{"id":360,"date":"2008-02-07T10:08:56","date_gmt":"2008-02-07T15:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.indefenseofthefaith.org\/?p=360"},"modified":"2008-02-07T10:10:32","modified_gmt":"2008-02-07T15:10:32","slug":"the-reason-for-god-belief-in-an-age-of-skepticism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indefenseofthefaith.org\/idotf\/?p=360","title":{"rendered":"The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism"},"content":{"rendered":"

Keller’s latest book is due out on Feb. 14th, Valentine’s Day. From what I know about this book and about Keller, it is not a book you will want to miss out on. It would even be a great gift to give your loved one on V-Day! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism
\nBy Tim Keller<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Book Description<\/strong>
\nThe End of Faith. The God Delusion. God Is Not Great. Letter to a Christian Nation<\/em>. Bestseller lists are filled with doubters. But what happens when you actually doubt your doubts?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Although a vocal minority continues to attack the Christian faith, for most Americans, faith is a large part of their lives: 86 percent of Americans refer to themselves as religious, and 75 percent of all Americans consider themselves Christians. So how should they respond to these passionate, learned, and persuasive books that promote science and secularism over religion and faith? For years, Tim Keller has compiled a list of the most frequently voiced “doubts”\u009d skeptics bring to his Manhattan church. And in The Reason for God<\/em>, he single-handedly dismantles each of them. Written with atheists, agnostics, and skeptics in mind, Keller also provides an intelligent platform on which true believers can stand their ground when bombarded by the backlash. The Reason for God <\/em> challenges such ideology at its core and points to the true path and purpose of Christianity.<\/p>\n

Why is there suffering in the world? How could a loving God send people to Hell? Why isn’t Christianity more inclusive? Shouldn’t the Christian God be a god of love? How can one religion be “right”\u009d and the rest “wrong”\u009d? Why have so many wars been fought in the name of God? These are just a few of the questions even ardent believers wrestle with today. In this book, Tim Keller uses literature, philosophy, real-life conversations and reasoning, and even pop culture to explain how faith in a Christian God is a soundly rational belief, held by thoughtful people of intellectual integrity with a deep compassion for those who truly want to know the truth.<\/p>\n

About the Author<\/strong>
\nAs the founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City, Tim Keller<\/strong> started his congregation with a few dozen people. It now draws over five thousand weekly attendees who meet in three Manhattan locations. Redeemer has since spawned a movement of churches across America and throughout major world cities. Many pastors model their churches on Redeemer and Tim’s thoughtful style of preaching.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Some Positive Book Reviews:<\/strong><\/p>\n

About.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Publishers Weekly<\/a><\/p>\n

Justin Taylor’s Interview<\/a><\/p>\n

Tim Keller’s reason for writing the book<\/a><\/p>\n

Here is where you can purchase it once it comes out:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Westminster Bookstore<\/a><\/p>\n

You can also pre-order from Amazon.com<\/a> or BarnesandNoble.com<\/a> today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Keller’s latest book is due out on Feb. 14th, Valentine’s Day. From what I know about this book and about Keller, it is not a book you will want to miss out on. It would even be a great gift to give your loved one on V-Day! \ud83d\ude42 The Reason for God: Belief in an … Continue reading The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,21,62,27,20,19,50,26,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-apologetics","category-atheism","category-book-reviews","category-books","category-debate","category-evangelism","category-evolution","category-promotionals","category-theology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indefenseofthefaith.org\/idotf\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indefenseofthefaith.org\/idotf\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indefenseofthefaith.org\/idotf\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indefenseofthefaith.org\/idotf\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indefenseofthefaith.org\/idotf\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indefenseofthefaith.org\/idotf\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indefenseofthefaith.org\/idotf\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indefenseofthefaith.org\/idotf\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indefenseofthefaith.org\/idotf\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}