Tim Keller at Harvard Reason for God

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• EX

  @explore.365 · 3 years ago (edited)

  "belief",  combined with philosophy knows no boundaries. He was an wonderful philosopher. Rest in peace Mr Keller.

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• JA

  @janemazzola4454 · 3 years ago

  THANK YOU for making this available.  I would hope for many, many people to take time to view this talk.

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• EX

  @explore.365 · 3 years ago

  😂❤The boundless wonders of Phylosophy! Any thing can be sold as true by the wonders of philosophy 👌🎶🎵☕🌷

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• MC

  @mccaboy · 3 years ago

  I get it. Cool

• BE

  @bealivingmiracle · 3 years ago

  Three Categories of reasons why people do not believe in Christianity and God, per Tim Keller:<br>1. They don&apos;t see how much faith it takes to doubt Christianity and God<br>2. They don&apos;t see the problems they have without Christianity<br>3. &nbsp;They don&apos;t see the beauty they could find in Christianity

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• BR

  @bradleysmoose6582 · 3 years ago

  I pray for Jerry Coyne that he finds the Lord.

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• NE

  @newtonfinn164 · 3 years ago

  To paraphrase William James, your head won&apos;t be able to believe in God unless your heart desires God. The evidence is insufficient without the inclination, yet quite sufficient with it. Thus the only way to change minds is to change hearts, which comes not by logical argument but by living example. How wise was Schweitzer in insisting that his life was his argument....

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• JO

  @jonathanbrownson1709 · 3 years ago

  Thanks for sharing this video...is the google talk also available somewhere

• WI

  @williambissell4792 · 3 years ago

  I would use his argument about the likelihood of dealing 4 aces time after time to describe my position towards the likelihood of there being a god. And if one narrows it down to one specific god, given the ridiculous attributes ascribed to all of them, the likelihood is even lower.

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• TH

  @TheNewYorker360 · 2 years ago

  Good to see a program on the late Tim Keller. <br>I still remember that review on Yelp about Redeemer Presbyterian Church. Nothing I&apos;ve ever heard or read about Redeemer has ever been proven more accurate or cogent. <br>Excerpts edited for brevity and clarity: <br> <br> <br>COMMENT: <br> <br>I have been to Redeemer West side and East side services. I still go from time to time. I used to take part in several of the volunteer opportunities at Redeemer. <br> <br>So why only 3 stars? Because a church is more than just a pastor. <br>Now there is no perfect church. But there are some serious things lacking here: <br> <br>First of all, there is no prayer meeting or focus on corporate prayer for the entire church. The very basic part of the Christian faith that Jesus himself said with his own lips was Matthew 21:13. &quot;It is written,&quot; He said to them, &quot;&apos;My house will be called a house of prayer, but you are making it a den of robbers.&quot; <br>Prayer is just talking to God, it doesn&apos;t require any special talent, skill or training. So the lack of prayer at this church is very alarming to me. <br>And I haven&apos;t heard anyone speak of repentance at Redeemer --- ever. Again, I have listened to hundreds of sermons and been to at least a hundred services both on the West and East sides. <br> <br>The church ministries are called &quot;ministries&quot; but are run like any secular organization. <br>Redeemer Presbyterian is run like a business, a well-oiled corporate machine, and not a church. <br> <br>The other 2 things which are cultural and not spiritual but are off-putting to me are: <br> <br>1. Most of the members and regular visitors to Redeemer are transplants, not New Yorkers, so the church is a large city church but run like a small town church where there are very few native New Yorkers. It seems most of the members are not established in the city and are just passing through. <br>2. The other is that it seems the majority of the congregation is looking for a spouse, and very aggressively. When you walk in, the first thing people do is look at your hand for a ring, and then are bold enough to ask if it is a wedding ring. That experience is not unique to me, but to all of the guests I bring here. In addition, in any volunteer group I have been to, the small talk from both men and women centered around trying to find a spouse. Then the few married people were usually complaining about their marriages. The pastor knows about this, and does see it as a problem &nbsp;because he addresses it in his sermons. But people don&apos;t seem to listen. It is like they are all living in 1950&apos;s rural America. <br> <br>One other major problem I have with the church is that it is mostly white and Asian. I believe the reason is that the congregation ---- and this is not the pastoral team&apos;s fault --- seems to be focused on their careers and making money, and not on God at all. God is there to bless their agendas; this is how they seem to operate. <br> <br>I believe this is true for a few reasons. One, the culture of the church and focus of the congregation seems to be on Whites and Asians who make good money and have high-end careers, rather than on God. A huge basic tenet &nbsp;of the Christian faith is Death to Self. But at Redeemer, when you hear testimonies approved by the pastoral staff, they usually start with the person&apos;s professional credentials. I do not see any Death to Self there, but actually the opposite: It&apos;s &quot;Look at what I can do for God because of my high income and education.&quot; It is not wrong to have a high income or education as a Christian. But the focus (at Redeemer) is wrong. <br> <br>So for these reasons, I think the church is best for those who are not Christians yet but are seekers of God, or those established in the faith already. It is not good in my opinion for the average believer looking for a home church. The church in my opinion is more intellectual than spiritual.

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  @johnwentworth8909 · 3 years ago

  Christ died for us, He took our sin upon Himself. He is fully God and fully man. We can’t save ourself, only God himself can pay the price. Christ died for us, all other posers ask you to die for them. It is called the Great Exchange.

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• OL

  @oliverjamito9902 · 3 years ago (edited)

  Students and Heirs will say Observers. As a Child will say, longing for SINCERE conversations. Given with our lives? Innocents little ones will know? Ye WILL KNOW? FROM HERE. FROM THEE...STUDENTS WILL SAY UNTO ALL WHO HAVE AN EAR LET THEM HEAR. There will be no Ear to hear. WITHOUT THESE 2? SUSTAINED! GIVEN TO GLORIFY MADE INDEED CREATION. HEIRS WHAT IS COMMANDED CONCERNING MY BEAUTIFUL? TO WASHED THY BEAUTIFUL FEET AND WIPING TEARS FROM THEIR EYES. WHY? WORTH MORE THAN ANYTHING NOR EVERYTHING THAT EXIST! THY BEAUTIFUL WILL SAY &quot;INDEED&quot;! Why? Likewise unto all my Beautiful. What is the commands? To will not cast false judgments nor to CRY WOLF! UNTO THY HEIRS! WHY? MY BEAUTIFUL KNOWS? Mothers washing thy feet and wiping thy tears from your eyes all the HEIRS as a Child upon all dry grounds HOLDING. WHO TOOK CARE OF THE CHILD YE ARE HOLDING. WHAT IS A CHILD? WHEN A CHILD EVEN FATHER AND MOTHER. WHAT IS OLD MINDS?