Christ literally walked in our shoes and entered into our affliction. Those who will not help others until they are destitute reveal that Christ's love has not yet turned them into the sympathetic persons the gospel should make them.
Timothy J. KellerTags: jesus sympathy affliction
If you have money, power, and status today, it is due to the century and place in which you were born, to your talents and capacities and health, none of which you earned. In short, all your resources are in the end the gift of God.
Timothy J. KellerTags: talent success providence
Underneath all notions of justice is a set of faith assumptions that are essentially religious, and these are often not acknowledged.
Timothy J. KellerTags: justice
Christ's miracles were not the suspension of the natural order but the restoration of the natural order. They were a reminder of what once was prior to the fall and a preview of what will eventually be a universal reality once again--a world of peace and justice, without death, disease, or conflict.
Timothy J. KellerTags: miracles
God's Kingdom is "present in its beginnings, but still future in its fullness. This guards us from an under-realized eschatology (expecting no change now) and an over-realized eschatology (expecting all change now). In this stage, we embrace the reality that while we're not yet what we will be, we're also no longer what we used to be.
Timothy J. KellerTags: eschatology kingdom-of-god
While your character flaws may have created mild problems for other people, they will create major problems for your spouse and your marriage.
Timothy J. KellerFriendship is a deep oneness that develops when two people, speaking the truth in love to one another, journey together to the same horizon.
Timothy J. KellerTags: friendship
If you understand what holiness is, you come to see that real happiness is on the far side of holiness, not the near side.
Timothy J. KellerProperly understood, the doctrine of sin means that believers are never as good as our true worldview should make us. Similarly, the doctrine of grace means as messed up their false worldview should make them.
Timothy J. KellerTags: work grace common-grace
Postmodern people have been rejecting Christianity for years, thinking that it was indistinguishable from moralism.
Timothy J. KellerTags: christianity moralism postmodernity
« first previous
Page 8 of 15.
next last »
Data privacy
Imprint
Contact
Diese Website verwendet Cookies, um Ihnen die bestmögliche Funktionalität bieten zu können.