“Kathy Keller recalled a class when ‘Betty’ Elliot walked up and down the aisles, listing her qualifications to be ordained. ‘I am better versed in Hebrew and Greek than any of you,’ she said, ‘as well as multiple other languages. I have more communication skills than do any of you, male or female. I am comfortable speaking in front of large crowds and skillful in one-to-one conversations. I have a depth of understanding of God born of suffering that few of you will match. My giftedness is far beyond most of you. And yet God has not called me to use those gifts in an ordained capacity. Does that mean they are of less worth? I know that not to be true. Calling is different from giftedness or even desire.’”
—Collin Hansen, Timothy Keller: His Spiritual and Intellectual Formation (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2023), 77.
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