Timothy Keller

New award honors Tim Keller and Sister Norma Pimentel for civic renewal

By Jack Jenkins — October 11, 2023
(RNS) — A new group plans to honor the Rev. Timothy Keller, an evangelical Christian theologian who died earlier this year, and Catholic nun Sister Norma Pimentel, known for her work with migrants.

Molly Worthen’s conversion represents a truce in evangelical infighting. Will it last?

By Jacob Lupfer — June 5, 2023
(RNS) — The conversion of a religious history professor was a boon for evangelicals. But will they take the win?

Tim Keller’s new book is not about cancer, but race, justice and resurrection

By Maina Mwaura — March 15, 2021
(RNS) — "I wanted the book to focus primarily on the resurrection and the hope that we have," Keller told me.

Carl Lentz and the ‘hot pastor’ problem

By Katelyn Beaty — November 19, 2020
(RNS) — Maybe the problem isn’t hot pastors like Lentz but a toxic megachurch culture that makes narcissism a prerequisite.

Albert Mohler reckons the cost of his Trump support

By Jacob Lupfer — November 3, 2020
(RNS) — In defending his endorsement of Trump, the next leader of the Southern Baptist Convention keeps alive the SBC’s past and future problems with race.

Prominent pastor and author Tim Keller has pancreatic cancer

By Paul O'Donnell — June 7, 2020
(RNS) — ‘I feel great and have no symptoms,’ Keller, 69, wrote on Facebook and other social media posts. ‘It was what doctors call an incidental pickup.’

Princeton seminary taking some heat for honoring Redeemer’s Tim Keller

By David Gibson — March 21, 2017
(RNS) The Manhattan pastor is popular — but his Presbyterian denomination does not ordain women or gays, and his traditionalism has some criticizing the more liberal Princeton Theological Seminary for giving Keller an award.

The Rev. Timothy Keller to step down from Redeemer Presbyterian Church

By Emily McFarlan Miller — February 27, 2017
(RNS) He will continue working with the Redeemer City to City church planting network, including teaching in its partner program with Reformed Theological Seminary.

Why the culture wars rage on

By Trevin Wax — May 24, 2016
(RNS) Transgender rights are the latest flare-up, pitting those who view freedom as flourishing within the body we’ve received, and those who view freedom as overcoming and redefining the body.

Jesus is never mentioned in Psalms, but best-selling author Tim Keller sees him there

By Jonathan Merritt — November 19, 2015
The New York Times best-selling author finds Jesus in book compiled centuries before Christ's birth. "There are two ways to read the Bible," Keller says. "The one way to read the Bible is that it’s basically about you. ... Or you can read it as all about Jesus."

Bestselling author Tim Keller’s practical prayer advice

By Jonathan Merritt — November 3, 2014
The New York Times bestselling author and influential pastor gets practical on prayer. He calls it "the key to everything we need to do and be in life."

Why Christians shouldn’t celebrate Mark Driscoll’s demise

By Jonathan Merritt — August 24, 2014
Pastor Mark Driscoll's leave of absence is a relief, but hold off on glee.

The troubling trends in America’s ‘Calvinist revival’

By Jonathan Merritt — May 20, 2014
A certain sect of Calvinist Christians are growing in prominence and influence, but certain trends are holding this faithful faction back from becoming a sustainable, mainstream movement.
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