After having corrupted the church for decades and ruined the lives and ministries of countless young pastors…FILLING OUR PULPITS WITH CHAFF- TGC doubles down asserting that it can repair the breaches and restore the church with more of its poisonous doctrines.
Rev Thomas Littleton
2/7/2023
There is no secret what false teaching can do.What it has done to other movements and denominations..it will do to you (your). And at least since 2018 most biblically anchored believers began to understand that progressive politics and warped doctrines of The Gospel Coalition were at the very core of declining commitments to biblical truth in the American church.The leavened continues to spread into Europe ,Asia and most other parts of the globe. After all Tim Keller’s TGC / Redeemer City to City . Center for faith and Works movements are indeed GLOBAL MOVEMENTS.
After Keller announced that his health was in serious decline many, this author included, have prayed that his illness might serve as a sobering wake up call leading to repentance from his problematic influences on modern day Christian faith. In stead he and those who look to be committed to preserving his organizations and legacy and furthering the reach of his teachings are making efforts to secure its continued existence.
INTRODUCING THE KELLER CENTER FOR CULTURAL APOLOGETICS
” The launch for the Keller Center for Cultural Apologetics is today.”
@LigonDuncan Congratulations to @collinhansen @msgwrites &
@brannonmc on the launch of @TGC @timkellernyc Center. Great to see
@ReformTheoSem folks & friends involved et al.
“Our Post-Christendom Culture”
“We’re living amid the largest religious transformation in American history. Forty million Americans have left the church in the last 25 years. Many other Western countries have already seen similar declines. But that’s not the only challenge. After the fall of Christendom, believers in Western countries now face a strange mixture of apathy and antagonism toward the gospel. Many of our neighbors view Christianity as yesterday’s news but also as the source of today’s problems.
“We want to stem the tide of the dechurching by cultivating spiritual depth and humility among Christian leaders. “
“Learn more about The Keller Center for Cultural Apologetics:
“This is a new challenge. A big challenge. And church leaders don’t yet know what to do.”
“That’s where The Keller Center comes in. We want to help church leaders around the world”
FELLOWS AND THOUGHT LEADERS OF THE KELLER CENTER- SAME OLE ACTIVIST SONG AND DANCE
From Justice Warriors like Rebecca McLaughlin to ” gay Christian” activist like
Sam Allberry and Rachel Gilson , to Collin Hansen to carry to aging YR&R torch
into the future -the Keller Center promises more of the same while blindly or arrogantly
promising the reverse the trends of a post Christian culture it has helped further since
2006.
PROMISING THINGS LIKE BIBLICAL CRITICAL THEORY “
“Later this year I’ll be leading a “cohort” (an online guided teaching and discussion group) on Biblical Critical Theory”
“The Theology of Cities”
” Human Flourishing ” as a Biblical mandate..
“Theology of Vocation”
Seeking the Welfare of the City”
and
“AGENDA 2030 /GLOBAL GOALS ARE CHRISTIAN MISSION”
NO NEED TO SEARCH FOR THESE THINGS IN SCRIPTURE -THEY SIMPLY MAKE THEM UP
FEATURED BOOKSINCLUDE A KELLER BIOGRAPHY BY TGC EDITOR AND LEADING “YOUNG RESTLESS AND REFORMED ” AGING STABLE OF TINKERS COLLIN HANSEN
“Millions have read books and listened to sermons by Timothy Keller. But which people and what events shaped his own thinking and spiritual growth? Spend any time around Keller and you’ll learn what he’s reading, what he’s learning, what he’s seeing. The story of Timothy Keller is the story of his spiritual and intellectual influences, from the woman who taught him how to read the Bible to the professor who taught him to preach Jesus from every text to the philosopher who taught him to see beneath society’s surface.”
“With access to Keller’s personal notes and sermons—as well as interviews with family members and longtime friends—Collin Hansen gives you understanding of one of the 21st century’s most influential church leaders. Go behind the scenes to view additional pictures, watch interviews, and listen to the full sermons and lectures you read about in the book.”
TGC AND THE MODERN RABID NEO-CALVINIST ADMIT THE CHURCH INFLUENCE IS FADING AND YET REFUSE TO SEE OR ADMIT THAT THIS HAPPENED ON THEIR WATCH AND AS THE ERRORS FLOODED -LITERALLY AND FIGURATIVELY -INTO THE CHURCH WITH THEIR FALSE TEACHINGS.
