Because of the Cross, God can be both just towards sin and yet mercifully justifying to sinners. Timothy Keller More Quotes by Timothy Keller More Quotes From Timothy Keller Prayer is never just an emergency flare or desperate anxious gamble. God's attention is not based on our performance but parental love. Timothy Keller emergenciesprayerattention If we give God things in hope that they'll earn us blessings, we're really not doing anything for him. It's for ourselves. Timothy Keller ifsblessinggiving Because sin is not just breaking the rules, it is putting yourself in the place of God as Savior, Lord, and Judge just as each son sought to displace the authority of the father in his own life. Timothy Keller judgingfatherson Jesus' purpose is not to warm our hearts but to shatter our categories. Timothy Keller purposeheartjesus A Christian is one who stops working to be saved, not one who stops working! Timothy Keller savedchristian Life changing repentance begins where blame shifting ends. Timothy Keller shiftingblamelife-changing Christ will do everything for you or nothing. He's either all of your righteousness or none. Timothy Keller righteousnesschrist Many people think of the Bible as a book of moral teachings with stories sprinkled through to illustrate the teachings. But it's a lot BETTER THAN THAT...the Bible is a single true story with teachings sprinkled through to illustrate the story. Timothy Keller teachingbookthinking How could you possibly know that no religion can see the whole truth unless you yourself have the superior, comprehensive knowledge of spiritual reality you just claimed non of the religions have? Timothy Keller comprehensivespiritualreality [Spiritual friendship] is eagerly helping one another know, serve, love, and resemble God in deeper and deeper ways. Timothy Keller marriagegodfriendship The lack of joy in your life is due to your lack of mission. Timothy Keller missionslife-isjoy To stand in the presence of God, that is what the Gospel is. The Gospel is not primarily about forgiveness. It’s not primarily about good feelings. It’s not primarily about power. All those things are byproducts, sparks. It’s primarily about the presence of God. Timothy Keller sparksgood-feelingfeelings Doing justice includes not only the righting of wrongs but generosity and social concern, especially toward the poor and vulnerable. Timothy Keller generosityvulnerablejustice God's reckless grace is our greatest hope. Timothy Keller hopechristiangod If you have a small view of your sin, God's grace will be small to you. Timothy Keller singraceviews Love without truth is sentimentality; it supports and affirms us but keeps us in denial about our flaws. Truth without love is harshness; it gives us information but in such a way that we cannot really hear it. God's saving love in Christ, however, is marked by both radical truthfulness about who we are and yet also radical, unconditional commitment to us. The merciful commitment strengthens us to see the truth about ourselves and repent. The conviction and repentance moves us to cling to and rest in God's mercy and grace. Timothy Keller love-iscommitmentmoving I have long profited from Adele Ahlberg Calhoun's gifts in the field of spiritual development, and I am delighted that she has compiled her experience with spiritual disciplines into book form. I highly recommend it and I look forward to using it as a resource at our church. Timothy Keller disciplinespiritualbook The gospel shows us that our spiritual problem lies not only in failing to obey God, but also in relying on our obedience to make us fully acceptable to God, ourselves and others. Every kind of character flaw comes from this natural impulse to be our own saviour through our own performance and achievement. On the one hand, proud and disdainful personalities come from basing your identity on your performance and thinking you are succeeding. But on the other hand, discouraged and self loathing personalities also come from basing your identity on your performance and thinking you are failing. Timothy Keller spiritualcharacterlying Just because we don't see a reason for evil and suffering doesn't mean there's not a reason for it. Timothy Keller religiousfaithmean The gospel has supernatural versatility to address the particular hopes, fears, and idols of every culture and every person. Timothy Keller addressesidolsculture
