http://www.wccc.net/blogs/gospelprism/2006/09/30/plenary-3-tim-keller/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:28:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.wccc.net/blogs/gospelprism/2006/09/30/plenary-3-tim-keller/#comment-649 admin Wed, 04 Oct 2006 15:38:26 +0000 http://www.samshua.com/blog/2006/09/30/plenary-3-tim-keller/#comment-649 Thanks Pastor Tim for chiming in. After you left the conference, that question came up and John Piper, I believe, did a great job of expressing your very sentiments. Thanks Pastor Tim for chiming in. After you left the conference, that question came up and John Piper, I believe, did a great job of expressing your very sentiments.

]]> http://www.wccc.net/blogs/gospelprism/2006/09/30/plenary-3-tim-keller/#comment-648 Tim Keller Wed, 04 Oct 2006 13:38:57 +0000 http://www.samshua.com/blog/2006/09/30/plenary-3-tim-keller/#comment-648 I said (and I always say) that we certainly need churches and Christians everywhere there are people--but the default mode of evangelicals is to go to live in the suburban and rural places (statistics prove this.) Unless you regularly emphasize Christians living in and staying in the city, very few will ever go there. I said (and I always say) that we certainly need churches and Christians everywhere there are people–but the default mode of evangelicals is to go to live in the suburban and rural places (statistics prove this.) Unless you regularly emphasize Christians living in and staying in the city, very few will ever go there.

]]> http://www.wccc.net/blogs/gospelprism/2006/09/30/plenary-3-tim-keller/#comment-642 TimK Tue, 03 Oct 2006 01:14:26 +0000 http://www.samshua.com/blog/2006/09/30/plenary-3-tim-keller/#comment-642 Thanks for this explanation. It is hard to listen to these guys at times because they can come off sounding like non-urban and small churches don't count. In general I applaud and agree with their theology; there sociology can be suspect. Thanks for this explanation. It is hard to listen to these guys at times because they can come off sounding like non-urban and small churches don’t count. In general I applaud and agree with their theology; there sociology can be suspect.

]]> http://www.wccc.net/blogs/gospelprism/2006/09/30/plenary-3-tim-keller/#comment-637 admin Mon, 02 Oct 2006 17:02:42 +0000 http://www.samshua.com/blog/2006/09/30/plenary-3-tim-keller/#comment-637 Tim, John Piper clarified what he thought Tim Keller meant. Because the question arose, does this mean we simply abandon the rural areas and suburbs to go the cities? The answer is no. It should be instead that people should not abandon the cities for the suburbs because it is more comfrotable there. Tim Keller is right in that sense though. The witness of the Gospel is leaving to more comfortable areas. Tim, John Piper clarified what he thought Tim Keller meant. Because the question arose, does this mean we simply abandon the rural areas and suburbs to go the cities? The answer is no. It should be instead that people should not abandon the cities for the suburbs because it is more comfrotable there. Tim Keller is right in that sense though. The witness of the Gospel is leaving to more comfortable areas.

]]> http://www.wccc.net/blogs/gospelprism/2006/09/30/plenary-3-tim-keller/#comment-636 TimK Sun, 01 Oct 2006 23:30:34 +0000 http://www.samshua.com/blog/2006/09/30/plenary-3-tim-keller/#comment-636 What do you think about Keller's emphasis on the city as the focus for evangelism? What do you think about Keller’s emphasis on the city as the focus for evangelism?

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