A genuinely persuasive argument does not merely tell you that you are wrong about everything. It doesn't just beat on you from the outside. It comes inside your belief system, as it were, and affirms something you believe strongly. And then it says - well if you believe this (A) then why in the world can't you see that B is true?
Timothy KellerThe common moral framework: Do anything as long as it does no harm to others. Problem: Whose definition of harm?
Timothy KellerThe very fact that we have access to God's attention and presence should concentrate the thoughts and elevate the heart.
Timothy KellerThe gospel is an exclusive truth but it's the most inclusive exclusive truth in the world.
Timothy KellerIf your fundamental is a man dying on the cross for his enemies, if the very heart of your self-image and your religion is a man praying for his enemies as he died for them, sacrificing for them, loving them - if that sinks into your heart of hearts, it's going to produce the kind of life that the early Christians produced. The most inclusive possible life out of the most exclusive possible claim - and that is this is the truth. But what is the truth? The truth is a God become weak, loving and dying for the people who opposed him, dying forgiving them.
Timothy Keller