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Giving the Culture a Reason for God



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In the past few weeks, I have been posting some material from Tim Keller's recent book, The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism. We have been using the book as a template for a seven-week series on major objections to Christianity in our adult Sunday School class at the church. Before beginning the series, I had to read the book to preview it. Sometimes I am a little hesitant to read a book that is garnering so much attention, but I sped through this one in a matter of hours. I was so impressed by the way Keller dealt with some of the most difficult questions that people in our culture raise against Christianity and the way in which he presented the gospel as the answer to those questions. If you have not read it, I highly commend it to you. You will benefit greatly from reading it.

Last week I listened to the set of sermons preached at Keller's church in Manhattan, Redeemer Presbyterian Church, that were based on the book. Now, I realize that I operate out of a certain set of presuppositions, a certain worldview that my faith is grounded in; and realize further that as hard as I might try, it would be difficult for me to fully get into the mindset of those in our culture who raise the objections Keller deals with. But after hearing those sermons and reading his book, I found his case for the legitimacy and coherency of Christianity to be entirely persuasive.

I encourage you to purchase the book and to download the sermons. This is time well spent, and excellent preparation for engaging in the task for which Christ commissioned us.