To stay away from Christianity because part of the Bible’s teaching is offensive to you assumes that if there is a God he wouldn’t have any views that upset you. Does that belief make sense? If you don’t trust the Bible enough to let it challenge and correct your thinking, how could you ever have a personal relationship with God? In any truly personal relationship, the other person has to be able to contradict you.
Timothy KellerWe tend to see God as a means through which we get things to make us happy. For most of us, He has not become our happiness.
Timothy KellerThe resurrection was God's way of stamping PAID IN FULL right across history so that nobody could miss it.
Timothy KellerThe ministry of mercy, then, is the best advertising a church can have. It convinces a community that this church provides people with actions for their problems, not only talk. It shows the community that this church is compassionate.
Timothy Keller