Evidence for the Existence of a Merciful God

This past year we have seen so much grief, pain and horror: bodies floating down the Ganges as Covid rages in India, medical personnel exhausted and dying in their efforts to care for those who have gotten sick, fracture in our social and political culture that threatens to destroy our country, alongside the world’s usual quota of war, illness, accident, and danger. Where is God? Why doesn’t He DO something? I have no Pollyanna answer, but I do have evidence that the merciful God of the Bible is neither absent or silent.

Kathy Keller currently works on the staff of Redeemer City to City, an organization that assists global church planters to start gospel movements in their countries. She is also the Assistant Director of Communication and Media for Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City, a church she co-founded with her husband, Tim Keller, in 1989. Kathy graduated from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in 1975 with her MA in Theological Studies.

She is the author of “Jesus, Justice, and Gender Roles: A Case for Gender Roles in Ministry” and co-author with her husband, Tim, of “The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God” as well as the newly published “A Couples Devotional” and “The How to Find God series: Birth, Marriage, Death.” She and Tim also collaborated on “The Songs of Jesus: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Psalms” and “God’s Wisdom for Navigating Life: A Year of Daily Devotions in the book of Proverbs.” Kathy and Tim have three grown sons in finance, ministry, and city planning, as well as seven brilliant and loving grandchildren and three exceptional daughters-in-law in business and medicine.