffering, he still prayed.
TIMOTHY KELLER -
When we grasp that we are unworthy sinners saved by an infinitely costly grace, it destroys both our self-righteousn ess and our need to ridicule others.
TIMOTHY KELLER -
It 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 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 -
There are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.
TIMOTHY KELLER -
Love is the effort and desire to make someone else everything they were created to be.
TIMOTHY KELLER -
You are a totally loved moral failure.
TIMOTHY KELLER






