Timothy Keller - Encounters with Jesus

ALSO BY THE AUTHOR

The Reason for God

The Prodigal God

Counterfeit Gods

Generous Justice

Jesus the King

The Meaning of Marriage

Center Church

Every Good Endeavor

Walking with God through Pain and Suffering

Prayer

Preaching

The Songs of Jesus

Making Sense of God

Hidden Christmas

Gods Wisdom for Navigating Life

PRAISE FOR TIMOTHY KELLER AND HIS BOOKS

Encounters with Jesus

Keller has mined the gold from these texts of Scripture, and any Christian is bound to have their minds expanded and hearts stirred, even if they have read these accounts countless times.

Graceforsinners.com

Kellers work belongs on the bookshelf of every serious Bible student. It is not a quick read, but, instead should be savored like fine wine, one sip at a time to glean the full impact of his life-changing message.

Examiner.com

Every Good Endeavor

Theologically rich and philosophically informed, yet accessible and filled with practical wisdom. Drawing on decades of study and ministry, Every Good Endeavor may soon become one of the most important contemporary books on faith and work.

Comment Magazine

Another masterpiece... Well-reasoned [and] comprehensive... Every Good Endeavor deftly explains how we can relish and enjoy our work while honoring God and serving others, all the while avoiding the extremes of negativity on the one hand and idolatry on the other.

The Gospel Coalition

The Meaning of Marriage

A brilliant new book that explains why marriage is in such dire straits, and how to rescue it.

Breakpoint

Unlike any other book on this subject I have read... Read this book, and youll gain a greater appreciation for the gospel of Jesus Christ, which is both the source of our ability to love in marriage but also our model for the self-sacrifice necessary to sustain any union.

The Gospel Coalition

Jesus the King

Captivating reading from a Christian perspective.

Kirkus Reviews

Keller engages the reader with astute pastoral application, littered with excellent sermon illustrations.... [ Jesus the King ] finds Keller in familiar territory: producing another great book, leaving readers from atheist to Christian grappling with the nature and implications of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

DesiringGod.org

This is the book where Tim Keller hits his stride as an author... Keller directs readers gazes toward the cross and will not allow them to look away.

The Gospel Coalition

Generous Justice

Keller shows us how a... spiritone of generosity coupled with justicecan thoroughly alter not only a person but, ultimately, society as a whole.... Many gems are to be mined from Generous Justice .

The Washington Times

The best book Ive ever read about putting Christian faith into action.

Beliefnet.com

This is the most biblically informed and intellectually careful (read the footnotes!) social justice book I know of. Justice skeptics and justice proponents alike will learn from Generous Justice .

TheGospelCoalition.org

A great book... Tim Keller cuts through the highly charged rhetoric and presents a clear, biblical call for the church to do justice.

EFCAToday.org

Counterfeit Gods

Offers much insight for shepherding local churches.

Christianity Today

Counterfeit Gods is easily one of the best books Ive read this year.

Tim Challies

Smashes the arrogant conclusion that violation of the first commandment was merely an ancient problem. Combining biblical theology with experienced surgery on the soul over the years in modern Manhattan... Kellers heart diagnostics will leave us neither ignorant nor unmoved.

David B. Garner, Associate Professor of Systematic Theology, Westminster Theological Seminary

Kellers wisdom and biblical understanding, served up in clear, engaging writing, can help both Christians and non-Christians to identify the idols in our own hearts and replace empty promises with hope in Christ.

World magazine

The Prodigal God

Keller seizes a great truth and comes at it from an angle and with language that helps us see it in new ways.

John Piper, Pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church

It is not much of an overstatement to say I read that and God wrecked me afresh.

Bill Hybels, Pastor of Willow Creek Community Church

The Reason for God

Fifty years from now, if evangelical Christians are widely known for their love of cities, their commitment to mercy and justice, and their love of their neighbors, Tim Keller will be remembered as a pioneer of the new urban Christians.

Christianity Today

Keller mines material from literary classics, philosophy, anthropology, and a multitude of other disciplines to make an intellectually compelling case for God.... The Reason for God should serve both as a testimony of the authors encyclopedic learning and as a compelling overview of the current debate on faith for those who doubt and for those who want to reevaluate what they believe and why.

Publishers Weekly

FURTHER PRAISE FOR TIMOTHY KELLER

Tim Kellers ministry in New York City is leading a generation of seekers and skeptics toward belief in God. I thank God for him.

Billy Graham

Unlike most suburban megachurches, much of Redeemer is remarkably traditional. What is not traditional is Dr. Kellers skill in speaking the language of his urbane audience.... it is easy to understand his appeal.

The New York Times

Reverend Tim Keller [is] a Manhattan institution, one of those open urban secrets, like your favorite dim sum place, with a following so ardent and so fast-growing that he has never thought to advertise.

Newsweek

The most successful Christian Evangelist in [New York City]... With intellectual, brimstone-free sermons that manage to cite Woody Allen alongside Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, Keller draws some five thousand young followers every Sunday. Church leaders see him as a model of how to evangelize urban centers across the country, and Keller has helped plant fifty gospel-based Christian churches around New York plus another fifty from San Francisco to London.

New York

Using literature, philosophy, and pop culture, the author gives convincing reasons for a strong belief in God. It is refreshing to read a book that presents a religious view without being overly critical of the secular side presented in other books.

Library Journal

Its a provocative premise, in pursuit of which Kellerknown for drawing cosmopolitan urbanites to his Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattantakes on nonbelievers from evolutionary biologists to the recent rash of atheist authors.

The Boston Globe

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