Renowned minister and New York Times bestselling author Timothy Keller illuminates the central Christian Message with one of the most powerful yet most misunderstood parables of the Bible.
Newsweek called Timothy Keller “a C. S. Lewis for the twenty-first century” in a feature on his first book,
The Reason for God. In that book, he offered a rational explanation of why we should believe in God. Now, in The Prodigal God, he uses one of the best-known Christian parables to reveal an unexpected message of hope and salvation.
Taking his trademark intellectual approach to understanding Christianity, Keller uncovers the essential message of Jesus, locked inside his most familiar parable. Within that parable, Jesus reveals God’s prodigal grace toward both the irreligious and the moralistic. This book will challenge both the devout and the skeptics to see Christianity in a whole new way.
Timothy Keller is Senior Pastor of
Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City, a growing congregation of over 5,000 people.
Praise for Timothy Keller and The Reason for God:
"This is the book I give to all my friends who are serious spiritual seekers or skeptics."
–Rick Warren, author of
The Purpose Driven Life
"Tim Keller's ministry in New York City is leading a generation of seekers and skeptics toward belief in God. I thank God for him."
–Billy Graham
"Fifty years from now, if evangelical Christians are widely known for their love of cities, their commitment to mercy and justice, and their love of their neighbors, Tim Keller will be remembered as a pioneer of the new urban Christians."
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Christianity Today magazine
"In a flood of bestsellers by skeptics and atheists charging a nonexistent God with crimes against humanity, Timothy Keller stands out as an effective counterpoint and a defender of the faith."
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The Washington Post
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World has briefly reviewed about two hundred books over the past year. Many stand out, but one in particular is likely to change many lives and ways of thinking.
World's Book of the Year is Tim Keller's
The Reason for God."
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World magazine
