[Persevero]

‘Cause he is a really really good preacher.

[dangerdoc]

Bump

[PGR88]

Because NY City is a pit of secular culture - crass individualism, materialism and money worship, sexual depravity.

There are people there who see this and dream of something better.

[Obadiah]

Because, my friends, we are at the very cusp of a new great awakening! Very, very exciting!

[cblue55]

Keller is very down to earth, but passionate in his faith....a really good guy and great fit for NYC.

[Anti-Utopian]

Why Are So Many New Yorkers Flocking to Evangelical Christian Preacher Tim Keller?

Because there's a sucker born every minute?

Because you can fool some of the people all of the time?

Because his church is next to the Papaya King?

[Terabitten]

Tim Keller is a Reformed powerhouse. Great guy, great writer. Love his stuff.

Oh, and he’s as far from Joel Osteen as you can possibly imagine.

[keepitreal]

ping for later read

[RnMomof7]

Tim Keller is PCA as I am ..but I do not like him or his contextualization of the gospel . He also is in opposition to PCA’s stand on womens role in the church , he has women deascons and he has women at the podium often.. The most recent issue is he is bringing in Catholic mystical meditation, Thomas Merton type.. He responds to tickling ears.. IMHO

[Taggart_D]

The three Redeemer churches, each with its own pastor, would serve as “regeneration centers,” Keller said, which would “plant” still more churches throughout Manhattan. Since coming to New York, Redeemer has helped start some 65 churches of various Protestant denominations, many of them of the small “storefront” variety, serving minority neighborhoods in and outside Manhattan...

WOW! What a praise.

[Binghamton_native]

Dr. Keller gave a talk to Google in 2008. The talk was based on "The Reason for God".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kxup3OS5ZhQ

[ConservativeMind]

Ping for later.

[John Leland 1789]

"‘He’s showing me what Christianity would look like if I believed. Because I think like him, and even though I’m not sure I agree, it resonates.’ " ========================================== So the man is bending God to the the intellect of man. Serious error here.

[quintr]

We need more pastors like him in the pulpit.

[firebrand]

I went to a couple of services when I was looking for a church a few years ago. I ended up at Times Square Church, which suited my needs better. But I do remember his sermon on what he called "litigating" for oneself constantly, always trying to make your case for yourself. He's not a repetitive preacher, really, but he kept saying, "The litigation! The litigation!" I still hear that when other people are talking to make some point about themselves, and occasionally hear it when I'm sorely tempted to do the same thing.

Someone has told me this is silly, but I was put off by a prayer (not by Keller but a member of the congregations) for the Iraqi people, with no mention of our troops. That was too political for me, in the wrong direction, and so I continued looking. I also can't agree with not ordaining women, a point of view I once held but I now have heard too many good women preachers.

Everywhere I go I hear people talking about Redeemer--on the bus, at meetings--and I know it is a powerful force for good in New York. My own church constantly prays for a New York City revivial. It just could be happening.

A good article. I didn't read anything that rang a false note, or a biased one unless it was possibly favorable.