Zaiga's review
The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism
by Timothy Keller
Zaiga's review
The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism by Timothy Keller
Zaiga's review
rating:
I checked this book out of the library expecting not to like it. Then I looked at the quote at the beginning of the first chapter and figured it couldn't be ALL bad: "I find your lack of faith disturbing. - Darth Vader". Any pastor who starts out his book with a Star Wars quote has caught my interest. Not all of Keller's arguments were completely convincing, but he forces you to look at things in new ways, whether you are coming from a place of belief or unbelief. He is daring enough to tell us all that we actually believe in God deep down, even if we profess disbelief, and explains why. He does a good job of respecting people's doubts and questions, but isn't wishy washy about the truths of the Bible. It's a pretty good balance. I may be a believer, but I came at this book with the attitude of a skeptic, trying to ascertain whether his explanations would fly. To me, most of them make sense. He certainly explains stuff better than I can. But I know that, like everything in li...more
