the reason for God, by timothy keller, is simply a fantastic book! one of our community groups is spending this semester learning from it.
first off, keller is an absolutely fantastic communicator. i don't know that i have encountered many who are better. and more than that, he is an incredible thinker! consequently, there is probably nothing he has written, or said for that matter, that i wouldn't recommend. click here to check out both his writing and teaching.
specifically, the reason for God, is a compelling look into why we believe what we believe. keller takes the tough questions and answers them simply and concisely; yet profoundly and convincingly. if you struggle with tough questions like "why do bad things happen to good people"...or if there are people who surround you that struggle with these questions...or if you have a desire to more fully grasp why you believe what you believe...then this book is for you.
i can almost guarantee, if you pick up a copy, you will not be disappointed.
and in light of thinking about a book like this...
what are some of your toughest questions of faith? what are your most important questions?
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Timothy Keller could have had a very successful career as a storyteller, I believe it 100% ! He has the most soothing, warm, and inviting voice I have ever heard.
My struggle is acceptance of paradox in scripture: saved by grace, saved by works, saved by faith, saved by baptism / war is bad, war is necessary / no sin can separate us from God, blasphemy of the Holy Spirit will separate us from God / Christ came to live for us, Christ came to die for us / man is like God, man is unlike God / road to Heaven is easy, road to Heaven is hard / we should be afraid of God, we shouldn't be afraid of God .
The list could go on for a very long time.
Katherine,
thanks for sharing your thoughts...
this is by no means a rebutle to your struggle with paradox, but through my process of finding my way back to God, one thing i have become quite convinced of is that the christian life is a paradox. it is about embracing the middle ground in many ways. Jesus was quite literally a walking paradox, and i think that is what we are called to as well.
doesn't make the existence of paradoxes go away, and maybe it doesn't even make them any easier. but i do think it gives it a bit of perspective.
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