“To reach heart bedrock with God’s grace is to recognize all the ways that we make good things into idols and ways of saving ourselves. It is to instead finally recognize that we live wholly by God’s grace. . . . When we’ve reached bedrock with God’s grace, it begins to drain us slowly but […]
“We . . . know that God can save through weaknesses, suffering, and apparent defeat. . . . God’s salvation came into the world through suffering, so his saving grace and power can work in our lives more and more as we go through difficulty and sorrow. There’s mercy deep inside our storms.”- Timothy Keller […]
Forgive: Why Should I and How Can I? Viking published Timothy Keller’s latest book, Forgive: Why Should I and How Can I? in 2022. In 1989, Pastor Keller started Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City with his wife, Kathy, and their three sons. Pastor Keller first notes that today’s culture sees an apparent contradiction […]
“The mercy God offers to the repentant person is completely free, undeserved, unstinting, and deeply personal, and thus is an important part of repentance that is often missed. Real repentance involves an acceptance of God’s free mercy.”- Timothy Keller “Sometimes a light surprises the Christian as he sings; / It is the Lord who rises, […]
“Let us wonder! / Grace and justice / Join and point to mercy’s store. / When in grace through Christ our trust is, / Justice smiles and asks no more.”- John Newton “Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord! O Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice […]
“Don’t think for a moment that you have what it takes to weather this winter. Yet don’t think for a second that God won’t give you what you need.”- Max Lucado In Chapter 6 (“Two Throne Rooms”) of Made for This Moment, Max Lucado notes that several films based on the story of Esther all […]
“As we unearth the real desires of our hearts, we begin to see our assumptions about God, and we see more clearly who we really are. . . . If God is who he has proclaimed himself to be and ushers us into the prayers of the Son and the Spirit, then there is never […]
“Sin always masquerades as fun and games. But pull back the curtain of the deceived human heart, and what you’ll find hiding there will drive you to your knees to pray for that person. And maybe that’s the very reason God instructs us to pray for our enemies.”- Lysa TerKeurst “If possible, so far as […]
” ‘When does it (the ocean waves and roar) turn off?’ . . . We ask the same about God’s grace. Surely it will dry up and stop flowing, right? Wrong. Surely we will exhaust his goodness, won’t we? Never. We will, at some point, write too many checks on his mercy and love, correct? […]
“I wonder if our desire to keep a distance from God has less to do with God and more to do with what we carry. . . . it’s essential to note that even when we withdraw, God lovingly approaches us. Just as he came down to the level of the Israelites, he meets us […]
“Most of us will someday realize we didn’t [notice beauty in the midst of busyness] either. From the perspective of heaven, we’ll look back on those days — those busy, cluttered days — and realize, That was Jesus playing the violin.”- Max Lucado In Chapter 16 (“That’s Jesus Playing the Fiddle”), the final chapter of […]
“Extending mercy to the merciless may seem nonsensical because it’s self-sacrificial, not self-protective, but that’s precisely what makes it supernatural. . . . We don’t enter the arena of grace through our own strength, but only by humbling ourselves to the ground.”- Tina Boesch “But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to […]