If we pick out which parts of the Bible we dislike, we actually have a god we've created. How can that god ever call you out on anything?
Timothy KellerLiving is giving....If you spend your money on yourself, you are just surviving. But if you want your life to count, if you want to really live - give.
Timothy KellerThere is a joy available that the deepest grief cannot put out. No circumstance or person can take away the joy God gives.
Timothy KellerIn every other religion the indicative flows from the imperative. Which means, ‘because I do, therefore I am... because I do this, therefore I’m a child of God.’ But only in Christianity does the imperative flow from the indicative. ‘Because I am in Christ all these things, therefore I obey.’ Exactly the opposite.
Timothy Keller