Quotes from Timothy Keller

It is no more narrow to claim that one religion is right than to claim that one way to think about all religions is right.

Hell is having to execute a pointless act from which nothing ever comes except the need to do it again.

Believers should acknowledge and wrestle with doubts... It is no longer sufficient to hold beliefs just because you inherited them.

Every other religion points to answers. Jesus, though, says 'I am the answer'.

Revival occurs as a group of people who, on the whole, think they already know the gospel discover they do not really or fully know it, and by embracing the gospel they cross over into living faith.

Jesus didn't come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.

I hate the moment when suddenly my anger turns into tears

If I have the smile of God, all other frowns are inconsequential.

Religion says earn your life. Secular society says create your life. Jesus says, 'My life for your life.

We must have a strong inner life of fellowship and intimacy with Jesus if we are going to have a strong outer life of ministry

If God is not at the center of your life, something else is.

Nothing is more important than to learn how to maintain a life of purpose in the midst of painful adversity.

You can't live the Christian life without a band of Christian friends, without a family of believers in which you find a place.

Because of Jesus-there is always hope, even in the darkest moments of your life.

The infallible test of spiritual integrity, Jesus says, is your private prayer life.

When we worry we are saying, 'I know the way my life is supposed to go, and God's not getting it right'.

Life changing repentance begins where blame shifting ends.

Grace is the free, unmerited favor of God, working powerfully on the mind and heart to change lives.

Out of the cross comes the resurrection. Out of weakness comes real strength.

Suffering dispels the illusion that we have the strength and competence to rule our own lives and save ourselves.

If you're a Christian how do you deal with stress without Jesus? You don't.

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.

The world values power, comfort, success, and recognition. Jesus frees us to value grief, sacrifice, weakness, and exclusion.

To love our success more than God and our neighbor hardens the heart, making us less able to feel and to sense.