The world is a dark place, and yet the coming of Jesus Christ shows us no one and nothing is hopeless. Timothy Keller More Quotes by Timothy Keller More Quotes From Timothy Keller Sin has caused our affections to stray, propelling us to worship relationships, achievement, and work-everything but God. Timothy Keller affection achievement worship The world is polarizing over religion. It is getting both more religious and less religious at the same time. Timothy Keller polarizing religious world Christ's resurrection not only gives you hope for the future; it gives you hope to handle your scars right now. Timothy Keller scar resurrection giving Faith in God's promises means not always following the expected, rational path. Timothy Keller path mean promise You are a totally loved moral failure. Timothy Keller moral-failure moral The resurrection of the body means that we do not merely receive a consolation for the life we have lost but a restoration of it. We not only get the bodies and lives we had but the bodies and lives we wished for but had never before received. Timothy Keller restoration body mean Not everyone is your brother or sister in the faith, but everyone is your neighbor, and you must love your neighbor. Timothy Keller sister faith love Jesus Christ did not suffer so that you would not suffer. He suffered so that when you suffer, you’ll become more like him. The gospel does not promise you better life circumstances; it promises you a better life. Timothy Keller suffering promise jesus The resurrection was God's way of stamping PAID IN FULL right across history so that nobody could miss it. Timothy Keller resurrection missing way All forms of love are necessary, and none are to be ignored, but all of us find some forms of love to be more emotionally valuable to us. They are a currency that we find particularly precious, a language that delivers the message of love to our hearts with the most power. Some types of love are more thrilling and fulfilling to us when we receive them. Timothy Keller ignored messages heart God's grace and forgiveness, while free to the recipient, are always costly for the giver. Timothy Keller perpetrators forgiveness grace Do you realize that it is only in the gospel of Jesus Christ that you get the verdict before the performance? Timothy Keller realizing jesus christ Real love, the Bible says, instinctively desires permanence. Timothy Keller marriage real desire What is an idol? It is anything more important to you than God, anything that absorbs your heart and imagination more than God, anything you seek to give you what only God can give. Timothy Keller idols heart giving Christ did not suffer so you wouldn’t suffer. He suffered so when you suffer you will become like Him. Timothy Keller suffering christ Putting our faith in Christ is not about trying harder; it means transferring our trust away from ourselves and resting in him. Timothy Keller trying mean christ A lack of generosity refuses to acknowledge that your assets are not really yours, but God's. Timothy Keller generosity assets acknowledge How do you change your behavior? Change what you worship Timothy Keller behavior-change behavior worship Like a baby learning language, we learn how to communicate with God by listening to His words first. Timothy Keller listening baby firsts Only in Jesus Christ do we see how the untamable, infinite God can become a baby and a loving Savior. On the cross we see how both the love and the holiness of God can be fulfilled at once. Timothy Keller god baby jesus
