My review of Tim Keller’s prequel to The Reason for God. (Also posted in April 2017 edition of TGC Journal Themelios) Tim Keller’s 2008 New York Times Bestseller, The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism, is what first propelled him into the international spotlight. The Reason for God sought to make skeptics […]
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The Songs of Jesus: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Psalms by Tim and Kathy Keller
The newest book from Tim and Kathy Keller is The Songs of Jesus: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Psalms. The Songs of Jesus digs into a beloved portion of Scripture to share daily devotions with corresponding prayers. It is Tim and Kathy Keller’s second book together (the first was The Meaning of Marriage). […]
Tim Keller’s 9 Questions for Sleepy and Nominal Christians
I recently attended a baptismal service and heard many testimonies from those being baptized. Many of the testimonies shared a common characteristic: people who had gone to church for years finally “got it”—and began to follow Jesus more intentionally, leading to great transformation. For some, it might have been a “born again” experience. For others a […]
Tim Keller on the Penetrating Power of God’s Word in Preaching
…famous verses about God’s Word being “like fire…and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces” (Jeremiah 23:29) are not mere rhetoric. I have seen hundreds of specific cases in which the Bible itself contained a power to penetrate people’s spiritual indifference and defenses in a way that went far beyond my powers of […]
Review: Romans 8-16 For You by Timothy Keller
The book of Romans plays a special role in Scripture. John Calvin called Romans an “entrance…to all the most hidden treasures of Scripture…” It is a book that helped launch the Protestant Reformation due to its influence on Martin Luther by proclaiming the true gospel of justification by faith–and it is a book that continually […]