You are under-qualified for the job of God. Timothy Keller More Quotes by Timothy Keller More Quotes From Timothy Keller It is remarkable that in all of his writings Paul's prayers for his friends contain no appeals for changes in their circumstances. Timothy Keller change christian bible It is possible to avoid Jesus as Savior as much by keeping all the Biblical rules as by breaking them. Timothy Keller savior biblical jesus Jesus's miracles are not just a challenge to our minds, but a promise to our hearts, that the world we all want is coming. Timothy Keller miracle heart jesus Change happens not just by giving the mind new arguments but also by feeding the imagination new beauties Timothy Keller imagination mind giving The gospel shows a God far more holy than the legalist can bear, yet far more merciful than a humanist can conceive Timothy Keller holy humanist bears When Job was prospering, he prayed. When he was suffering, he still prayed. Timothy Keller stills suffering jobs Accepted in Christ, we now run the race 'for the joy that is set before us' rather than 'for fear that comes behind us'. Timothy Keller race running joy We think that idols are bad things, but that is almost never the case. The greater the good, the more likely we are to expect that it can satisfy our deepest needs and hopes. Anything can serve as a counterfeit god, especially the very best things in life. Timothy Keller things-in-life idols thinking Careful obedience to God’s law may serve as a strategy for rebelling against God Timothy Keller self-centered law may If you and your church were to disappear off the face of the earth tomorrow, would anyone in the community around you notice you were gone? And if the community did even notice would they say 'we are really glad they are gone', or 'we are really going to miss them'? Timothy Keller community church missing Just because you can't see or imagine a good reason why God might allow something to happen doesn't mean there can't be one. Timothy Keller reason-why might mean Gifts are abilities God gives us to meet the needs of others in Christ’s name. Timothy Keller names giving needs God is so committed to your ultimate joy that he was willing to plunge into the greatest depths of suffering himself for you. Timothy Keller depth suffering joy Paul reminds us that in the Gospel we are both brought lower and raised higher than we can imagine. Timothy Keller raised imagine higher We are so quick to tweet, Facebook, and Instagram but we treat prayer with a sense of delay? Timothy Keller delay instagram prayer When you forgive, that means you absorb the loss and the debt. You bear it yourself. All forgiveness, then, is costly. Timothy Keller forgiving loss mean A genuinely persuasive argument does not merely tell you that you are wrong about everything. It doesn't just beat on you from the outside. It comes inside your belief system, as it were, and affirms something you believe strongly. And then it says - well if you believe this (A) then why in the world can't you see that B is true? Timothy Keller doe believe world Christianity does not set faith against thinking. It sets faith against assuming. Timothy Keller assuming doe thinking No writer or thinker has taught me as much as James Hunter has about this all-important and complex subject of how culture is changed. Timothy Keller hunters important culture When we try and use fear or pride to stop from sinning, we are forgetting that we sin because of either fear or pride. Timothy Keller pride use trying
