A Reason for God

Next week I'll begin blogging my responses to the new book by Tim Keller, The Reason for God. I am excited about doing this for several reasons. First of all, I have given this book to my five sons with the desire to share our thoughts together around a common topic. Sometimes when we are all together there is so much going on that we don't get the opportunity to talk about one thing all together. I am hoping this blog will provide that opportunity. (If you are not one of my five sons, I want to invite you to join in as well. You can get the book at Borders, or online. Amazon has it pretty cheap. My plan is to do a chapter a week. I have already read the book once, am familiar with most of its topics, and have feasted on the teaching of Tim Keller on and off again for 15 years. I will try to reply to posts on the blog, but it won't necessarily be real quick.) The other reason I want to do this book is because of the perspective of ministry Keller talks about and does. He lives in New York City, which is an entirely different world than I know about. And his intent from the first day he went to NYC was to work to build a church that would reach the people who live there. He has been successful. More than 5000 people attend four different services at Redeemer Presbyterian Church and Redeemer has assisted in the planting of hundreds of other churches, most of which are in the city. Keller has always tried to be clear about the message of Jesus without using language which keeps sceptics away. He interacts with their ideas and questions in a winsome and helpful manner. A prayer of mine is that I could learn from him and help others move towards faith in Jesus. On a biographical note, Keller is my age. I have more hair than he does and more children. When he was moving to NYC to plant the church, the women's ministry of our church in Waterloo, Illinios helped fund the project. That was money well given!!!!! Next week, I'll begin the book--so read the introduction if you are able! (If you want a to read a review of the book you can try here.) grace always