Review: Generous Justice by Timothy Keller

What does it mean to be just?

I’ve always loved listening to Tim Keller speak; I find his style very relatable. Generous Justice is the first book of his that I’ve read and I find that his writing style is very similar to his speaking and it made this a very good read for me.

From the very beginning he challenges our views of what is just and what is not. Each chapter builds on the other, but one of the themes that I saw strongly weaved through the text is God’s grace to us, and showing that grace to others.  

He tackles what justice looks like (in relation to the Old Testament and Jesus’ teachings), why we should be just and how that looks in our community and beyond. I wouldn’t say this book is necessarily the end all of social justice texts, it reveals a way of thinking that I find different from the norm when it comes to social justice and it gives the reader a lot to reflect on when it comes to the topic of what it means to be just. 

I enjoyed the way it was written and the smooth flow from one topic to the next. It was direct without being preachy and thoughtful. A quick and exceedingly engrossing read.

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Currently Reading Generous Justice by Timothy Keller Release Date: 2nd November, 2010 Publisher: Dutton Adult Pages: 256 (Hardcover) Details: It is commonly thought in secular society that the Bible is one of the greatest hindrances to doing justice. Isn’t it full of regressive views? Didn’t it condone slavery? Why look to the Bible for guidance on how to have a more just society? But Timothy Keller sees it another way. In Generous Justice, Keller explores a life of justice empowered by an experience of grace: a generous, gracious justice. Here is a book for believers who find the Bible a trustworthy guide as well as those who suspect that Christianity is a regressive influence in the world.  Keller’s church, founded in the eighties with fewer than one hundred congregants, is now exponentially larger. More than five thousand people regularly attend Sunday services, and another twenty-five thousand download Keller’s sermons each week. A recent profile in New York Magazine described his typical sermon as “a mix of biblical scholarship, pop culture, and whatever might have caught his eye in The New York Review of Books or on Salon.com that week.” In short, Timothy Keller speaks a language that many thousands of people yearn to comprehend. In Generous Justice, he offers them a new understanding of modern justice and human rights. [via Amazon] Twitter || Goodreads || LibraryThing || Amazon || B&N || Shelfari || Google+
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Currently Reading Generous Justice by Timothy Keller

Release Date: 2nd November, 2010

Publisher: Dutton Adult

Pages: 256 (Hardcover)

Details: It is commonly thought in secular society that the Bible is one of the greatest hindrances to doing justice. Isn’t it full of regressive views? Didn’t it condone slavery? Why look to the Bible for guidance on how to have a more just society? But Timothy Keller sees it another way. In Generous Justice, Keller explores a life of justice empowered by an experience of grace: a generous, gracious justice. Here is a book for believers who find the Bible a trustworthy guide as well as those who suspect that Christianity is a regressive influence in the world. 

Keller’s church, founded in the eighties with fewer than one hundred congregants, is now exponentially larger. More than five thousand people regularly attend Sunday services, and another twenty-five thousand download Keller’s sermons each week. A recent profile in New York Magazine described his typical sermon as “a mix of biblical scholarship, pop culture, and whatever might have caught his eye in The New York Review of Books or on Salon.com that week.” In short, Timothy Keller speaks a language that many thousands of people yearn to comprehend. In Generous Justice, he offers them a new understanding of modern justice and human rights. [via Amazon]

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