I found this about Tim Keller written by a Lutheran....
Although he was wrong on SO many things (Reformed, Bio-Logos supporter, etc.), few pastors have made the kind of effort to engage our culture and offer a reason for the hope that is within us as Timothy Keller.
As one of the news accounts of his death put it: "Unlike the leaders of many evangelical megachurches, he did not employ Jumbotrons or pop - contemporary music in his services. He adhered to traditional liturgy and music while peppering his sermons with references to Saint Augustine and ancient Greek.
His erudition proved especially attractive to young urban professionals — New York’s investment bankers, lawyers, tech wizards and aspiring actors — and the congregation drew wide attention as it swelled to include 5,000 weekly worshipers."
A member of the confessional PCA (about 470,000), Keller preached, taught, and witnessed to his faith to anyone anywhere. Author of nearly three dozen books (several of them NY Times Bestsellers), he was often likened to a contemporary C.S. Lewis.
As a confessional Lutheran, I could poke lots of holes in his theology and disagree with any number of his positions. But, at the time of his death, I choose to thank the Lord for the many gifts Keller had and used for the cause of Jesus Christ.
[For those not conversant with the "tribes" among American evangelicals, "confessionally Reformed" ("reformational") groups are few and rather small. The two largest ones are the PCA (the denomination of R.C. Sproul and Tim Keller) and the OPC (30,000, including Carl Trueman). "Confessional Reformed" people also number Michael Horton of "White Horse Inn" fame (URC - 25,000).]
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