TGC Announces The ‘Keller Center for Cultural Apologetics’
Tim Keller, the founder of The Gospel Coalition and cultural Marxist extraordinaire, has a long history of saying awful, terrible things. There was the time his church called for more same-sex intimacy in churches, said that if you have white skin, the bible says you’re involved in injustice, trashed the Social Justice and the Gospel Statement, endorsed the notion of a “gay Christian,” affirmed Christians have “liberty of conscience” to vote for pro-abortion Democrats, praised a pro-abortion Roman Catholic as a believer who has shown the world a “brilliant example of how to be a Christian in the public square” and who has been a ‘witness’ for his faith in a “form the culture can handle,” and said that negotiating car prices was a form of racism and systemic evil.
This was enough for the TGC, who announced the creation of a major new initiative: The Keller Center for Cultural Apologetics. They explain:
Tim Keller’s example of connecting the gospel to all of life—from relationships and vocation to philosophy and culture—has inspired much of what we do as a ministry. Now, through The Keller Center we’ll build on his example by supporting a new generation of bold evangelists and effective apologists who will communicate the unchanging gospel for a changing world.
They say they’ll accomplish this task in three ways:
Closing the Door “The Keller Center wants to close that back door by giving you gracious answers and innovative strategies to help friends and family find God in the church. Already we have commissioned and begun to assess the largest-ever survey of people who have left the church. We plan to share this data through our website, books, and podcasts as we consult experts who can help church leaders respond wisely.”
Opening the Door. “Many of our secular neighbors can’t seem to comprehend the gospel, let alone admit they need it….The Keller Center shares best practices through cohorts, essays, books, conferences, courses, podcasts, lectures, and more. (on how to do this) “
Sending Out the Equipped. “The Keller Center’s resources equip Christians with answers developed in collaboration between leaders in the academy, marketplace, and church. We have begun to develop creative and accessible apologetics content on various platforms where many young people first encounter arguments against Scripture and faith.”
In short, it’s a bunch of resources from Keller, as well as resources from the usual contributors at TGC, to do more of the same as they’ve always done.
Given the faithlessness and repeated instances of troubling theology that TGC has given us, we consider any expansion to be a net negative for Christianity as a whole.
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Keller has become the Biden of apologetics (and that’s not good).
Gospel marketing 101. WWJD wristbands. No Holy Spirit. Fallen away!
Baloney!
“Same Sex Attractiveness” is code for, I blame God for the way I am. Anyone who uses that term has sold out to the apostasy that follows worldly culture and opposes the Bible.
The fox guarding the hen house…..? A compromised, compromising, Marxist-friendly, Woke-compliant, world-approved, false teacher training people regarding apologetics…..?
The Trump Center for Humility
The Biden Center against Corruption
“The Keller Center shares best practices through cohorts, essays, books, conferences, courses, podcasts, lectures, and more”.
No thanks. Call me old fashioned and outdated if you like, but I only share the Gospel directly from the scriptures. That way it will always be ‘what God says’ rather than what I say.
“The Keller Center’s resources equip Christians with answers developed in collaboration between leaders in the academy, marketplace, and church. We have begun to develop creative and accessible apologetics content on various platforms where many young people first encounter arguments against Scripture and faith.”
Again – NO – (see paragraph 2).
As a Keller fan, I stand proudly with LGBTQ+++ and even satanists and against Christian nationalists (aka Nazis)
Tim Keller’s great talent is that of a wordsmith who can come up with catching sayings.
It’s too bad that he uses his ability to confuse people about the Bible rather than making it more clear.