Tim Keller's three-part Christian life view that lays the foundation of the heart,
It changed the daily lives of countless believers.
The entire "Tim Keller's Life Basics" series in one volume.

Moments of tectonic shift that shake the axis of life,
Standing before the sovereign of life

A book to keep for a long time and read again as life goes on!
Give it as a gift to yourself, a loved one, or someone you're evangelizing to who needs a mentor!

In many cases, the decisive moment for people to come to faith in Christ comes during a time of profound change, such as marriage, the birth of a child, or the death of a loved one or even their own life.
Tim Keller has observed over his 45 years of ministry that many people, especially during these major life transitions, are open to exploring their relationship with God.
So, to help those going through a season of significant life change consider what a truly transformed life looks like, we've created a three-part series called "Tim Keller's Life Basics."
This book is a special combined edition of the trilogy, which has been widely loved by readers since its publication, and will serve as a good faith guide for those who want to check the direction of life in a confusing world.
The combined edition includes Vincent van Gogh's paintings (16 in total) on each excerpt page, helping readers linger and meditate more deeply on the author's message in a more three-dimensional way.
Look at the most important and meaningful moments in your life within the context of timeless truth.

There is a piece of advice that is always included in books about raising children.
Rather than instilling the parents' "values" in their children, we should help them form their own values.
But here's the unchanging truth: everyone in the world, from the advertising industry to social media to most school teachers, is secretly or explicitly trying to educate our children with ideas like, "Live by your own truth."
If we don't teach our children, someone else will.
If we do not build a moral ecosystem to raise our children to be like Christ, the world's moral ecosystem will arbitrarily mold our children.
--- p.39

So where does rebirth come from? From the future! Surprisingly, this message, often found in time travel stories, is also found in the Bible.
But this time travel is nonfiction.
Rebirth is not about us moving into the future, but the future moving into us.
The subject of the journey is not you, but time.
The power of God, who regenerates the world, is now entering your life, slowly but surely transforming you into the image of His Son (Romans 8:29).
--- p.53

As we grow in grace, we will find ourselves loving not only Christians like ourselves, but also Christians who are different from us.
Unfortunately, the Christian church is still largely divided along racial and social lines.
The people in your church are probably similar to you in race, education level, and social class.
However, a sure sign that you are growing in grace is that you feel closer to believers of different social standing than to non-believers of the same social standing.
If we truly love other Christians, we can overcome the barriers of politics, ideology, race, and social class that divide all other human beings.
--- p.107~108

In traditional Western cultures, people established their self-identity through relationships.
The place given to me within my family, within my community, and further within God's universe, defined who I was.
Only by fulfilling one's duty in such a relationship can one become a valuable human being.
But modern people have turned their direction inward.
What other people say or think about me should not define who I am.
To become a valuable human being, you must discover and express your deepest desires and emotions.
I must first define who I am before I can enter into a relationship, but only if the other person accepts me as I am.
Our culture instills this modern perspective of identity within us in countless ways.
… (omitted) … The modern self established in this way has had a considerable influence on marriage.
Now, we don't even think about marriage until we have established our own unique self-identity.
I don't want to listen to anyone until I've decided for myself who I am.
Moreover, they only want to form temporary relationships that are beneficial to them and do not want any relationships that have a permanent binding effect.
If we set the standard for escaping permanence like this, marriage, and especially child rearing, becomes a chore.
--- p.119~121

Sexual union should be a confession: “I am yours alone, forever and ever.”
Then, sexual intercourse becomes an act of deep union rather than a means of obtaining pleasure from the other person.
Through sexual intercourse, two human beings are united into a single community, and your heart is shaped to love sacrificially as Jesus loves us.
Only in marriage can sexual intercourse reach its full potential and bring pleasure and satisfaction.
In short, it seems to point to something beyond itself, like a saintly marriage.
If we do not look forward to it and long for the day to come, sex and marriage will always bring us bitter disappointment.
--- p.187

In the past, people saw death up close.
… (omitted)… Today, thanks to medicine and science, many causes of premature death have been solved, and the vast majority of people waste away and die in hospitals and hospice centers, unnoticed by others.
As a result, it became natural for me to not be able to witness even one person's death as an adult.
In Western societies, we have no opportunity to see the dead, except perhaps to briefly glance at the open casket at a funeral.
As Atul Gawande and many others have pointed out, the fact that modern society hides death so much means that, of all cultures, we live in denial of the imminent inevitability of death.
--- p.210~211

For centuries, people have preserved meat by salting it.
If you salt it, the meat won't rot.
Likewise, sadness spoils like meat if it is not seasoned with the salt of hope.
Grief and rage in the face of death are reasonable responses to great evil.
But Christians have hope, and they can 'apply' that hope to their sorrow and anger like salt to meat.
It is not right to suppress sadness or give in to despair.
Suppressing anger or letting it out unconditionally is not good for the soul.
But when sorrow is tempered with hope, wisdom, compassion, humility, and affection sprout.
Grieve deeply, yet harbor deep hope! Do you see why I call this a combination of extremes rather than a moderation? This will give you more strength than mere self-denial, and allow you to mourn more freely than in despair.
--- p.250~251

Death once had the power to suffocate us, but now all it can do is plant us in God's land and help us blossom into extraordinary beings.
Long ago, the famous Chicago pastor Dwight Moody said this as he was dying:
“If you see Dwight Moody’s obituary in the Chicago papers soon, don’t believe it.
At that moment, I will be more alive than I am now.” Be sad, but have hope.
Wake up with peace of mind from negativity and illusion.
Smile in the face of death and sing for joy as you think of what will happen in the future.
If Jesus Christ holds your hand, you too can sing.

--- p.270