Person
Timothy Keller
Preached and taught
Our power: spirit-filled living
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Tim Keller uses the metaphor of an acorn to illustrate the nature of God's power to shape us. An acorn can break concrete and yield an entire forest, but its power is through slow change. God uses magic acorns, not magic bullets.
A sermon on 2 Peter 1:3–11, preached at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in 2014, on spiritual growth as the work of the Holy Spirit rather than willpower: growth that is possible, gradual, essential, and practical.
How to Deal with Dark Times
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Another Keller masterpiece. God does not dismiss how suffering people speak but shows us through Psalm 88, Job, and Jesus' life and death, that He is a God of grace, and we will come forth as gold.
Tim Keller discusses Psalm 88 and how to deal with difficult seasons of life. He explores how the psalms, including expressions of desperation, reveal God's understanding and identification with human suffering.
The Theology of the Cross and Walking with a Limp
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Keller warns us against becoming Martin Luther's "theologians of glory" and uses the story of Jacob's wrestling for blessings to show how, as David Martyn Lloyd-Jones said, "all Christians who have true joy also limp."
Tim Keller explores how God sacrifices himself for the weak and works through suffering in the lives of believers. He argues that true Christian joy comes from wrestling with God like Jacob, receiving blessings through the cross rather than through idols.
Wrote
The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism
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This book effectively led me to Christ. Keller turned over all my atheist assumptions before making the case for faith.
Tim Keller responds to the doubts skeptics most often raise about Christianity, such as suffering, hell, and exclusivity, then makes a positive case for Christian belief, drawing on philosophy, literature, and conversations at his Manhattan church.
