Nick Rynerson  Gospel Community Culture | Freelance Writing  Tim
Keller | A Biblical Theology of ‘the City’  The other day, I
stumbled upon this essay by Dr. Tim Keller (It’s a long one, I
just finished it up today…), and it’s really worth a read if you
have any interest in cultural transformation, urbanization and
the like. Keller says some interesting things in here,
particularly on the placement of Christians in the United States
and the correlation to the gospel’s cultural impact (which has
been lacking in the last 100 years or so). And to be completely
honest, I am not sure where I stand on a few of Keller’s points
in this article,(which doesn’t really bother me), but I think
his points are worth being wrestled over. Overall though, I
think Keller makes some darn good points. I am particularly
intrigued with his ideas on culture making and diversity-
prompted-sanctification|  “The city, then, has a powerful
magnifying glass effect. Since God invented it as a ‘cultural
mine’, it brings out whatever is in t