Dr. BJ Condrey

Tim Keller and Mortality: I am sad to read this morning that pastor and theologian Tim Keller has left the hospital and will now receive hospice care at home. His bout with pancreatic cancer (he survived thyroid cancer in 2002) is nearing an end (he was diagnosed in 2020). He is 72 and the author of too many influential books to name.

I have never met him, so why I am particularly saddened by this news? For one, Christianity is losing a prominent evangelical pastor, author, and voice. However, there is something else stirring deep in my heart. More than some, his death reminds me that no matter how much you write, accomplish, work, push, or strive, life on earth will end.

Death does not play favorites.

It is inevitable.

And maybe it also reminds me of those I love that are no longer here.