CT’s Sarah Pulliam Bailey interviews Tim Keller about his new book, Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power, and the Only Hope that Matters
, which is currently in the top 200 of all books at Amazon.
(The book is available from WTS Books and Monergism Books for 40% off; WTS Books is also selling 12-packs for 45% off.)
Here are the questions that Keller answers in the interview:
- How should Christians think of money, sex, and power?
- What makes these three so enticing and difficult to control?
- Do Christians have blind spots when it comes to false gods?
- How does someone identify their idols?
- How do we get rid of idols?
- Is it necessary to suffer disappointment before seeing that idols don’t satisfy?
Here’s the answer to the last question, “What’s your next project?”
A book on suffering, which I’m hoping will be out next November. I’m planning to draw more on being a pastor than being an apologist. I’m trying to write a book every year during this last part of my career.
Here’s a short YouTube clip of Keller explaining the purpose of, and premise behind, the book:
