The Reason for God

ByTimothy Keller

Release Date: 2008-02-14
Genre: Religion & Spirituality

Score: 4.5

4.5

From 343 Ratings

Description

A New York Times bestseller people can believe in—by "a pioneer of the new urban Christians" (Christianity Today) and the "C.S. Lewis for the 21st century" (Newsweek).

Timothy Keller, the founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City, addresses the frequent doubts that skeptics, and even ardent believers, have about religion. Using literature, philosophy, real-life conversations, and potent reasoning, Keller explains how the belief in a Christian God is, in fact, a sound and rational one. To true believers he offers a solid platform on which to stand their ground against the backlash to religion created by the Age of Skepticism. And to skeptics, atheists, and agnostics, he provides a challenging argument for pursuing the reason for God.

Reviews

A good read
5
By Coloradogal
I did this as part of a church small group…as always Keller explains well…and shows how a person can let the real Jesus find her!
Great Reasoning
5
By Mark Dillon
Tim Keller does a great job working through many of the common objections to Christianity. He is easy to understand and very insightful.
A Strong Guide to Christianity
4
By Big Daddy Mas
An excellent book that makes the case for God and the logic and truth of becoming and being Christian. It has motivated us to hold a class at our church. It will challenge the believer and non believer.
Great book
5
By 790jim
This is without a doubt the best Christian book that I have read in years. He explains better than most the truth of the Gospel.
Must-read for those interested in the intellectual arguments for and against Christianity.
5
By Jay Sourbeer
Timothy Keller’s book is an easily accessible, convincing presentation of the intellectual arguments for faith. The author aptly reasons through dense philosophical and theological concepts such as sin, miracles, the triune God, and hell in easy-to-understand language, while acknowledging the purely auxiliary nature of his intellectual points to the central truths of the Gospel. Highly recommended.
MUST READ!!!!!
5
By TreLat
Probably the best book I've read thus far!
Great read!
5
By MegH96
As a believer who often encounters some of the same questions, this book has given me some valuable insight. I always tried to explain some of the same points but failed miserably. His explanations are on-point and I can now answer questions with far more confidence when encountering a curious atheist. This is not meant to be proof for God as some people below suggested, but rather it is to provide better insight on the real meaning of Christianity and makes a very well thought out case in response to all the doubts and accusations Christians are faced with.
Same old thing
1
By Emeraldhavok
If you've read anything about the debate of theism, this is nothing new. Definitely not worth the price. Borrow from the library instead.
Again, "that which can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence"
Logical Gymnastics
3
By Sean311
I am trying to continue with this book past the first chapter, but the author is repeatedly drawing conclusions based on premises so malleable that they contain an almost infinite number of potential meanings, resulting in conclusions of limited usefulness.

Readers who have honed their critical thinking skills will find that following the author's arguments from premises to conclusion can be a frustrating and often invalid process.
Great read!
5
By Jaykimbo
I found this book to be very insightful. I like the different takes to common issues.