John Gallagher

“When you say, “I won’t serve you, God, if you don’t give me X,” then X is your true bottom line, your highest love, your real god, the thing you most trust and rest in.”
― Timothy J. Keller, Rediscovering Jonah: The Secret of God's Mercy

“Unless Jonah can see his own sin, and see himself as living wholly by the mercy of God, he will never understand how God can be merciful to evil people and still be just and faithful.”
― Timothy J. Keller, The Prodigal Prophet: Jonah and the Mystery of God's Mercy

“A God who suffers pain, injustice, and death for us is a God worthy of our worship. In a world of pain and oppression, how could we give our highest allegiance to someone who was immune to all that? This is a God who knows what storms are like because he came into the world and dove straight into the greatest pain and suffering. Because of his self-substitution, we can have life. To the degree you grasp what Jesus did for you, and rest in the salvation he bought for you, to that degree this pattern of substitutionary sacrifice and love will be reproduced in your relationships. And you will become the kind of person the world desperately needs.”
― Timothy J. Keller, Rediscovering Jonah: The Secret of God's Mercy

“Whatever you live for actually owns you. You do not really control yourself. Whatever you live for and love the most controls you.”
― Timothy J. Keller, The Prodigal Prophet: Jonah and the Mystery of God's Mercy