Latest Timothy Keller Quotes from Interviews

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• I am a Christian resident of New York City. I simply read things the other Manhattanites read (NY Times, New Yorker magazine, Wall Street Journal, and many of the books they read) plus all my Christian reading. I don't do anything special to understand skeptics. I also talk to a lot of skeptics and read things they point to.

  Timothy Keller

  Christian, New York, Wall

  Source: www.monergism.com

• To preach the gospel is to show people their need for salvation against a backdrop of God's nature and the character of sin, and then present Jesus as the only remedy for what ails them and the world. In my weekly preaching in the worship services I always call people to believe in Christ.

  Timothy Keller

  Jesus, Believe, Character

  Source: www.monergism.com

• One of the most frequent responses I get from non-Christian readers is: 'I'm not sure I agree with all this, but I must say this is the first book I've read by a Christian that didn't treat me like I was an idiot.'

  Timothy Keller

  Christian, Book, Firsts

  Newfrontiers Interview, www.terryvirgo.org. September 25, 2008.

• A genuinely persuasive argument does not merely tell you that you are wrong about everything. It doesn't just beat on you from the outside. It comes inside your belief system, as it were, and affirms something you believe strongly. And then it says - well if you believe this (A) then why in the world can't you see that B is true?

  Timothy Keller

  Believe, Doe, World

  Source: visionroom.com

• Most apologetic books are really written for Christians, even the ones that purport to be written for non-believers.

  Timothy Keller

  Christian, Book, Apologetic

  Newfrontiers Interview, www.terryvirgo.org. September 25, 2008.

• I wouldn't venture to say which kind of sin is more prevalent. I wouldn't even want to try to characterize certain 'circles.'

  Timothy Keller

  Circles, Trying, Want

  Source: www.alexchediak.com

• Big cities have a lot of 'younger brothers' who have left traditional parts of the world and their families for a more liberal lifestyle. But cities are filled to the gills with 'elder brothers' too.

  Timothy Keller

  Brother, Cities, World

  Source: www.alexchediak.com