Post date: May 27, 2009 3:55:16 PM
"In the current (June) issue of Christianity Today, I have two articles detailing the current debate over the doctrine of justification between John Piper and N.T. Wright. ... encourage you to pick up a print copy of Christianity Today’s June edition in order to take a look at the two articles. (The cover story is on Tim Keller’s ministry in Manhattan – and that alone is worth the price of the magazine.) [via trevinwax 6/1/09]
How Tim Keller Found Manhattan: The pastor of Redeemer Church is becoming an international figure because he's a local one.
by Tim Stafford
When Tim Keller came to Manhattan in 1989, New York City had a well-deserved reputation as a snarling, scary place. Violent crime, drug dealing, and other urban pathologies had weakened or chased off many of the faithful. While a barely perceptible renewal was under way, it seemed as if the few remaining orthodox Protestants were huddled together in historic buildings. All of Keller's formal pastoral experience had happened in a small, blue-collar town in Virginia.
Yet today, almost 20 years later, he steps onstage before a packed auditorium at Hunter College on Manhattan's Upper East Side. His church, Redeemer Presbyterian, has five crowded Sunday services in three rented locations... <more>