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Zusatztext Praise for Timothy Keller and his books: “A C.S. Lewis for the twenty-first century.” —Newsweek “A Christian intellectual who takes on the likes of Nietzsche! Marx! and Freud.” —The Wall Street Journal “Tim Keller’s ministry in New York City is leading a generation of seekers and skeptics toward belief in God. I thank God for him.” —Billy Graham “At Redeemer Presbyterian and in several books! Keller shaped a vision of Evangelicalism that de-emphasizes politics and stresses care for the poor! personal sacrifice! and inclusiveness across ethnicity and class.” —Fortune! naming Timothy Keller one of the “World’s 50 Greatest Leaders” Informationen zum Autor Timothy Keller was born and raised in Pennsylvania, and educated at Bucknell University, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and Westminster Theological Seminary. He was first a pastor in Hopewell, Virginia. In 1989 he started Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City, with his wife, Kathy, and their three sons. Today, Redeemer has more than five thousand regular Sunday attendees and has helped to start over 250 new churches around the world. Also the author of Every Good Endeavor, The Meaning of Marriage, Generous Justice, Counterfeit Gods, The Prodigal God, Jesus the King , and The Reason for God , Timothy Keller lives in New York City with his family. Klappentext From New York Times bestselling author and pastor Timothy Keller, a book celebrating and exploring the spiritual meaning of birth and baptism Significant events such as birth, marriage, and death are milestones in our lives in which we experience our greatest happiness and our deepest grief. And so it is profoundly important to understand how to approach and experience these occasions with grace, endurance, and joy.In On Birth , Timothy Keller--theologian and bestselling author--helps us understand both physical and spiritual birth, as well as how baptism connects the two. With wisdom, joy, and compassion, Keller draws on forty-five years as a pastor and a parent to consider what it means to receive a new birth as well as to be reborn.The perfect gift for someone who is about to become a parent or is searching for the true meaning of Christianity, On Birth is a short, powerful book that illuminates God's vision of life. First Birth Born to raise us from the earth; Born to give us second birth. -"Hark! the Herald Angels Sing," Charles Wesley The Christian faith teaches that every person should experience two births. In one's first birth you are born into the natural world. Then, in what Charles Wesley calls our "second birth," which Jesus himself describes as being "born again" (John 3:3), we are born into the kingdom of God and receive new spiritual life. The first birth is ours because God is our Creator; the second birth can be ours because God is also our Redeemer. The Lord is the author of both. In light of this, we want to consider the spiritual issues surrounding both births. What does it mean to receive a new human life from God? What are the responsibilities of the family and the church to newborns? How can we help our children who are with us through the first birth come to experience the second birth? Fearful and Wonderful Rather than directly creating each new human being himself, the Lord bestowed on the union of male and female the unique power to bring new human beings into the world. No wonder then that newborn babies in the Bible are always regarded with wonder as signs of God's blessing. The original charge of God to the human race was: "Be fruitful, and multiply and fill the earth" (Genesis 1:28). While God does not demand that all people be married, as Jesus himself and Saint Paul demonstrate, never...
