The Reason for God by Timothy Keller (Book Review)
The Reason for God by Timothy Keller
Why does God allow suffering in the world? How could a loving God send people to hell? Why isn’t Christianity more inclusive? How can one religion be “right” and the others “wrong”? Why have so many wars been fought in the name of God? Those are the questions of skeptics against Christianity which author Timothy Keller attempts to address in his book, The Reason for God.
For twenty (20) years, Dr. Timothy Keller, founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church, New York is faced with unbelievers in his highly urbanized city challenging him to provide answers to life’s most difficult questions. Time and again Tim Keller uses reasoning, philosophy, pop culture and literature combined with Biblical foundation to respond to people’s doubts. Therefore, to reach out to people beyond his city, Tim Keller compiled his reasons and real-life conversations with atheists, agnostics and even confused Christians in a remarkable book, The Reason for God.
The New York Times bestseller The Reason for God is divided into two parts- (1) The Leap of Doubt, (2) The Reasons for Faith. The Reason for God is an intellectual pursuit for the truth on God, Christianity, the world, mankind, and our inner character and outward behavior. Though the introduction is replete with philosophical and argumentative assertions, cross-references, and statistical information, the proceeding pages are balanced with real-life stories of young urban professionals, university students, and the skeptics who have been converted to Christianity.
Tim Keller with his professorial flair and clarity points readers back to the Gospel and how an exclusive religion such as Christianity becomes inclusive of the rich and poor and all races and how this only religion in the world teaches how to accept people who believes differently and love people who hate them. These are enough reasons to continue to believe in the God of the Bible and to those who don’t to start believing in Him.
Here is the book’s promotional trailer on YouTube.
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About the author: Haydee
I have a passion to love God above all else. It is my desire to worship Him and to serve Him for the rest of my life. He is my first love. In Him, I live and move and have my being. I am His child, His treasured possession and His ambassador to reach souls for His kingdom. I am currently the Book Reviewer for CBB and in-charge of CBB book marketing here. God called me to be a Prayer Minister in Healing Rooms and IAHR Online Healing Rooms and connected with Wholeness Ministries and Elijah House.