The irreligious don't repent at all and the religious only repent of sins. But Christians repent of their wrongfully placed righteousness.
Timothy KellerChristmas is telling you that you could never get to heaven on your own. God had to come to you.
Timothy KellerIt is possible to avoid Jesus as Savior as much by keeping all the Biblical rules as by breaking them.
Timothy KellerMost apologetic books are really written for Christians, even the ones that purport to be written for non-believers.
Timothy KellerThe early church was strikingly different from the culture around it in this way - the pagan society was stingy with its money and promiscuous with its body. A pagan gave nobody their money and practically gave everybody their body. And the Christians came along and gave practically nobody their body and they gave practically everybody their money.
Timothy Keller