Timothy Keller may refer to:
The image of God carries with it the right not to be mistreated or harmed. . . . Regardless of their record or character, all human beings have an irreducible glory and significance to them, because God loves them. . . . So we must treasure each and every human being as a way of showing due respect for the majesty of their owner and Creator.
If the preaching of our ministers and the practice of our parishioners do not have the same effect on people that Jesus had, then we must not be declaring the same message that Jesus did.
Religion makes us proud of what we have done. The Gospel makes us proud of what Jesus has done.
It’s a mistake to think that you must feel love to give it.
If this world was made by a triune God, relationships of love are what life is really all about.
How Religion Works: If I obey, then God will love and accept me. The Gospel: I'm loved and accepted, therefore I wish to obey.
The more you understand how your salvation isn't about your behavior, the more radically your behavior will change.
Secularism and Religion are both all about your personal performance. The Gospel is the performance of another applied to you.
Jesus is the only Lord who, if you receive him, will fulfill you completely, and, if you fail him, will forgive you eternally.
When the world sees us doing evangelism, they just see us recruiting. When they see us doing justice, they see God's glory.
Christmas means Jesus came down and got involved in suffering. He hears your cries.
Religion: 'My identity is built on being a good person. ' Gospel: 'My identity is not built on my record or my performance but on Christ's. '
The most liberating act of free, unconditional grace demands that the recipient give up control of his or her life.
To be a Christian is a standing, a legal position. It means to be a child of God. You are or you are not, there is no try.
Ministry to the poor is a crucial sign that we believe the gospel.
We only fully grasp the gospel when we understand, as Paul did, that we are the worst sinner we know
Sin has caused our affections to stray, propelling us to worship relationships, achievement, and work-everything but God.
As many have learned and later taught, you don't realize Jesus is all you need until Jesus is all you have.
I am going to judge my circumstances by Jesus’ love, not Jesus’ love by my circumstances.
We tend to see God as a means through which we get things to make us happy. For most of us, He has not become our happiness.