As many have learned and later taught, you don't realize Jesus is all you need until Jesus is all you have.
Timothy J. KellerIt is not the strength of your faith but the object of your faith that actually saves you. Strong faith in a weak branch is fatally inferior to weak faith in a strong branch.
Timothy J. KellerTag: christianity god faith salvation skepticism
God's salvation does not come in response to a changed life. A changed life comes in response to the salvation, offered as a free gift.
Timothy J. KellerHumility is so shy. If you begin talking about it, it leaves.
Timothy J. Keller...the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less.
Timothy J. Kellerwe are continuing God’s work of forming, filling, and subduing. Whenever we bring order out of chaos, whenever we draw out creative potential, whenever we elaborate and “unfold” creation beyond where it was when we found it, we are following God’s pattern of creative cultural development.
Timothy J. KellerTag: work creativity redemption dominion
The material creation was made by God to be developed, cultivated, and cared for in an endless number of ways through human labor. But even the simplest of these ways is important. Without them all, human life cannot flourish.
Timothy J. KellerTag: work redemption regeneration
The great danger is to always single out some aspect of God’s good creation and identify it, rather than alien intrusion of sin, as the villain.
Timothy J. KellerPeople "at the top" are eager to attribute their position to their own intellect, savvy, and hard work. The reality is much more complicated. Personal connections, family environment, and what appears to be plain luck determine how successful a person is. We are the product of three things- genetics, environment, and our personal choices- but two of these three factors we have no power over. We are not nearly as responsible for our success as our popular views of God and reality lead us to think.
Timothy J. KellerTag: christianity
The text says that when the Lord saw that Leah was not loved, _he_ loved her. God was saying, 'I am the real bridegroom. I am the husband of the husbandless. I am the father of the fatherless.' This is the God who saves by grace. The gods of moralistic religions favor the successful and the overachievers. THe are the ones who climb the moral ladder up to heaven. But the God of the Bible is the one who comes down into this world to accomplish a salvation and give us a grace we could never attain ourselves.
Timothy J. Keller« prima precedente
Pagina 9 di 15.
prossimo ultimo »
Data privacy
Imprint
Contact
Diese Website verwendet Cookies, um Ihnen die bestmögliche Funktionalität bieten zu können.