“The reasons our friends and family leave the church are both common and complex. The Keller Center wants to close that back door by giving you gracious answers and innovative strategies to help friends and family find God in the church. Already we have commissioned and begun to assess the largest-ever survey of people who have left the church. We plan to share this data through our website, books, and podcasts as we consult experts who can help church leaders respond wisely.”
“In previous decades, even non-Christians in Western nations might know enough about God, sin, salvation to connect the dots as we testified to Christ. But now, those dots may not even occur to them. Many of our secular neighbors can’t seem to comprehend the gospel, let alone admit they need it. We need churches with wide-open front doors, where our neighbors can connect the dots by meeting the very body of Christ, a compelling community. The Keller Center shares best practices through cohorts, essays, books, conferences, courses, podcasts, lectures, and more.”
“SEND OUT THE EQUIPPED “
“Even as we make the church a more hospitable place for skeptics and doubters, we must go to them—in their neighborhoods, in their schools, and in their workplaces. The Keller Center’s resources equip Christians with answers developed in collaboration between leaders in the academy, marketplace, and church. We have begun to develop creative and accessible apologetics content on various platforms where many young people first encounter arguments against Scripture and faith.”
“In summary, The Keller Center for Cultural Apologetics helps Christians show unbelievers the truth, goodness, and beauty of the gospel as the only hope that fulfills our deepest longings.”
“We want to train Christians—everyone from pastors to parents to professors—to boldly share the good news of Jesus Christ in a way that clearly communicates to this secular age.”
How You Can Join
“Much of this training will come from The Keller Center’s fellows. The Keller Center equips these next-generation leaders through regular online gatherings and an annual in-person retreat. During their multi-year terms, these writers and teachers collaborate on answers to the questions that either lead people to lose faith, or prevent people from finding faith in the first place.”
“In The Keller Center’s online cohorts, you can learn with and from other front-line leaders on the most pressing issues facing the church today. You can sign up for our newsletter to be notified when our fellows publish an essay or release a new podcast. And you can financially support the center so that our efforts can grow in proportion to the scale of this historic challenge.”
“Close the back door.
Open the front door.
Send out the equipped.”
REALITY CHECK- TGC IS THE WELLSPRING OF CRITICAL THEORIES IN THE SEMINARIES AND THE PULPITS- OF SOCIAL JUSTICE- SOCIAL CHANGE TRANSFORMATION AND “THIRD WAY” PROGRESSIVE POLITICS
TGC GAVE US THE FOLLOWING- JUST A SAMPLING OF THE ERRORS :
MLK/50 in April 2018 which alerted the Christian world to their false gospel and racial division along justice and CRT lines.
iN THIS EVENT CRT WAS IN FULL USE BUT HAD BEEN FLOODING THE SEMINARIES UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF TGC SINCE AT LEAST 2009
APRIL 2018 TGC LEADERS ARE CAUGHT PROMOTING “LIVING OUT ” AND “REVOICE” LGBTQ+ CHRISTIANITY
2019 AND 2020 TGC LEADERS AND THEN TIM KELLER JOIN WITH OBAMA FOUNDATION, DEMOCRATIC PARTY OPERATIVES AND PAUL SINGER FUNDED IDEOLOGY IN & CAMPAIGN TO MOVE BIBLICAL CONSERVATIVES TOWARD MUSHY MIDDLE .
There are many more examples of the false teachings and horrific impact of TGC and Tim Keller’s influence. Much of his phraseology and talking points come from openly Frankfurt School inspired Think Tanks like the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture and the far left economic theory wrapped in warped theology from Yale Center for Faith and Works.
Creating an “Evangelical Deep State” operation there has been plenty of dark money to go around like Kern Family Foundation and Templeton Foundation who both moved “off shore ” to the Cayman Islands in at least 2014.With no tax benefit needed for non profit foundations it can only be assumed this move was done to aid in the avoidance of a clear volume of the grant /money trail into organizations associated with TGC.
PERHAPS TGC WOULD BE WILLING TO SHOW WHERE ITS SEED MONEY /VAST OPERATING EXPENSES / AND THE KELLER CENTER FOR CULTURAL APOLOGETICS FUNDING ARE COMING FROM .
HOW ABOUT IT GUYS?
