In a recent interview, pastor and theologian Tim Keller gave an update on his health. Keller was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer earlier this summer. While he doesn’t know how long he has yet to live, Keller says he is happier than he has been before and “I enjoy my prayer life more than I ever have in my life.” Still, there is one thing Keller fears.
Pastor Nicky Gumbel interviewed retired Redeemer Presbyterian Church Pastor Tim Keller on November 24, 2020 on his podcast “Leadership Conversations with Nicky Gumbel.”
In the interview, Pastor Gumbel asked the Christian theologian about his current battle with pancreatic cancer. Keller recently celebrated his 70th birthday in September, and this is his second bout with cancer, the first time was back in 2002 when he was diagnosed with thyroid cancer and from which he later recovered.
The Prodigal God author said “thyroid cancer is a walk in the park compared to (pancreatic cancer),” and stated that his doctor told him that this type of cancer is very difficult to treat.
“God was very kind,” Keller said, because they found the cancer at a very early stage while he was in the hospital for something else. Because of the early diagnosis, some of the early treatments are looking “really good, and the possibility of keeping it at bay for a longer period of time is pretty good. I won’t go beyond that,” he revealed.
“It’s not likely, right now that I would be dying within a year, but I would have longer.”
