More Quotes by Timothy Keller
The Bible’s purpose is not so much to show you how to live a good life. The Bible’s purpose is to show you how God’s grace breaks into your life against your will and saves you from the sin and brokenness otherwise you would never be able to overcome… religion is ‘if you obey, then you will be accepted’. But the Gospel is, ‘if you are absolutely accepted, and sure you’re accepted, only then will you ever begin to obey’. Those are two utterly different things. Every page of the Bible shows the difference.
The only person who dares wake up a king at 3:00 AM for a glass of water is a child. We have that kind of access
When Job was prospering, he prayed. When he was suffering, he still prayed.
Religion says earn your life. Secular society says create your life. Jesus says, 'My life for your life.
Legalistic remorse says, "I broke God's rules," while real repentance says, "I broke God's heart."
The Gospel is good news not good advice. Advice = what we should do. News = report of what was done for us.
No one is too bad for Jesus. A lot of people think they are too good for Jesus.
How do you change your behavior? Change what you worship
Pride is the carbon-monoxide of Sin. It silently and slowly kills you without you even knowing.
The only love that won’t disappoint you is one that can’t change, that can’t be lost, that is not based on the ups and downs of life or of how well you live. It is something that not even death can take away from you. God’s love is the only thing like that.
