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Keller refused to believe that knowledge and faith can’t work together, showing how to honor God by using his mind well.Ħ. Mark Noll and others have noted that many evangelical Christians face a recurring problem: they treat deep learning as unnecessary, somehow antithetical to faith. During one strike, Keller’s InterVarsity study group “got radical” and set up their own sign: “The resurrection of Jesus Christ is intellectually credible and existentially satisfying.”Ģ. In his book Encounters with Jesus, Keller tells a story about his years at Bucknell in the 1970s, when many students were striking or protesting for various causes.

Christianity is countercultural in its own way. 10 Lessons Christians Can Learn from Tim Kellerġ. Bush to Greg Laurie gave their condolences. Send me home.”įollowing his death, public figures from George W. His last reported words included, “I’m thankful for the time God has given me, but I’m ready to see Jesus. He passed away in hospice on May 19, 2023. His apologetics books pushed readers to consider what was behind their skepticism about Christianity and whether it may hold the answers they sought. Rather than reach out to other conservative Christians to consolidate influence, he reached out to skeptics to hear their questions. Realizing that many of his urban attendees didn’t come from Christian homes and didn’t claim Christianity for themselves, Keller developed a particular approach. He led Redeemer Presbyterian Church until 2017, eventually preaching to service containing thousands of people.

Keller’s church plant not only survived but thrived. Church most of all meant belief, but Manhattan was the land of skeptics, critics, and cynics.” Church meant families New York City was filled with young singles and ‘nontraditional’ households. Church meant moderate or conservative the city was liberal and edgy. In The Reason for God, he recalled, “I was told by almost everyone that it was a fool’s errand. His ministry career took a new turn in 1989 when he accepted an invitation to plant a church in Manhattan, New York.

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