Quotes from Timothy Keller
Just because you can't see or imagine a good reason why God might allow something to happen doesn't mean there can't be one.
- Timothy Keller
Jesus is the ultimate Job, the only truly innocent sufferer.
- Timothy Keller
Gifts are abilities God gives us to meet the needs of others in Christ's name.
- Timothy Keller
When you experience God it is deeply personal, but it's not at all private.
- Timothy Keller
Suffering is actually at the heart of the Christian story.
- Timothy Keller
Christians don't believe that goodness gets you to heaven. Christians believe it's exhausting to rely on your own goodness to please God.
- Timothy Keller
Christians should not be optimists; we know too much about sin. We should also not be pessimists, for we know the living God.
- Timothy Keller
Religious people find God useful. Gospel people find him beautiful.
- Timothy Keller
Only on the cross do you have a totally holy God and a totally loving God.
- Timothy Keller
The Gospel is news of what God has done to reach us. It is not advice about what we must do to reach God.
- Timothy Keller
Faith in God's promises means not always following the expected, rational path.
- Timothy Keller
If God is treated as God during suffering, then suffering can reveal and present him in all his greatness.
- Timothy Keller