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Ministries of Mercy: The Call of the Jericho Road (Timothy Keller)

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Why would someone risk his own safety, ruin his schedule, and get himself dirty and bloody to help a needy person of another race and social class? And why would Jesus tell us, “Go and do likewise”? Like the wounded man on the Jericho Road in Jesus’ parable of the Good Samaritan, there are needy people in our path — the widow next door, the large family strapped with medical bills, the homeless man outside our place of worship.

God calls us to be ministers of mercy to those in need of assistance, food, shelter, or even just friendship. Author Timothy Keller is Senior Pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church, Manhattan, and has led his church into significant practical service and opportunity for the gospel by caring for the needy around them in New York City.

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Ministries of Mercy

The Call of the Jericho Road

Why would someone risk his own safety, ruin his schedule, and get himself dirty and bloody to help a needy person of another race and social class? And why would Jesus tell us, “Go and do likewise”? Like the wounded man on the Jericho Road in Jesus’ parable of the Good Samaritan, there are needy people in our path — the widow next door, the large family strapped with medical bills, the homeless man outside our place of worship.

God calls us to be ministers of mercy to those in need of assistance, food, shelter, or even just friendship. Author Timothy Keller is Senior Pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church, Manhattan, and has led his church into significant practical service and opportunity for the gospel by caring for the needy around them in New York City.

Awareness of Need

The Good Samaritan didn’t ignore the battered man on the Jericho road. Like him, we’re aware of people in need around us—the widow next door, the family strapped with medical bills, the homeless man outside our church. God calls us to help them, whether they need shelter, assistance, medical care, or just friendship.

Tim Keller shows that caring for these people is the job of every believer, as fundamental to Christian living as evangelism, discipleship, and worship. But he doesn’t stop there. He shows how we can carry out this vital ministry as individuals, families, and churches.

Join Keller as he explores the biblical way to participate in compassion ministries and deals perceptively with thorny issues of

  • balancing the cost of meeting needs with the limits of time and resources;
  • giving material aid vs. teaching responsibility;
  • meeting needs within the church vs. those outside; and more

Endorsements

“There was a point in my pastoral ministry when I looked for a steady hand on mine as I tried to navigate the swirling waters of mercy ministries in an urban setting while remaining deeply committed to heralding God’s Word through the exposition of Scripture. Not surprisingly, I found it in Tim Keller’s Ministries of Mercy.”

—John Piper, Founder and Teacher, Desiring God; Chancellor, Bethlehem College and Seminary

“Ministries of Mercy is a solid piece of work, the best of its kind that I have yet seen. It is concrete, down-to-earth, spelling out in specific detail every phase of what Keller calls the ministry of mercy.”

— Vernon C. Grounds

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