Tim Keller is 100 gifts to the Church. Maybe one of the most important is his ability to talk to non-Christians & intellectuals. Here's his hour long talk to the employees at Google on The Meaning of Marriage. How many Christians could talk to this crowd in such a reasonable and inviting way on an issue of decreasing weight in our culture? Wonderful. (HT:JT)
"Maybe one of the most important is his ability to talk to non-Christians & intellectuals."
Can easily be restated as "his ability to talk like a normal person."
Sadly, many pastors don't know how to do this, often in an attempt to be authoritative. Keller understands that the authority he bears resides outside of himself, in Christ, so he is set free to just speak normally and not put on airs. Thanks for the heads up on this video.
Posted by: MatthewsmithUS | 12/05/2011 at 03:10 PM
Haha! Yes, I should have said that, Matthew. It's too bad many pastors can't do this even in their local communities.
Posted by: Steve McCoy | 12/05/2011 at 03:51 PM
but many can!
Why do we always lump pastors into a huge lump or irredeemable fools?
Posted by: chris | 12/07/2011 at 01:08 PM