On this episode of the podcast, I interview journalist and author Collin Hansen about his new book titled Tim Keller: His Spiritual and Intellectual Formation. The conversation explores a prominent model of evangelism and cultural engagement by a Reformed pastor in contemporary times. Among the topics we discuss:
- The process of writing a different sort of biography of Tim Keller, focused on the people who influenced him
- Notable influences on Keller's ministry, with familiar and unfamiliar names (Kathy Keller, Jonathan Edwards, C.S. Lewis, R.C. Sproul, Elizabeth Elliot, Ed Clowney, Jack Miller, Barbara Boyd)
- What to make of the (recent) online backlash against Keller
- An updated assessment of the "young, restless, and reformed" movement from the person who helped coin the term
- The relationship of "Reformed" and "evangelical" and how they could be a source of renewal for each other
- How the work of journalism might be redeemed as a way of telling stories about the way that God is at work in the world.
Get the book: https://www.zondervan.com/9780310128700/timothy-keller/
