If Christianity is really true it will be offending and correcting you somewhere. Timothy Keller More Quotes by Timothy Keller More Quotes From Timothy Keller There's nothing that makes you more miserable (or less interesting) than self-absorption . Timothy Keller miserable self interesting Suffering is actually at the heart of the Christian story. Timothy Keller pain christian god Like a surgeon, friends cut you in order to heal you. Timothy Keller cutting heal order Even if 80 percent of the population of a country are Christian believers, they will have almost no cultural influence if the Christians do not live in cultural centers and work in culture-forging fields such as academia, publishing, media, entertainment, and the arts. The assumption that society will improve simply be more Christian believers being present is no longer valid. Timothy Keller christian country art Truth without love is imperious self-righteousn ess. Love without truth is cowardly self-indulgence . Timothy Keller truth-is self love-is I've heard plenty of Christians try to answer the why question by going back to the what. "You have to believe because Jesus is the Son of God." But that's answering the why with more what. Increasingly we live in a time in which you can't avoid the why question. Just giving the what (for example, a vivid gospel presentation) worked in the days when the cultural institutions created an environment in which Christianity just felt true or at least honorable. But in a post-Christendom society, in the marketplace of ideas, you have to explain why this is true, or people will just dismiss it. Timothy Keller christian believe jesus Legalism is looking to something besides Jesus Christ in order to be acceptable and clean before God. Timothy Keller order jesus christ When you experience God it is deeply personal, but it's not at all private. Timothy Keller Christians don't believe that goodness gets you to heaven. Christians believe it's exhausting to rely on your own goodness to please God. Timothy Keller christian heaven believe 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 The rich brother needs to let the gospel humble him while the poor brother needs to let the gospel affirm him. Timothy Keller brother humble needs Idols are often good things that we have made into ultimate things. Timothy Keller good-things idols made The gospel frees us from the relentless pressure of having to prove ourselves, for we are already proven and secure. Timothy Keller relentless prove pressure In Ephesians 5, Paul shows us that even on earth Jesus did not use his power to oppress us but sacrificed everything to bring us into union with him. And this takes us beyond the philosophical to the personal and the practical. If God had the gospel of Jesus's salvation in mind when he established marriage, then marriage only 'works' to the degree that approximates the pattern of God's self-giving love in Christ. Timothy Keller giving-love philosophical jesus The irreligious don't repent at all and the religious only repent of sins. But Christians repent of their wrongfully placed righteousness. Timothy Keller sin religious christian Those who condemn the self-righteous for the sake of self-discovery do so with ironic self-righteousness. Timothy Keller ironic self discovery Christians should not be optimists; we know too much about sin. We should also not be pessimists, for we know the living God. Timothy Keller too-much sin christian To discover the real you, look at what you spend time thinking about when no one is looking. Timothy Keller real looks thinking We are saved by a man who died loving his enemies. Timothy Keller saved men enemy Religious people find God useful. Gospel people find him beautiful. Timothy Keller religious beautiful people
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