Our need for worth is so powerful that whatever we base our identity and value on we essentially 'deify.' We will look to it with all the passion and intensity of worship and devotion, even if we think ourselves as highly irreligious. Timothy Keller More Quotes by Timothy Keller More Quotes From Timothy Keller We're far worse than we ever imagined, and far more loved than we could ever dream. Timothy Keller dream Men, you'll never be a good groom to your wife unless you're first a good bride to Jesus. Timothy Keller marriage men jesus Faith is not primarily a function of how you feel. Faith is living out and believing what truth is despite what you feel. Timothy Keller how-you-feel truth-is believe We modern people think of miracles as the suspension of the natural order, but Jesus meant them to be the restoration of the natural order. Timothy Keller order jesus thinking If a person has grasped the meaning of God's grace in his heart, he will do justice. If he doesn't live justly, then he may say with his lips that he is grateful for God's grace, but in his heart he is far from him. If he doesn't care about the poor, it reveals that at best he doesn't understand the grace he has experienced, and at worst he has not really encountered the saving mercy of God. Grace should make you just. Timothy Keller mercy-of-god grateful heart The common moral framework: Do anything as long as it does no harm to others. Problem: Whose definition of harm? Timothy Keller definitions doe long Describe the God you've rejected. Describe the God you don't believe in. Maybe I don't believe in that God either. Timothy Keller dont-believe rejected believe If God is treated as God during suffering, then suffering can reveal and present him in all his greatness. Timothy Keller treated greatness suffering A common vision can unite people of very different temperaments. Timothy Keller common-vision different people How you experience your present is completely shaped by what you believe your ultimate future to be. Timothy Keller ultimate believe God's Kingdom is "present in its beginnings, but still future in its fullness. This guards us from an under-realized eschatology (expecting no change now) and an over-realized eschatology (expecting all change now). In this stage, we embrace the reality that while we're not yet what we will be, we're also no longer what we used to be. Timothy Keller embrace kingdoms reality If this world was made by a triune God, relationships of love are what life is really all about. Timothy Keller life-is made world Love is primarily giving. It’s an action that leads to a feeling, not a feeling first. Timothy Keller feelings love giving 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 flawed christian jesus Every single emotion you have should be processed in prayer. Timothy Keller emotion should prayer Anything can serve as a counterfeit god, especially the very best things in life. Timothy Keller best-things best-things-in-life things-in-life As many have learned and later taught, you don't realize Jesus is all you need until Jesus is all you have. Timothy Keller taught needs jesus Our culture says that feelings of love are the basis for actions of love. And of course that can be true. But it is truer to say that actions of love can lead consistently to feelings of love. Timothy Keller marriage feelings love Marriage has the power to set the course of your life as a whole. If your marriage is strong, even if all the circumstances in your life around you are filled with trouble and weakness, it won't matter. You will be able to move out into the world in strength. Timothy Keller wedding marriage love Just because you cannot realize your highest aspirations in work does not mean you have chosen wrongly, or are not called to your profession, or that you should spend your life looking for the perfect career that is devoid of frustration. ... You should expect to be regularly frustrated in your work even though you may be in exactly the right vocation. Timothy Keller frustration careers mean
