I wasn\u2019t expecting to enjoy this book as much as I did. I enjoy reading a good biography as much as anyone, but was perhaps a bit skeptical about a book that, instead of focusing on an individual\u2019s life and accomplishments, instead describes his spiritual and intellectual formation. Yet what could have been a mite dry was actually very compelling.<\/p>\n
It may be helpful context to state that I do not know Tim Keller personally and have neither met him nor corresponded with him. I also don\u2019t think I\u2019ve heard him preach more than once or twice. My exposure to him is really only through the three or four of his books that I have read. While I know a good number of people who consider him a major influence on their faith or ministry, I am not among them. I say all that because it means that I was reading about someone who is mostly a stranger, though one I\u2019ve sometimes admired from afar and sometimes had concerns about.<\/p>\n
Collin Hansen knows Keller well and came to know him far better in preparing this book. He shares the book\u2019s purpose in the opening pages.<\/p>\n
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