Timothy Keller, Updated and Expanded Edition: His Spiritual and Intellectual Formation

About the Book

The untold story of the people, the books, the lectures, and ultimately the God who formed and shaped the life of the late Timothy Keller--now updated and expanded.

Millions have read books and listened to sermons by Timothy Keller. But who impacted his own thinking, and what shaped his spiritual growth and ministry priorities? With access to Keller's personal notes and sermons--as well as interviews with family members and longtime friends--Collin Hansen takes readers behind the scenes of one of the 21st century's most influential church leaders.

For the first time, Hansen introduces readers to Keller's early years: the home where he learned to tell stories from the trees, the church where he learned to care for souls, and the city that lifted him to the international fame he never wanted.

This unique biography will allow you to:

Understand the principles and practices that allowed Keller to synthesize so many different influences in a coherent ministry.Take the best of Keller's preaching and teaching to meet emerging challenges in the 21st century.Develop your own historical, theological, and cultural perspectives to shape your leadership.

The story of Timothy Keller is the story of his spiritual and intellectual influences, from the woman who taught him how to read the Bible to the professor who taught him to preach Jesus from every text to the philosopher who taught him to see beneath society's surface.

Bonus audio includes:

Tim Keller's sermon "Truth, Tears, Anger, and Grace," delivered by Keller following the 9/11 terrorist attacks on September 16, 2001The first message Keller delivered for a public conference of The Gospel Coalition in 2007: "Gospel-Centered Ministry"The famous sermon "The Girl Nobody Wanted," Keller's famous sermon about Jacob's marriages to Rachel and Leah"The Lord and the Word," an influential 1973 lecture delivered by Edmund Clowney, Keller's only personal mentorThe inspiring address delivered by Elisabeth Elliot, "The Glory of God's Will," at the 1976 Urbana missions conference attended by Tim and Kathy Keller

Photographs can be found in the audiobook companion PDF download.

About the Author :
Collin Hansen serves as vice president for content and editor in chief of The Gospel Coalition, as well as executive director of The Keller Center for Cultural Apologetics. He hosts the Gospelbound podcast and has written and contributed to many books, including Where Is God in a World with So Much Evil? and Rediscover Church. He has published with the New York Times and the Washington Post and offered commentary for many broadcast outlets. He edited The Gospel After Christendom and The New City Catechism Devotional, among other books. He is an adjunct professor at Beeson Divinity School. Collin Hansen serves as vice president for content and editor in chief of The Gospel Coalition, as well as executive director of The Keller Center for Cultural Apologetics. He hosts the Gospelbound podcast and has written and contributed to many books, including Where Is God in a World with So Much Evil? and Rediscover Church. He has published with the New York Times and the Washington Post and offered commentary for many broadcast outlets. He edited The Gospel After Christendom and The New City Catechism Devotional, among other books. He is an adjunct professor at Beeson Divinity School. Timothy Keller was born and raised in Pennsylvania and educated at Bucknell University, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and Westminster Theological Seminary. His first pastorate was in Hopewell, Virginia. In 1989 he started Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City with his wife, Kathy, and their three sons. Today, Redeemer has nearly six thousand regular Sunday attendees and has helped to start more than three hundred new churches around the world. He is the author of God's Wisdom for Navigating Life, Hidden Christmas, The Songs of Jesus, and The Meaning of Marriage, among others, including the perennial bestsellers The Reason for God and The Prodigal God. Dylan Thomas was born in Swansea, Wales on 27 October 1914. In 1934 his first book of poetry, Eighteen Poems appeared, followed by Twenty-five Poems in 1936, Deaths and Entrances in 1946 and in 1952 his final volume, Collected Poems. He also published many short stories, wrote filmscripts, broadcast stories and talks, did a series of lecture tours in the United States and wrote Under Milkwood, the radio play.During his fourth lecture tour of the United States in 1953, a few days after his 39th birthday, he collapsed in his New York hotel and died on November 9th at St. Vincent's Hospital. His body was sent back to Laugharne, Wales, where his grave is marked by a simple wooden cross.In June 1994, his wife, Caitlin Thomas, died in Italy, where she had spent most of the years of her life after the death of Dylan Thomas. Her body is buried next to his.