Timothy J. Keller

"The Bible's purpose is not so much to show you how to live a good life. The Bible's purpose is to show you how God’s grace breaks into your life against your will and saves you from the sin and brokenness otherwise you would never be able to overcome... religion is 'if you obey, then you will be accepted'. But the Gospel is, 'if you are absolutely accepted, and sure you’re accepted, only then will you ever begin to obey'. Those are two utterly different things. Every page of the Bible shows the difference."

THEOLOGY: Confessional Presbyterian, Covenantal, 5 point Calvinist, Paedo-baptist, Optimistic Amillennialist, Presuppositional apologetics

Biographical Sketch

Tim Keller's Redeemer Presbyterian (PCA) is "one of Manhattan's most vital congregations," according to Christianity Today [12/04], started a Church Planting Center in 2001, and its phone has not stopped ringing since. He is committed to the church planting movement and 'entering the culture's stories and retelling them with the gospel'." Redeemer's vision is to spread the gospel, first through ourselves and then through the city by word, deed, and community; To bring about personal changes, social healing, and cultural renewal through a movement of churches and ministries that change New York City and through it, the world. Keller promotes a robust Reformed Christianity that has a vision that encompasses not only doctrinal statements, but also our piety, evangelistic outreach, and missions of mercy. Outreach Magazine recently listed the top church planting churches in America with Tim Keller's Redeemer listed as #1 having planted over 100 churches. Click here to sample some of his sermons in MP3 format

Timothy Keller was born and raised in Pennsylvania, and educated at Bucknell University, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and Westminster Theological Seminary. However, he learned the most from his nine years as a pastor of West Hopewell Presbyterian Church in the small blue-collar town of Hopewell, Virginia. The congregation there loved him, suffered through his earliest days as a pastor, and taught an intellectual northerner to be clear.

His second church was Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan, which he started in 1989 with his wife, Kathy, and three young sons.

The Influentials Issue of New York Magazine featured Dr. Keller as “the most successful Christian evangelist in the city by recognizing that young professionals and artists are ‘disproportionately influential’ in creating the country’s culture and that you have to meet this coveted demographic on its own terms.”

Books

Making Sense of God: An Invitation to the Skeptical
The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism
The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith
The Meaning of Marriage
The Songs of Jesus
Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God
Hidden Christmas: The Surprising Truth Behind the Birth of Christ
Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God's Work
Walking with God through Pain and Suffering
The Freedom of Self Forgetfulness: The Path to True Christian Joy
Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power, and the Only Hope that Matters
Ministries of Mercy, Third Edition: The Call of the Jericho Road
Worship by the Book (Contributor) Zondervan (September 1, 2002)
The Reason for God: Conversations on Faith and Life (DVD)
Generous Justice: How God's Grace Makes Us Just
Gospel in Life: Grace Changes Everything (DVD)
King's Cross: The Story of the World in the Life of Jesus
Galatians for You: For Reading, for Feeding, for Leading
Romans 1-7 For You
Romans 8-16 For You
Judges For You: For Reading, For Feeding, For Leading

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Free eBook

A Vision for a Gospel Centered Life (eBook)

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MP3 Resources by Series

DISCOVERY

CAN I BELIEVE?

WHAT IS THE GOSPEL?

WHO IS GOD?

GROWTH

NEW COMMUNITY

EXPERIENCING GOD

EXPERIENCING CHANGE

MISSION

MOVEMENT

RENEWAL

SERVICE

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Interviews 

Monergism Interview with Dr. Tim Keller
Am I a Christian, Pastor Timothy Keller? by Nicholas Kristof
Tim Keller Reasons with America Interview by Susan Wunderink
Life, Ministry, and Books with Tim Keller - Mark Dever
Tim Keller Makes Sense of God for Skeptics, Argues Secularism Is Declining (Interview)
Five Questions For Tim Keller About Expository Preaching Answered
How Timothy Keller Spreads the Gospel in New York City, and Beyond (the Atlantic)
An Interview with Timothy Keller by Anthony Sacramone
The Smart Shepherd By Lisa Miller | NEWSWEEK

