Interestingly enough, as singer-songwriter Melanie Penn (who worked with Keller at Redeemer City to City) pointed out, Keller’s cancer diagnosis was a surprise. He told me frankly that because everyone is made in God’s image that we have much to learn even from those who might reject God. He believed in engaging a world hostile to Christ and learning from those not of the church. Only a few weeks ago, Keller opened himself to incoming fire from progressive theologians for rejecting trans-ideology.īut Keller put Christ first. Keller, a prominent pastor in New York, boldly took on both critical theory, writing one of the best pieces against it, and also the liberal church’s rejection of biblical sexuality. Many of them had worked hard to push people away from Christendom through their cold hostility and lack of grace, while Keller, with his smile, worked hard, even through cancer, to bring people to Christ. Over the past few years, a segment of evangelicals on social media took to criticizing a man who has led more people to Christ than all of them combined. Tim not only made the most articulate arguments for the Christian faith he also demonstrated our faith with his humble and gracious spirit and his relentless passion to see the lost come to know the Lord he so loved.Įrick Erickson also spoke well of Keller’s influence and work, which sometimes drew controversy: He will be remembered among this generation’s most effective Christian pastors, apologists, and evangelists. There is no pastor I know, in the last 100 years, who did what Tim Keller did to take the Reformed faith to the street, to the church, and to the academy. Tim Keller was a once-in-a-century sort of person. Sandy Wilson, interim president of The Gospel Coalition, said: He also helped found The Gospel Coalition, which paid tribute to him on Friday as well. “Many preachers have built megachurches relatively few have done so with conversion growth in a highly secular and urban environment steeped in biblical illiteracy,” wrote Don Carson on Keller’s work at Redeemer. Keller pastored a growing church in a city that seemed to grow increasingly hostile to the gospel. “There is no downside for me leaving, not in the slightest.” See you soon Dad. We take comfort in some of his last words… She kissed him on the forehead and he breathed his last breath. Keller, husband, father, grandfather, mentor, friend, pastor, and scholar died this morning at home. Then, early Friday afternoon, I saw the news that Keller went on to his eternal reward: I’m thankful for the time God has given me, but I’m ready to see Jesus. I’m thankful for my family, that loves me. In prayer, he said two nights ago, “I’m thankful for all the people who’ve prayed for me over the years. His family is very sad because we all wanted more time, but we know he has very little at this point. He expressed many times through prayer his desire to go home to be with Jesus. Over the past few days, he has asked us to pray with him often. Health Update: Today, Dad is being discharged from the hospital to receive hospice care at home. His son Michael wrote in a statement I saw on Instagram:
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