"Why do people choose the substitute over God himself? Probably the most important reason is that it obviates accountability to God. We can meet idols on our own terms because they are our own creations. They are safe, predictable, and controllable; they are, in Jeremiah's colorful language, the 'scarecrows in a cornfield' (10:5). They are portable and completely under the user's control. They offer nothing like the threat of a God who thunders from Sinai and whose providence in this world so often appears to us to be incomprehensible and dangerous . . . [People] need face only themselves. That is the appeal of idolatry."
- David F. Wells
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Well, I wish.
I didn't start listening to his messages until about two months ago, but I have no problem saying that you should be listening to them too. :-)
Okay, if you're the sort of person who listens to sermon podcasts, you should add Keller to your library.
Allow me to recommend Gospel-Centered Ministry, which I've plugged at Gospel-Driven Church before but must plug again, because I'm listening to it again today and realizing again just how flippin' awesome it is.
Heck, even if you don't want to listen to the whole thing, listen to his hilarious opening in the first 55 seconds. Just do that. Good stuff.
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Comments on "Tim Keller is My Homeboy":
2. DLE
- 10/25/2007 8:54 pm CDT
I like Keller, too. He's got his finger on the pulse of a lot of the issues the Church in America has ignored or let rot. Good for him.
I just wish he wouldn't bash agrarianism so hard. He always uses the example of Jonah going to the great city of Nineveh to support his view that we should all move to the city. While I admit that Jonah went to the city, I wish that Tim would admit that Jonah also left the city when he was done with his short-term mission trip! ;-)
This is great Jared. Thanks for sharing it.