The two things we all want so desperately — glory and relationship — can coexist only with God.
Timothy KellerWhen we worry we are saying, 'I know the way my life is supposed to go, and God's not getting it right'.
Timothy KellerEveryone will be forgotten, nothing we do will make any difference, and all good endeavors, even the best, will come to naught. Unless there is God. If the God of the Bible exists, and there is a True Reality beneath and behind this one, and this life is not the only life, then every good endeavor, even the simplest ones, pursued in response to God's calling, can matter forever.
Timothy KellerFaith is not opposed to reason, but it is sometimes opposed to feelings and appearances.
Timothy KellerPride is the carbon-monoxide of Sin. It silently and slowly kills you without you even knowing.
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