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Moral Relativity and It’s Lethal Razor

By On November 30, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Philosophy, Quotables

Keller (“Reason for God”, 13):

“Berger goes on, however, to point out that absolute relativism can only exist if the relativists exempt themselves from their own razor. If you infer from the social conditionedness of all belief that ‘no belief can be held as universally true for everyone,’ that itself is a comprehensive claim about [...]

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God’s Delays

By On November 20, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Quotables

Tim Keller explains why God sends delays into our lives,

We’re not God, but we have such delusions of grandeur that our self-righteousness and arrogance sometimes have to be knocked out of our heart by God’s delays. Right now, is God delaying something in your life? Are you ready to give up? Are you impatient [...]

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Faith: Virtue or Gift?

By On November 20, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Quotables

Tim Keller says the following,

People who believe more must not be hard on those who believe less. Why? Because faith ultimately is not a virtue; it’s a gift (Keller, “King’s Cross”, p. 56).

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Book Review of Tim Keller’s “King’s Cross: The Story of the World in the Life of Jesus”

By On November 15, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Book Recommendations, Book Reviews

I haven’t been disappointed with anything I have read from Keller and have always thought that his books were well worth the cost and deserving to remain in the bookshelf for future reference.  “King’s Cross” didn’t disappoint.

“King’s Cross” is a survey through the Gospel of Mark that [...]

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Tim Keller on The Rich Young Ruler and Nagging Doubt

By On November 11, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Quotables

From Tim Keller’s “King’s Cross” (p. 129):

But he didn’t have it all together. If he had, he would never have come to Jesus and asked, “What must I do to inherit eternal life?”

He adds,

Of course he was missing something. Because anyone who counts on what they are doing to get eternal life [...]

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Tim Keller on the Shifting Center of Christianity and the Pitfalls of Power

By On November 11, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Church History, Quotables

From Tim Keller’s “King’s Cross” (pgs 124-125):

The heart of the gospel is the cross, and the cross is all about giving up power, pouring out resources, and serving….when Christianity is is in a place of power and wealth for a long period, the radical message of sin and grace and the cross can become [...]

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The Progressive Urbanite is just as Self-righteous as the Conservative Hick

By On November 10, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Quotables

From Tim Keller’s “The King’s Cross”:

“The self-discovery person says, ‘Oh, no, the progressive, open-minded people are in and the judgmental bigots are out – and of course we’re the open-minded ones.’ In Western Cosmopolitan culture there’s an enormous amount of self-righteousness about self-righteousness. We progressive urbanites are so much better than people who think [...]

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Tim Keller on the Offense of the Gospel

By On November 10, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Quotables

“The gospel of Jesus Christ is an offense to both religion and irreligion. It can’t be co- opted by either moralism or relativism” (King’s Cross 46).

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Robert Murray M’Cheyne Quote on “It is More Blessed to Give than to Receive”

By On July 19, 2011 · 1 Comment · In Quotables

In our most recent meeting of local Reformed pastors and laity, that we dub the “Reformation Society”, Pastor Jonathan VanHoogen from Cloverdale United Reformed Church quoted from Tim Keller’s “Ministers of Mercy” as follows (this is B.B. Warfield quoting a sermon from Robert Murray M’Cheyne on p. 65, also HT to Pastor [...]

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Tim Keller’s New Book, “King’s Cross”, is 60% OFF for Limited Time

By On February 22, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Book Recommendations

Hey all, the much hyped and anticipated new release from Tim Keller is out now and Westminster Seminary bookstore is offering 60% off the first copy when you add it to your cart. Sale ends Feb. 28, when the book will go back to the still great deal of 45% off.

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Thoughts on the Sermon Notes of Mark Driscoll, Mark Dever, Tim Keller, and Others

By On January 7, 2011 · 2 Comments · In Homiletics/Preaching

Josh Harris posted some sermon notes on his blog from some respected preachers, inclusing the likes of Mark Driscoll and Tim Keller. Being a preacher myself, I was curious to see what their notes looked like. I was expecting some diversity, but wasn’t prepared for just how different the notes [...]

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Tim Keller on Ministry to the Poor

By On September 1, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Benevolence Ministry, Ministry to the Poor, Missional Thought

Tim Keller explains how the gospel motivates and informs ministry to the poor in this Themelios article.

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