Timothy Keller was born in Pennsylvania and educated at Bucknell University, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and Westminster Theological Seminary. He became a Christian at university, was ordained by the Presbyterian Church in America and worked as a pastor for nine years.  
  
He was asked to start Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan in 1989, and under his leadership the church's congregation experienced unprecedented growth from 50 to 5000 members. His target audience consists mainly of urban professionals, whom he believes exhibit disproportionate influence over the culture and its ideas.  
  
The 'Influentials' Issue of New York Magazine featured Dr. Keller as "the most successful Christian evangelist in the city by recognizing that young professionals and artists are 'disproportionately influential' in creating the country's culture and that you have to meet this coveted demographic on its own terms."  
  
Timothy Keller is renowned for his clear, reasoned approach to Christian apologetics and his book THE REASON FOR GOD: BELIEF IN AN AGE OF SKEPTICISM was named Book of the Year for 2008 by World Magazine.  
  
Timothy Keller lives in New York City with his wife Kathy and sons David, Michael and Jonathan.

__One of bestselling New York pastor Tim Keller's most popular Christmas sermons, expanded and published in a beautiful gift edition.__  
  
The New Testament begins not with a dramatic narrative or lofty poetry but with a genealogy. Provocatively, Matthew's gospel includes women in Jesus' family line - something that wasn't customary in an ancient culture, where women were largely powerless and uninfluential.   
  
In this surprising take on the Christmas story, Tim Keller reveals how, by focusing on the women in Jesus' birth narratives, a colourful, scandalous, and refreshing tale of grace emerges.  
  
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One of bestselling New York pastor Tim Keller's most popular Christmas sermons, expanded and published in a beautiful gift edition.

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One of bestselling New York pastor Tim Keller's most popular Christmas sermons, expanded and published in a beautiful gift edition.

The New Testament begins not with a dramatic narrative or lofty poetry but with a genealogy. Provocatively, Matthew's gospel includes women in Jesus' family line - something that wasn't customary in an ancient culture, where women were largely powerless and uninfluential.

In this surprising take on the Christmas story, Tim Keller reveals how, by focusing on the women in Jesus' birth narratives, a colourful, scandalous, and refreshing tale of grace emerges.

(P) Hodder &amp; Stoughton Ltd

\["Want to uncover the very heart of Christmas?","This unconventional and surprising book brings to light the grace of Christmas","Ideal for seeing how far apart the real and the popular Christmas are"\]

Introduction

Chapter 1 - A Light Has Dawned

Chapter 2 - The Mothers of Jesus

Chapter 3 - The Fathers of Jesus

Chapter 4 - Where is the King?

Chapter 5 - Mary's Faith

Chapter 6 - The Shepherd's Faith

Chapter 7 - A Sword in the Soul

Chapter 8 - The Doctrine of Christmas

Acknowledgements

Notes

There is a different Christmas for everyone, it seems. For the person you pass in the high street, Christmas is a time of puddings and crackers and boxing day T.V., for another it means family and a large meal and the yearly dip into tradition at the nearest Advent service. For you, it may mean something else entirely.

  
There are as many Christmases as there are fairy lights on the tallest of Christmas trees.

  
But there is another Christmas. A surprising Christmas. A hidden Christmas.

  
Bestselling author and New York pastor Tim Keller takes you on a remarkable journey to the very heart of Christmas. Passing by all the cliches and stock images, Hidden Christmas looks at powerful truths that lie in wait. From the meaning of light in all things Christmas, to the reason that one of the Gospels doesn’t begin with the star and the manger and the shepherds, but with a long genealogy of Jesus.

  
At turns surprising and shocking, the Christmas story remains one of joy, of the most unlikely people playing pivotal roles, and of lives that were blind but now see.

  
As all the different Christmases jostle up against each other, takes the time out to find the grace nestled within the hidden heart of Christmas.

Keller beautifully displays multiple facets of the gospel within the Christmas story... \[He\] has established his place as one our most helpful theological and cultural commentators. With Hidden Christmas, he applies his gifts to a subject that’s at once overly familiar and often neglected.— Scott James, The Gospel Coalition

\[A\] great gift book… Keller achieves his pastoral goal of teaching Christmas’ most important message—“God alone has the life, truth and joy that we lack and cannot generate ourselves”—and in doing so, provides solace for those who seek it.— Publishers Weekly

“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

“Unlike most suburban megachurches, much of Redeemer is remarkably traditional. What is not traditional is Dr. Keller’s skill in speaking the language of his urbane audience. . . . Observing Dr. Keller’s professorial pose on stage, it is easy to understand his appeal.” —The New York Times

“Fifty years from now, if evangelical Christians are widely known for their love of cities, their commitment to mercy and justice, and their love of their neighbors, Tim Keller will be remembered as a pioneer of the new urban Christians.” —Christianity Today

Explore the Nativity you never knew in this fascinating book from the bestselling Tim Keller on the secret side of Christmas.

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.

Sheila Perkins

Thoughtful, different and helpful. A new opening up of many biblical truths. So pleased I bought it.

Great read

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