CONCLUSION
Collin Hansen admitted in an odd interview with ABC news that TGC was begun to basically impact the voting habits of Biblically conservative Christians. Interestingly TGC attempts to do so by projecting the false image that it is a politically neutral theological movement when in fact is is simply operating as a carefully engineered progressive political movement with carefully honed narratives to sound theologically reasonable. THIS IS THE MOVEMENT CALLED “NEO-CALVINISM “
Dr. E S Williams has doen a great deal fo research exposing Neo-Calvinism and its doctrine and key leaders like Tim Keller, John Piper , and Albert Mohler.
HERE is a excerpt of his work
5 FEATURES OF NEW CALVINISM
POSTED ON JULY 12, 2012
New Calvinist has a two-part series of articles on “Who Are the New Calvinists?” The Lectures by Ted Williams were delivered at the School of Theology, Metropolitan Tabernacle, London, on July 4, 2012. The lectures were read by Darren Cadapen, a member of the Tabernacle fellowship.
From Part 1: New Calvinism, The Gospel Coalition and Dr. Tim Keller
“New Calvinism is a movement that is sweeping across the Church in the USA and moving to the UK, and into other countries around the world. Many Christians may not be familiar with the term, and so my task in two talks, is to explain the phenomenon of New Calvinism, a movement that claims to be behind a resurgence of the reformed teachings of John Calvin, Charles Spurgeon and Jonathan Edwards. Led by some of the biggest names in the evangelical world, New Calvinism gives the appearance of doctrinal soundness. But on closer examination, we see a different picture. We see a movement that is bringing the world into the church—a movement that puts no difference between the holy and the profane. I hope to demonstrate that the problem of New Calvinism lies in both doctrine and conduct.”
The following is excerpted from Part 2: Pastor John Piper, Mark Driscoll and Dr. Albert Mohler
“Here are the five features of New Calvinism.
1) Doctrinal shallowness.
New Calvinism, despite its claims of being a resurgence of the Reformed doctrines of Calvin, is doctrinally shallow. Its message of salvation, while may at times be technically correct, is delivered in a way that lacks conviction; that seldom mentions the awful offence of sin and the need for genuine repentance unto salvation that leads to new life in Christ. New Calvinism’s teaching on sanctification is deficient. It downplays the need for holy living, while emphasising the freedom, pleasures and benefits of the Christian life.
2) Loves the things of the world
New Calvinism has brought the ways and thinking of the world into the church. It does not usually separate from the attitude, desires and things of the world. New Calvinism is given over to the desires and thinking of the flesh. It is deeply committed to contemporary worship and the holy hip-hop scene. In matters of dress, language and entertainment, New Calvinism accepts and follows the way of the world.
3) Profoundly ecumenical
New Calvinism is a broad tent that embraces all shades of doctrine. Assent to the apostle’s creed is all that is required for one to be accepted as a Christian. This means New Calvinism is sympathetic to Roman Catholicism. Its inclusive attitude readily accepts charismatic and emerging church errors. The pursuit of false ecclesiastical unity is the cardinal error of New Calvinism that leads to all manner of compromise. New Calvinists refuse to separate from unsound doctrine, and even the most extremely forms of false teaching. Many form spiritual alliances that are about pragmatic advantage, rather than about the proclaiming the true gospel. Like the New Evangelical, so the New Calvinist, do not practice separation from those manifestly in error, and thus violate Scriptural principles as stated in 2 Cor. 6:14-18.
4) Social activism
New Calvinism adds the social gospel to the gospel of salvation. It believes that a central aspect of the gospel is an attitude of social activism that aims to redeem culture and save the world. It promotes social programs to care for the poor, and the human rights agenda to improve social justice.”
5) Low view of Scripture
“New Calvinism has moved beyond the inerrancy of Scripture debate, for its approach to Scripture is characterised by irreverence and flippancy. Some in the New Calvinist camp even use the Bible as a source of good comedy. The lyrics of rap artists are regarded as being profoundly doctrinal, able to teach the church how the Word of God should be preached. Scripture is contextualised to make the gospel world view sensitive and acceptable to the latest cultural trends in society. Jesus must be presented as the answer to the questions the culture is asking.”
“New Calvinism is a movement that is characterised by flippancy to holy things. It has no fear of God; it puts no difference between the holy and the profane. Puritan Thomas Watson gave this advice: “Take heed whom you listen to! It is our dear Saviour’s counsel, ‘Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves’ (Matthew 7:15). Let me tell you, the Devil has his ministers – as well as Christ. There are some, who by the subtlety of their wit have learned the art of mixing error with truth, and to give poison in a golden cup.”
“The entire transcript can be found here.”
thirtypiecesofsilverdotorg 