![]() ![]() He also asked for prayers regarding the separation he and Kathy would have to endure as the result of him being an inpatient in another state.Ī version of this article was originally published by Church Leaders. Keller asked for prayers for the treatment to be effective and for its side effects to be minimal. This has shown great promise in potentially curing cancer, though it is a rigorous and demanding month-long program (that will need updates up to 6 months).” Author and pastor Tim Keller has asked for prayers as he announced on social media that he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in its early stages. In May 2022, Keller celebrated the two-year anniversary of his diagnosis, expressing gratitude that chemotherapy had helped reduce his Stage IV cancer and that “God has seen it fit to give me more time.” He continued, “However, we are also moving onto an immunotherapy trial at the National Cancer Center in Bethesda, MD as of June 1, 2022. ![]() However, in September 2021, Keller said due to a “mysterious lump” that turned out to be cancerous, his doctor was increasing his chemotherapy. Keller had surgery in May 2021 to remove some nodules and his update shortly afterward was hopeful. I’m actually happier than I’ve ever been on a given day…I enjoy my prayer life more than I ever have in my life.” “We never want to go back to that.”ĭealing with cancer, said Keller, has caused him to depend on God as he never has before. “We never want to go back spiritually where we were before the cancer diagnosis,” he said. In an interview, Keller said his cancer diagnosis has had a profound impact on his spiritual life, as well as that of his wife, Kathy. In November of that year, Keller said the chemotherapy was continuing to have promising results and that he was tolerating it well. However, we hope you will support our work with your prayers and financial gifts. “He is giving us more of his sensed presence, more freedom from our besetting sins, more dependence on his Word-things that we had sought for years, but only under these circumstances are we finding them.”Īccess to MinistryWatch content is free. “Our situation has driven us to seek God’s face as we never before,” he said. Keller started chemotherapy, which had encouraging results, he reported in August. In June 2020, Keller announced he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Tim Keller is founding pastor of New York City’s Redeemer Presbyterian Church. Please continue to pray over the next 6 months as we wait on the Lord to destroy the cancer. He is due to be released from the hospital next week, and will have ongoing outpatient treatments for a while. On June 17 he updated, saying, “ Things were scary for a bit but God was gracious, working through your prayers and the skill of the doctors, and now he is doing much better. “We ask that you continue to pray for his healing and for guiding the decisions of his doctors and medical team who continue to provide excellent, compassionate care.” “Dad is currently dealing with the side effects of an immunotherapy treatment that he is undergoing,” he said. Michael Keller originally tweeted on his father’s account June 14. Son of author and pastor Tim Keller took to Twitter last week to say his dad was improving after a scare related to his cancer treatment. ![]()
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