Category Archives: Timothy Keller
Be Sure Your Sin Will Find You Out
The sin that is most destructive in your life right now is the one you are most defensive about.
HT: @cslchsnmore
The Reason Why We Sin
We sin because we are looking to something else to give us what only Jesus can give us.
HT: @billmounce
Did You Break the Rules or God’s Heart?
Legalistic remorse says, “I broke God’s rules,” while real repentance says, “I broke God’s heart.”
HT: challies.com
The Basic Purpose of Prayer
The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God’s will to mine, but to mold my will into His.
HT: @timkellernyc
Does Your God Contradict You?
We know that in mutually loving relationships, both parties must be active agents, able to contradict as well as affirm each other. If person A is never allowed to express a contradictory opinion to person B, then person B has a power relationship with person A, but not a personal one.
Now, if you choose to believe only those things in the Bible that you agree with, in what way do you have a God who can contradict you? Only if your God can say things that upset you will you know you have a real God and not a creation of your imagination. So an authoritative Bible . . . is not the enemy of a personal love relationship with God. . . . It is the precondition.
Timothy Keller, Preaching: Communicating Faith in an Age of Skepticism, p. 113
HT: @mph_II
The Moment We Believe
In Christianity, the moment we believe, God says “This is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased.”
HT: @timkellernyc
The Reason Why Christ Suffered
Christ did not suffer so you wouldn’t suffer. He suffered so when you suffer you will become like Him.
HT: Challies.com
Prayer and Knowing What God Knows
We can be sure our prayers are answered precisely in the way we would want them to be answered if we knew everything God knows.
HT: Challies.com
Life Is Worship 