Elder brothers obey God to get things. They don't obey God to get God himself — in order to resemble him, love him, know him, and delight him. Timothy Keller More Quotes by Timothy Keller More Quotes From Timothy Keller The issue on which everything hangs is not whether you like His teaching but if He ‪rose from the dead. Timothy Keller issuesteachingrose Generosity is not only about money. There is more than one currency. Let your generosity be pervasive in life. Timothy Keller your-generositycurrencygenerosity A rich, vibrant, consoling, hard-won prayer life is the one good that makes it possible to receive all other kinds of goods rightly and beneficially. [Paul] does not see prayer as merely a way to get things from God but as a way to get more of God himself. Timothy Keller prayerdoeway If you didn't earn your salvation how are you going to un-earn it? Timothy Keller salvationifs The gospel has two parts. It has the part that says you're a sinner, and it has the part that says you're loved and accepted. Timothy Keller sinneracceptedtwo What you do in secret tells you who your God is. Timothy Keller secret Jesus does not divide the world into the moral "good guys" and the immoral "bad guys". He shows us that everyone is dedicated to a project of self-salvation, to using God and others in order to get power and control for themselves. We are just going about it in different ways. Even though both sons are wrong, however, the father cares for them and invites them both back into his love and feast. Timothy Keller fathersonjesus The church does not simply have a missions department; it should wholly exist to be a mission. Timothy Keller churchshoulddoe If you aren't constantly astonished at God's grace in your solitude, there's no way it can happen in public. Timothy Keller solitudegraceway It takes more than a great church to reach a city, it takes a great movement of churches. Timothy Keller movementchurchcities The Gospel worldview equips the artist with a unique combination of optimism and realism about life. Timothy Keller optimismuniqueartist The two things we all want so desperately — glory and relationship — can coexist only with God. Timothy Keller glorywanttwo We are free to fight sin, and free to win; but we must still fight. Timothy Keller sinfightingwinning As things are brought back under Christ's rule and authority, they are restored to health, beauty, and freedom. Timothy Keller health-beautyauthoritychrist All life-changing love is inconvenient. Timothy Keller life-changing-lovelife-changinglove-is Christianity offers not merely a consolation but a restoration - not just of the life we had but of the life we always wanted but never achieved. And because the joy will be even greater for all that evil, this means the final defeat of all those forces that would have destroyed the purpose of God in creation, namely, to live with his people in glory and delight forever. Timothy Keller paingodmean Adam wasn't lonely because he was imperfect but because he was perfect. The ache for friends is not the result of sin. Timothy Keller sinlonelyperfect Jesus was much more interested in the quality of the people's response to him than in the quantity of the crowd. Timothy Keller qualitypeoplejesus In short, the enlightenment privatized marriage, taking it out of the public sphere, and redefined its purpose as individual gratification, not any 'broader good' such as reflecting God's nature, producing character, or raising children. Slowly but surely, this newer understanding of the meaning of marriage has displaced the older ones in Western culture. Timothy Keller christiancharacterchildren The happy ending of the Resurrection is so enormous that it swallows up even the sorrow of the Cross. Timothy Keller happy-endingsresurrectionsorrow
