Quote

Without the gospel we hate ourselves instead of our sin.

Timothy Keller

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Timothy Keller
Gospel
Sin
Instead
Hate
Without

More quotes by Timothy Keller

Image
Jesus warns people far more often about greed than about sex, yet almost no one thinks they are guilty of it.
Timothy Keller
Image
There are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.
Timothy Keller
Image
One of the most frequent responses I get from non-Christian readers is: 'I'm not sure I agree with all this, but I must say this is the first book I've read by a Christian that didn't treat me like I was an idiot.'
Timothy Keller
Image
There is no evil that the father’s love cannot pardon and cover, there is no sin that is a match for his grace.
Timothy Keller
Image
You are worse than you think you are, but also far more loved than you feel you are.
Timothy Keller
Image
If you don't feel like praying, pray to God to give you the desire.
Timothy Keller
Image
Our prayers should arise out of immersion in the Scripture. [We] speak only to the degree we are spoken to.
Timothy Keller
Image
God loves you just because He loves you.
Timothy Keller
Image
If you wait until your motives are pure and unselfish before you do something, you will wait forever.
Timothy Keller
Image
The best things that have been written, almost, are by Catholics during the counter Reformation: Ignatius of Loyola, St. Francis de Sales, John of the Cross, St. Theresa of Бvila.....great stuff.
Timothy Keller
Image
Many times people think if God has called you to something, he's promising you success. He might be calling you to fail to prepare you for something else through the failure.
Timothy Keller
Image
I am so bad that He had to die. I am so loved that He was glad to die.
Timothy Keller
Image
Marriage has the power to set the course of your life as a whole. If your marriage is strong, even if all the circumstances in your life around you are filled with trouble and weakness, it won't matter. You will be able to move out into the world in strength.
Timothy Keller
Image
We have to be careful not to elevate our preferences to moral standards and judge others by them. We only do so to feel superior.
Timothy Keller
Image
Pride is the carbon-monoxide of Sin. It silently and slowly kills you without you even knowing.
Timothy Keller
Image
If there is a God, you owe him far more than a morally decent life.
Timothy Keller
Image
We can only grasp the gospel's sweetness if we first grapple with its offense- you can't save yourself.
Timothy Keller
Image
To fail to pray, then, is not to merely break some religious rule- it is a failure to treat God as God.
Timothy Keller
Image
The key to continual and deeper spiritual renewal and revival is the continual re-discovery of the gospel.
Timothy Keller
Image
Nothing we formulate or do can qualify us for access to God. Only grace can do that- based not on our performance but on the saving work of Christ.
Timothy Keller