I read an article listing six hymns chosen by the late Tim Keller for his memorial service. The only one I didn’t know was Jesus Lives And So Shall I. The lyrics were written in German by Christian F. Gellert; there seem to be a number of translations, including one (according to Hymnary) by John …
Tim Keller writes an essay premised on the concept that grievance is growing as the leveraging authority in contemporary culture. Grievance providing the capacity for superiority in relationships invites grievance to be held onto. If grievance is released, the capacity for its ability to control is let go. While there is an expectation of sorrow …
An excerpt from Tim Keller’s book, Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God’s Work. It speaks to someone who stubbornly resists a week off. Anyone who cannot obey God’s command to observe the Sabbath is a slave, even a self-imposed one. Your own heart, or our materialistic culture, or an exploitative organization, or all …
“To show how a text fits into its whole canonical context, then, is to show how it points to Christ and gospel salvation, the big idea of the whole Bible. Every time you expound a Bible text, you are not finished unless you demonstrate how it shows that we cannot save ourselves and that only …
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