Tag Archives: Keller

Revelation 17: The Beast Consumes the Whore, where the relational polarity of the age of decay always leads

Posted on December 14, 2009 by PaulVK

I’ve been working through the book of Revelation for quite a while now in our Adult Sunday School class. This week we talked about the vision in Revelation 17 of the whore of Babylon and her relationship with the beast. … Continue reading →

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Do you (like me) presume your god to be less complex than the people you can't get along with?

Posted on December 1, 2009 by PaulVK

Today I listened to one of Tim Keller’s older sermons from the free group recently released on God our Father. Early in the sermon he critiques us as reducing God to a cartoon character, a one dimensional being. He makes … Continue reading →

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Redeemer tries to remod itself into Classic Central Park

Posted on November 17, 2009 by PaulVK

Tomorrow my cluster gets together to discuss another video from Redeemer’s Renew website. This one is the campaign overview. In the first part of the video Keller talks about “movement dynamics”. This of course reminds me of when Kevin Adams … Continue reading →

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Why "balance" isn't the right word in measuring preaching on justification and sanctification

Posted on October 26, 2009 by PaulVK

This is a repost from Jan 2007. I think it might be something I wrote for CRC-Voices. This phrase of yours caught my attention: All good preaching and leading will have the blessed balance of both content and process because … Continue reading →

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Tim Keller's use of identity in his theology

Posted on October 26, 2009 by PaulVK

I originally posted this in Oct of 2006 A key theme that Keller works again and again has to do with the concept of identity. All preachers use what I call pathways. These are ways to easily get from here … Continue reading →

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The Tim Keller Sermon Collection

Posted on October 23, 2009 by PaulVK

I’m very grateful that Redeemer has decided to put a whole bunch of new sermons outside their pay wall. The value isn’t just there in terms of putting a bunch of great sermons into the public sphere for people to … Continue reading →

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Keller specs out transition from church to movement

Posted on October 19, 2009 by PaulVK

Redeemer Presbyterian (PCA) is doing another vision renewal campaign. The sermons are available for free (they’re usually $2.50 a download) on the website and there is a very interesting and important video basically for Keller’s vision and plan really for … Continue reading →

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The Spiritual Growth Plan Nobody Wants

Posted on October 3, 2009 by PaulVK

In John Ortberg’s book “The Life You’ve Always Wanted” he tells the story of Mabel. It’s a story I return to mentally and in print from time to time because it’s so powerful. To me the story communicates two seemingly … Continue reading →

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On lying vs. being wrong

Posted on September 10, 2009 by PaulVK

Words matter and the current lack of restraint (by both sides of our political binary system) of the word “lie” troubles me. To be wrong, in error, or deceived is to not speak the truth. To lie is to intentionally … Continue reading →

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Notes from Tim Keller’s "The Gospel and Your Self"

Posted on August 6, 2009 by PaulVK

“The Gospel and Your Self” The Vision of Redeemer Series by Tim Keller, from Isaiah 6 1.    If we’re going to be a community that cares that much about the city we’re going to have to get a new relationship … Continue reading →

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