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Sermon Manuscripts & Essays

Gospel-Centered Ministry (.pdf)
The Importance of Hell
The Advent of Humility: Jesus is the reason to stop concentrating on ourselves
The Gospel and the Poor
The Acid Test of Being a Christian
The Power of The Gospel - Romans 1:1-7, 14-17
Christ, Our Life - Colossians 3:1-14
Jesus our Defense
Talking About Idolatry in a Postmodern Age
Preaching in a Postmodern City
The Gospel Key to Change
Pastor's Self-Evaluation Questionnaire with David Powlison
A Biblical Theology of the City
Buildings for Community (.pdf)
The Idol Factory
How To Find Your Rival Gods
The Gospel in the 21st Century
All of Life is Repentance
The Gospel in All its Forms: Like God, the gospel is both one and more than that.
A New Kind of Urban Christian As the city goes, so goes the culture.
Moralism Vs, Christ-Centered Exposition
A Biblical Theology of the City
The Centrality of the Gospel
Prayer and the Gospel
Pluralism as a Religious Philosophy
Deconstructing Defeater Beliefs
Evangelism Through Networking
Evangelistic Worship
Gnostics & Jesus
How Can I know God?
Ministry in the New Global Culture of Major City-Centers
The Missional Church
Post-Everythings
Preaching Hell in a Tolerant Age
Preaching Morality in an Amoral Age
Questions on Everyone's Mind
Religionless Spirituality
What Does it Mean to Know God?
Why Plant Churches?
Worship Worthy of the Name 
Preaching Amid Pluralism
Active Contextualization
The Gospel and Your Self
New City Catechism (2012)
A 20 Day Study in Stewardship
What is Common Grace?
Ministry Can Be Dangerous to Your Spiritual Health
Kingdom-Centered Prayer
Hope for the City - Acts 8:1-8
Why God Made Cities
Spiritual Friendship
Vocation: Discerning Your Calling
Hope for Your Work
Changing the World through the Lord's Supper
Preaching in a Secular Culture
Life in the Upside-Down Kingdom
The Issue of “Holy War”
Embracing the Outsider
Tim Keller's Guide to Vibrant Blogging
Old Testament Law and The Charge of Inconsistency
3 Objections to the Doctrine of Election

Religion and the Gospel (chart)

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Important Multimedia Messages

Preaching Christ in a Postmodern World - RTS class with Ed Clowney (35 MP3 Lectures)
Tim
Keller Speaks at Google (YouTube)
Belief in an Age of Skepticism? (YouTube)
Reason for God discussion at Berkeley (YouTube)
Roundtable with WTS Faculty
The Gospel, Moralism, and Irreligion (MOV)
Tim Keller on The Reason for God at UPenn (Video)
The Supremacy of Christ and the Gospel in a Postmodern World (MP3)

Other MP3 resources by Tim Keller on various subjects of interest

The Furious Love of Jesus - John 11:32-44 (MP3)
The Grand Demythologizer: The Gospel and Idolatry (MP3)
Two Men with Money - 2 Kings 5:13-19; Luke 19:5-10 (MP3)
Dwelling in the Gospel (MP3)
The Gospel And the World (MP3)
Does God forgive sins you continue to repeat? (MP3)
Christ, Our Life - Colossians 3:1-14 (MP3)
Jesus as Redeemer, Not Nerely a Teacher (MP3)
Is there a Biblical commandment against pre-marital sex? (MP3)
Why Doesn't Life Make Sense; His Justice (MP3)
Abraham and the Torch - Genesis 15:1-21 (MP3)
The New Birth - John 3:1-15 (MP3)
Heaven - Revelation 21:21-22:5 (MP3)
The Story of The Lamb - Exodus 12:1-13 (MP3)
The Wounded Spirit - Proverbs 12:25 (MP3)
Pride: The Case of Nebuchadnezzar - Daniel 4:24-37 (MP3)
Pragmatism, Progressivism and Moralism (MP3)
Sharing the Gospel Today (MP3)
The Pharisee & the Tax Collector (MP3)
Marriage in Gospel Focus (MP3)
Life and Prosperity, Death and Destruction - Deuteronomy 30 (MP3)

Redeemer's Vision Campaign: A Season of Covenant Renewal

Series: What is the Gospel? And How Does it Shape our Lives?
(Sermons in MP3, Vision papers and Study Guides in .pdf)

The Prodigal Sons by Tim Keller Luke 15:1-2,11-32 MP3
The uniqueness of the gospel. The gospel is not the same thing as religion or morality. On the other hand, it is not the same thing as irreligion or vague ‘spirituality.’ It is the grace of God breaking into the world through Jesus Christ. Download Study Guide

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