Quote

The irreligious don't repent at all and the religious only repent of sins. But Christians repent of their wrongfully placed righteousness.

Timothy Keller

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Timothy Keller
Christians
Sin
Religious
Wrongfully
Christian
Irreligious
Repent
Placed
Righteousness
Sins

More quotes by Timothy Keller

Image
Marriage is two broken people having little broken people.
Timothy Keller
Image
It’s a mistake to think that you must feel love to give it.
Timothy Keller
Image
Love is counting someone else’s needs and interests as more important than your own needs or interests or comfort.
Timothy Keller
Image
Every other religion points to answers. Jesus, though, says 'I am the answer'.
Timothy Keller
Image
When love of one's people becomes an absolute, it turns into racism. When love of equality turns into a supreme thing, it can result in hatred and violence toward anyone who has led a privileged life. It is the settled tendency of human societies to turn good political causes into counterfeit gods.
Timothy Keller
Image
Prayer should be done regularly, persistently, resolutely, and tenaciously at least daily, whether we feel like it or not.
Timothy Keller
Image
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
Image
The common moral framework: Do anything as long as it does no harm to others. Problem: Whose definition of harm?
Timothy Keller
Image
The goal of prayer is not just the sharing of our ideas, but also of ourselves.
Timothy Keller
Image
If you didn't earn your salvation how are you going to un-earn it?
Timothy Keller
Image
The peace of God is not the absence of fear. It, in fact, is His presence.
Timothy Keller
Image
Humility is so shy. If you begin talking about it, it leaves.
Timothy Keller
Image
Job never saw why he suffered, but he saw God, and that was enough.
Timothy Keller
Image
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.
Timothy Keller
Image
Every treasure on this earth says, 'Give your life to purchase me.' Jesus says 'I'm the one treasure who died to purchase you.'
Timothy Keller
Image
The most liberating act of free, unconditional grace demands that the recipient give up control of his or her life.
Timothy Keller
Image
No one is exempt from trials and tribulations. In fact, this is often what happens to people God loves very much, for it is part of God’s often mysterious and good plan for turning us into something great.
Timothy Keller
Image
Living is giving....If you spend your money on yourself, you are just surviving. But if you want your life to count, if you want to really live - give.
Timothy Keller
Image
God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He does not leave us as we are.
Timothy Keller
Image
A triune God would call us to converse with him . . . because he wants to share the joy he has. Prayer is our way of entering into the happiness of God himself.
Timothy Keller