When Jesus got the big questions, he didn't present arguments. He presented himself. Timothy Keller More Quotes by Timothy Keller More Quotes From Timothy Keller The infallible test of spiritual integrity, Jesus says, is your private prayer life. Timothy Keller religiousspiritualchristian Because of Jesus-there is always hope, even in the darkest moments of your life. Timothy Keller momentsjesus Nothing is more important than to learn how to maintain a life of purpose in the midst of painful adversity. Timothy Keller adversityimportantpurpose People only get in the afterlife what they have most wanted-either to have God as Savior and Master or to be their own Saviors and Masters. Timothy Keller afterlifemasterspeople No one is so good that they don’t need the grace of the gospel, nor so bad that they can’t receive the grace of the gospel. Timothy Keller graceneeds In the church we have to deliberately let ourselves be transparent and accountable to others. We're a family. Timothy Keller transparentchurch To say doctrine doesn't matter, only how you live matters, is itself a doctrine. It's the doctrine of salvation by works. Timothy Keller doctrinesalvationmatter You are under-qualified for the job of God. Timothy Keller qualifiedjobs You can't live the Christian life without a band of Christian friends, without a family of believers in which you find a place. Timothy Keller believerbandchristian The essence of Christian obedience is not do’s and don’ts but personal allegiance to Jesus. Timothy Keller essencechristianjesus A life of gratitude to God for being saved is far more pleasing than a life based on self-righteousness over being good. Timothy Keller righteousnessgratitudeself Prayer is the way to experience a powerful confidence that God is handling our lives well, that our bad things will turn out for good, our good things cannot be taken from us, and the best things are yet to come. Timothy Keller powerfultakenprayer You can only afford to be generous if you actually have some money in the bank to give. In the same way, if your only source of love and meaning is your spouse, then anytime he or she fails you, it will not just cause grief but a psychological cataclysm. If, however, you know something of the work of the Spirit in your life, you have enough love "in the bank" to be generous to your spouse even when you are not getting much affection or kindness at the moment. Timothy Keller marriagegriefkindness A church must be more deeply and practically committed to deeds of compassion and social justice than traditional liberal churches and more deeply and practically committed to evangelism and conversion than traditional fundamentalist churches. This kind of church is profoundly counter-intuitive to American observers. It breaks their ability to categorize (and dismiss) it as liberal or conservative. Only this kind of church has any chance in the non-Christian west. Timothy Keller compassionchristianjustice A faith without some doubts is like a human body with no antobodies in it. People who blithely go through life too busy or indifferent to ask the hard questions about why they believe as they do will find themselves defenseless against either the experience of tragedy or the probing questions of a smart skeptic. A person's faith can collapse almost overnight if she failed over the years to listen patiently to her own doubts, which should only be discarded after long reflection. Timothy Keller smartreflectionbelieve There is no way to have a real relationship without becoming vulnerable to hurt. Christmas tells us that God became breakable and fragile. God became someone we could hurt. Why? To get us back... No other religion-whethe r secularism, Greco-Roman paganism, Eastern religion, Judaism, or Islam-believes God became breakable or suffered or had a body. Timothy Keller realhurtbelieve The reason the stone was rolled away on Jesus's tomb was not so that Jesus could get out, but so that we could get in. Timothy Keller reasonstonesjesus It is no more narrow to claim that one religion is right than to claim that one way to think about all religions is right. Timothy Keller claimswaythinking We instinctively tend to limit for whom we exert ourselves. We do it for people like us, and for people whom we like. Jesus will have none of that. By depicting a Samaritan helping a Jew, Jesus could not have found a more forceful way to say that anyone at all in need - regardless of race, politics, class, and religion - is your neighbour. Not everyone is your brother or sister in faith, but everyone is your neighbour, and you must love your neighbour. Timothy Keller brotherracejesus In the end, we love people into belief. We do not argue them into belief. Timothy Keller beliefarguingpeople
