#keller

Those who believe they have pleased God by the quality of their devotion and moral goodness naturally feel that they and their group deserve deference and power over others. The God of Jesus and the prophets, however, saves completely by grace. He cannot be manipulated by religious and moral performance--he can only be reached through repentance, through the giving up of power. If we are saved by sheer grace we can only become grateful, willing servants of God and of everyone around us. ↗

— Timothy Keller

#faith #grace #religion #repentance #timothy-keller

To the degree you experience God's love towards you - seeing you as beautiful and radiant - to that degree sex won't ruin your life. ↗

— Timothy Keller

#relationships #sex #spirituality #beauty

Jesus Christ says, 'Kill me and in 3 days, not only this temple, but all temples in the whole world will be out of business.' This is the most stunning thing any human being has ever said. ↗

— Timothy Keller

#religion #spirituality #temples #business

The 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

#early-church #keller #money #relationships #sex

Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other. ↗

— Erma Bombeck

#confuse #fame #helen #keller #madonna

Helen Sustained many falls throughout her life. But as you can see, she steps right up and keeps on going. Falling to her is as natural as sneezing to us ↗

— Danielle Joseph

#hellen-keller #perseverance #life

Falling in love in a Christian way is to say,'I am excited about your future and I want to be part of getting you there. I'm signing up for the journey with you. Would you sign up for the journey to my true self with me? It's going to be hard but I want to get there. ↗

— Timothy Keller

#keller #love #relationships #love

I think for Beecher specifically, Keller was with him when his wife died. Beecher had decided after he first got into prison that he had to shut off everybody. You can't let anybody in and you have to become like them and you have to be threatening and all that. ↗

— Lee Tergesen

#anybody #become #decided #died #everybody

I went on a blind date—with a descendent of Helen Keller.
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— Jarod Kintz

#date #dating #helen-keller #dating

I sat taller, to suppress my impatience. It was infuriating, this waiting. I was thirty-seven years old. And like a child, an infant, really, I was at the mercy of others. Hour after hour of my life was spent waiting. ↗

— Rosie Sultan

#waiting #life