We're joined again by pastor and author Tim Keller.

He has a wonderful book coming out soon titled Prayer, Experiencing awe and intimacy with

God.

And it may just be one of the best Christian books of 2014.

That's not hyperbole.

He joins us from New York City to talk about prayer.

And I asked him two questions yesterday.

Here we go with two more.

Question number three, Dr. Keller.

Throughout your new book on prayer, you warn readers about moving from Bible study to

prayer, skipping over one crucial step in the middle, which is meditation.

Why are we quick to skip right over this step of meditation?

Well, it's possible that we're quick to miss this step because we live in a culture that

doesn't encourage solitude and reflection.

It's also possible that evangelicalism is a little bit too shaped by rationalism, rationalism,

rationalism.

So our approach to the Bible sometimes is get the meaning through the grammatical, historical

exegesis.

And once you got the meaning, then there it is, and that's all you need.

And you don't have to work it into your heart.

So maybe we're too rationalistic, maybe we don't have the solitude.

But if you read Martin Luther, especially his, well, any of Martin Luther, Martin Luther

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