If you are trying to live a life in accordance with the Bible, the concept and call to justice are inescapable. We do justice when we give all human beings their due as creations of God. Doing justice includes not only the righting of wrongs but generosity and social concern, especially toward the poor and vulnerable.
Timothy KellerHolding a grudge against someone means you think you know what they deserve and you take it upon yourself to give it to them.
Timothy KellerJesus didn't come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.
Timothy KellerDo you realize that it is only in the gospel of Jesus Christ that you get the verdict before the performance?
Timothy KellerIn religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.
Timothy KellerUnless we believe the gospel, we will be driven in all we do-whether obeying or disobeying-by pride ('self-love') or fear ('of damnation'). Apart from 'grateful remembering' of the gospel, all good works are done then for sinful motives. Mere moral effort may restrain the heart, but does not truly change the heart. Moral effort merely 'jury rigs' the evil of the heart to produce moral behavior out of self-interest. It is only a matter of time before such a thin tissue collapses.
Timothy Keller