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At the root of all our disobedience are particular ways in which we continue to seek control of our lives through systems of works-righteousness. The way to progress as a Christian is to continually repent and uproot

At the root of all our disobedience are particular ways in which we continue to seek control of our lives through systems of works-righteousness. The way to progress as a Christian is to continually repent and uproot these systems the same way we become Christians, namely by the vivid depiction (and re-depiction) of Christ’s saving work for us, and the abandoning of self-trusting efforts to complete ourselves. We must go back again and again to the gospel of Christ-crucified, so that our hearts are more deeply gripped by the reality of what he did and who we are in him.

Timothy Keller

Christian, Heart, Reality

Everyone 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 Keller

Reality, Differences, Forever

"Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God's Work".

We must go back again and again to the Gospel of Christ crucified, so that our hearts are more deeply gripped by the reality of what He did and who we are in Him.

Timothy Keller

Heart, Reality, Who We Are

How could you possibly know that no religion can see the whole truth unless you yourself have the superior, comprehensive knowledge of spiritual reality you just claimed non of the religions have?

Timothy Keller

Spiritual, Reality, Comprehensive

Timothy Keller (2008). “The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism”, p.31, Penguin

God's Kingdom is "present in its beginnings, but still future in its fullness. This guards us from an under-realized eschatology (expecting no change now) and an over-realized eschatology (expecting all change now). In this stage, we embrace the reality that while we're not yet what we will be, we're also no longer what we used to be.

Timothy Keller

Reality, Kingdoms, Embrace

Without immersion in God's words, our prayers may not be merely limited and shallow but also untethered from reality.

Timothy Keller

Prayer, Reality, May

Timothy Keller (2014). “Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God”, p.43, Penguin

Christ's miracles were not the suspension of the natural order but the restoration of the natural order. They were a reminder of what once was prior to the fall and a preview of what will eventually be a universal reality once again--a world of peace and justice, without death, disease, or conflict.

Timothy Keller

Fall, Reality, Order