justification, justice, jesus, and mission

One of the best posts I have read on mission is to be found here.  Sane, solid, Scriptural sense.

‘In a recent post someone suggested that the church has often become divided between those who focus on justification and those who focus on justice. But the primary focus of the New Testament is on neither. It’s on Jesus.’

keller and the ‘timothy factor’

Tim Keller is a great apologist for the faith, normally.  But he is fallen, and like all of us he can buckle under pressure.  Perhaps there is more of a ‘Timothy’ in him than folks realised (2 Tim 1).   It can be disappointing when we find our heroes have feet of clay.  Keller showed his clay feet fairly spectacularly in an interview with Martin Bashir at Columbia University (although it took place a few years ago, it is creating ripples in the Christian blogosphere).  Only as we walk in the Spirit do we find boldness and wisdom.

Perhaps, in this overheated celebrity Christian culture, one providential blessing salvaging something from Keller’s ‘headlights moment’ is that ‘celebrifying’ may take a knock.  Too many modern leaders are ‘awesome’.  A blog post that makes some wise  (and brave) points regarding Keller and gospel exclusivity may be found here.