Tim Keller Calls for Prayer Following Cancer Diagnosis

Tim Keller, a well-known speaker, theologian and author is calling for prayer following his diagnosis with pancreatic cancer.

“Less than three weeks ago I didn’t know I had cancer,” Keller wrote on social media. “Today I’m headed to the National Cancer Institute at the [National Institutes of Health] for additional testing before beginning chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer next week in New York City.”

An article by Mayo Clinic states that pancreatic cancer begins within one’s tissues of the pancreas — “an organ in your abdomen that lies behind the lower part of your stomach.”

The article also noted that “pancreatic cancer is seldom detected at its early stages when it’s most curable”.

For that reason, symptoms do not manifest “until after it has spread to other organs.”

At more advanced stages of the disease, people with pancreatic cancer experience several symptoms including abdominal pain, loss of appetite, and fatigue. 

While Keller stated that he “felt great and had no symptoms”, his doctors counted it as an “incidental pickup,” which Keller saw as “providential intervention” concerning the doctors’ detection of the cancer.

“I have terrific human doctors, but most importantly I have the Great Physician himself caring for me,” he asserted. “Though we have had times of shock and fear, God has been remarkably present with me through all the many tests,…