I've received a lot of requests to comment on Tim Keller's passing. I've been somewhat reluctant in part because our tradition designates this time directly after someone's death as a time belonging to those who cherished him the most.

So I will be brief.

I'm certainly saddened by the passing of Tim Keller.

I only interacted with him on social media once and I remember him being much more gracious than others on the evangelical left.

He did try to smear me, he didn't try to misrepresent what I was saying. I felt that it was a productive discussion and I think I probably could have had a productive discussion with him if we were in the same room talking to one another.

As many know, I was though very critical of much of his theology.

That's how we got to interacting on social media in the first place.

I remember Relevant magazine did a whole podcast on it and

wrote an article on our interaction. But the Lord did use Tim Keller in the lives of

many I know and some of them coming to the Lord under his teaching.

And I think that's important to note, I think it's also important to note that while many are

lionizing him today, it is appropriate to remind believers that his

public legacy what he probably accomplished the most broadly speaking I'm not

talking about individuals in his life or even his local church but what he's

been known for in evangelicalism and beyond is characterized by encouraging the

church to accommodate the world through a weak missology. I think that's his major contribution. the false social gospel alongside it. And there's, well I don't think I'll put it in this

video but if people really want to look for it they can go to YouTube I have a

whole playlist where I go through some of Keller's theology.

The truth is that American Christians will be contending with that theology and that negative legacy for years

but Keller won't be here for it and this is where I think the focus needs to be.

I believe that God can save people with bad theology so long as their trust is in the true person and the work of Jesus Christ.

And this is my hope for Tim Keller, and it's also my hope for all those who proclaim the name of Christ.

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