In the latest issue of World magazine, Marvin Olasky interviews Tim Keller about going to college in the turbulent 1960s, becoming a Christian, pursuing seminary, being the solo pastor of a small church for several years, and life in the Big Apple. Here is one of their interactions:
Q: Did you wonder whether you could be both a Christian and an intelligent, educated person?
There were the intellectual credibility issues. I read lots and lots of British evangelicals: C.S. Lewis (even though he is not exactly an evangelical), John Stott, J.I. Packer. F.F. Bruce’s The New Testament Documents: Are They Reliable? helped me survive religion courses. When Francis Schaeffer came along and started talking about really analyzing culture from a Christian point of view, that was an epiphany.
Read the whole thing (requires World subscription – which is well worth it).