550 Quotes by Timothy Keller

The gospel frees us from the relentless pressure of having to prove ourselves, for we are already proven and secure.

Our moral efforts are too feeble and falsely motivated to ever merit salvation.

The world is polarizing over religion. It is getting both more religious and less religious at the same time.

The problem with the world is it blames problems on things besides sin and identifies salvation on things besides God.

Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.

If you have a small view of your sin, God’s grace will be small to you.

Our need for worth is so powerful that whatever we base our identity and value on we essentially ‘deify.’ We will look to it with all the passion and intensity of worship and devotion, even if we think ourselves as highly irreligious.

I wouldn’t venture to say which kind of sin is more prevalent. I wouldn’t even want to try to characterize certain ‘circles.’

The great basis of Christian assurance is not how much our hearts are set on God, but how unshakably his heart is set on us.