The Book of Psalms is known as the Bible’s songbook—Jesus knew all 150 psalms intimately, and relied on them to face every situation, including his death.
Two decades ago, Tim Keller began reading the entire Book of Psalms every month. The Songs of Jesus is based on his accumulated years of study, insight, and inspiration recorded in his prayer journals. Kathy Keller came to reading the psalms as a support during an extended illness. Together they have distilled the meaning of each verse, inviting readers into the vast wisdom of the psalms.
If you have no devotional life yet, this book is a wonderful way to start. If you already spend time in study and prayer, understanding every verse of the psalms will bring you a new level of intimacy with God, unlocking your purpose within God’s kingdom. (Penguin Random House)
About Authors Timothy and Kathy Keller
Kathy Louise Keller (born 1950) is an author, lecturer, church founder, and Christian theologian from New York City who has appeared on the New York Times best seller list. She was the wife of pastor Tim Keller (1950–2023) of New York’s Redeemer Presbyterian Church, which the former couple then co-founded.
Kathy Keller (Kristy) was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Mary Louise Stephens and Henry R. Kristy (Kristolich), a Westinghouse Electric Company executive and World War II pilot of Croatian descent. Keller grew up in Monroeville, Pennsylvania with her four siblings. When she was twelve years old, she corresponded with Oxford University theologian C.S. Lewis and their correspondence was later published. She graduated from Gateway High School She then received a B.A. in English from Allegheny College in 1972 where she was active in campus ministry.
In 1975 she received a Master of Theological Studies (M.T.S.) summa cum laude from Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary in Massachusetts where she met her future husband, Tim Keller. They married shortly before graduation in January 1975 at Crossroads Presbyterian Church in Monroeville. The Kellers helped lead a Presbyterian church in Hopewell, Virginia before moving to Philadelphia where Kathy Keller served as an editor at Great Commission Publications, and her husband taught at Westminster Theological Seminary. In 1989 the Kellers founded Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City, a Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) congregation, which became one of the most influential churches in America. Besides being a co-founder, Kathy served in various roles at Redeemer including on the Communication Committee and Assistant Director of Communication and Media and the editor at Redeemer. She has three adult sons.
Kathy Keller has authored numerous theological books, most importantly “Jesus, Justice and Gender Roles” and, with her husband, The Meaning of Marriage (2013), (a New York Times best seller). She has also co-authored with her husband God’s Wisdom for Navigating Life; and The Songs of Jesus and The Meaning of Marriage Devotional. Keller has also published many articles, including pieces in the New York Times and has been featured in various media sources including Christianity Today and ABC News Nightline. (Wikipedia)
Timothy Keller was the son of William B. Keller and Louise A. Clemente Keller. He was born and grew up in Allentown, Pennsylvania, receiving his B.A. from Bucknell University, his M.Div. from Gordon-Conwell Seminary, and both a Doctor of Ministry and a Doctor of Divinity from Westminster Seminary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Keller was married to Kathy Louise Kristy of Pittsburgh in January 1975. Together they raised three sons: David Andrew (b. 1978), Michael Stephen (b. 1980), and Jonathan Daniel (b. 1983), each born in Hopewell, Virginia.
As a family, the Kellers planted Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City in 1989, which grew to a weekly attendance of over 5,000 people, and through which God brought many other fruitful ministries, such as Redeemer City to City, Hope for New York, and Redeemer Counseling Services, among others. After stepping down as Senior Pastor of Redeemer in July of 2017, he continued to serve City to City full-time, a ministry that has helped start more than 1,000 churches in over 150 cities, and trained or reached more than 79,000 leaders.
He was ordained into the Presbyterian Church in America in 1975 and served as pastor of West Hopewell Presbyterian Church from 1975-1984 and as senior pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City from 1989-2017. From 1984-1989 he taught at Westminster Seminary in the Practical Theology department and served on the staff of Mission to North America as director of Mercy Ministry of the PCA.
Tim authored numerous books, with some of the best known being The Reason for God, The Prodigal God, and The Meaning of Marriage, which he co-authored with Kathy. Overall, God allowed him to author 31 books that have sold over 6 million copies and have been translated into 29 languages.
Tim is survived by his wife Kathy, his three sons David, Michael and Jonathan, his sister Sharon Johnson of Sorrento, Florida, his daughters-in-law Jennifer, Sara, and Ann-Marie, and seven grandchildren – Lucy, Kate, Charlotte, Miles, William, Eleanor, and Daniel. (Memorium)
See also: Tim Keller Practiced the Grace He Preached (Christianity Today)
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