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'A C.S. Lewis for the 21st century' -- Newsweek 20080209 'Tim Keller's ministry in New York City is leading a generation of seekers and skeptics toward belief in God. I thank God for him.' -- Billy Graham 20080209 'This is the book I give to all my friends who are serious spiritual seekers or skeptics.' -- Rick Warren, author of The Purpose Driven Life, on THE REASON FOR GOD 20080209
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Author of the New York Times bestseller The Reason for God and nationally renowned pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church Timothy Keller with his most provocative and illuminating message yet.
It is commonly thought in secular society that the Bible is one of the greatest hindrances to doing justice. Isn't it full of regressive views? Didn't it condone slavery? Why look to the Bible for guidance on how to have a more just society? But Timothy Keller sees it another way. In Generous Justice, Keller explores a life of justice empowered by an experience of grace: a generous, gracious justice. Here is a book for believers who find the Bible a trustworthy guide as well as those who suspect that Christianity is a regressive influence in the world.
Keller's church, founded in the eighties with fewer than one hundred congregants, is now exponentially larger. More than five thousand people regularly attend Sunday services, and another twenty-five thousand download Keller's sermons each week. A recent profile in New York magazine described his typical sermon as "a mix of biblical scholarship, pop culture, and whatever might have caught his eye in The New York Review of Books or on Salon.com that week." In short, Timothy Keller speaks a language that many thousands of people yearn to comprehend. In Generous Justice, he offers them a new understanding of modern justice and human rights.
It is commonly thought in secular society that the Bible is one of the greatest hindrances to doing justice. Isn't it full of regressive views? Didn't it condone slavery? Why look to the Bible for guidance on how to have a more just society? But Timothy Keller sees it another way. In Generous Justice, Keller explores a life of justice empowered by an experience of grace: a generous, gracious justice. Here is a book for believers who find the Bible a trustworthy guide as well as those who suspect that Christianity is a regressive influence in the world.
Keller's church, founded in the eighties with fewer than one hundred congregants, is now exponentially larger. More than five thousand people regularly attend Sunday services, and another twenty-five thousand download Keller's sermons each week. A recent profile in New York magazine described his typical sermon as "a mix of biblical scholarship, pop culture, and whatever might have caught his eye in The New York Review of Books or on Salon.com that week." In short, Timothy Keller speaks a language that many thousands of people yearn to comprehend. In Generous Justice, he offers them a new understanding of modern justice and human rights.
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Bible-Based Look at What Christ Calls His Followers to Do,
By Donald Mitchell "Jesus Loves You!" (Thanks for Providing My Reviews over 112,000 Helpful Votes Globally) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER) (#1 HALL OF FAME)
This review is from: Generous Justice: How God's Grace Makes Us Just (Hardcover)
"Defend the poor and fatherless;Do justice to the afflicted and needy." -- Psalm 83:3 (NKJV) If you would like to come to a better understanding of what Christians should be doing for our neighbors, it's hard for me to imagine a better resource than Generous Justice. Generous Justice is one of those helpful Christian books that starts with the Bible in advocating a position about what the Lord's followers should do. Rather than trying to "construct" an argument in favor of a pre-existing position, Pastor Keller seeks what the Bible tells us and strives to make that wonderful Word more accessible to those who haven't done much to apply It to social justice issues. But this is a faith-based book, as well as a Bible-based one, that's well furnished with descriptions about how fully receiving and appreciating God's grace as redeemed repentant believers opens hearts to serving those who need help with loving hands and arms. The book begins by explaining the Old Testament concept of Earthly justice ("mishpat"), combining both punishment and care . . . as called for in providing what was due to a person. Next, "being just" or "being righteous" is considered in terms of "right relationships" through the word "tzadeqah," which is viewed as conducting all day-to-day relationships with fairness, generosity, and equity. If tzadeqah were universal, mishpat would not be needed to remedy failings in human relations. Job is upheld as an Old Testament example of both concepts. The book points out the many examples in the Old Testament of the rich needing to be restrained from oppressing the poor as well as the ways that misbehavior can lead to poverty. Needy peoples' circumstances are often complicated. They often need education, encouragement, a helping hand, and some money. The part of the book that most convicted me to rethink how to be of help was a story about the difficulties met in helping a church's poor neighbor. Given funds to pay her bills, the neighbor decided to spend the money on fun for the family. Both the "helpers" and the "helped" had a lot to learn before the neighbor was truly helped. The book's most compelling passages come in simply describing what Jesus did and how the disciples were directed to act, both from Jesus and from their own spirits.
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Being Christian when it is marginal to be so.,
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There was a time in history when the world was not Christian, didn't really know what this Jewish sect was about, except that its teachings were about belief in a supreme God, grace in the face of brokenness and sin, and life transformation, accomplished at the cross in Jesus Christ. It was a silly set of beliefs and somehow, in a very unexpected way, these beliefs became the norm in important parts of eastern and western Europe, Northern Africa and parts of Asia, and eventually the Americas. These parts of the world, especially Europe and North America are now rejecting these beliefs in a meaningful way. After having adopted grace and forgiveness as important aspects of living in society, we have essentially rejected them as ways of being in communion with/in God. God? God who?A generation ago, the BBC asked CS Lewis to give a series of talks on the radio that had to do with the general question: Given that we are becoming a post-christian society, please explain what is christianity so that we may know more of what we are rejecting. Now, in Generous Justice, Tim Keller addresses the question of how, as Christians, we carry a heritage that may help us know how to live in and actively engage the culture which creates the contexts for Christian churches and christians in a context that actively rejects the beliefs of Christians, but not necessarily the values that are generated by Christian doctrine. In the west, we are in the post-christian society announced by so many over the last 100 years, including CS Lewis. How do we go about living in the West, when the foundations of our beliefs are marginalized? The book traces the history of Christians as regenerated people, who by gratefulness and transformation are inclined to serve in a broken world, to serve in spite of cost and to be outspoken in the face of injustice. There is a nice balance here, between acknowledging the brokenness of the world, yet its beauty, the sinfulness of man, yet his creation as an image bearer, the corruption of people on a social and individual level, yet the search for redeeming justice. In a very strong sense, one comes away with the desire for a justice that is stronger than anything the world even imagined, a desire that can only come from an encounter with grace and redemption. The final sentence is a summary of what it is to be Christian, to believe what no one believes and to walk along a path that will be costly, but that comes from and leads to Truth. Keller provides much breadth and balance in this discussion, and, in a very readable style, treads where many Christians dare not go, afraid of crossing obscure doctrinal boundaries. The freedom and the joy he evidently manifests in this work, in exploring Christian doctrine and non-christian ideas, are part of what makes this work important to read. A definite 5 star. With the hope for a sequel.
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Another great resource from Keller. This book fuses the doctrine of the atonement and the practice of justice. I don't know any other writer who can write in such a compact, yet meaningful way. If you are a pastor or ministry leader, whose church is treading in the shallow end of mercy and justice ministry, buy this book - it will help a lot.
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