Making Sense of God, Timothy Keller
Making Sense of God, Timothy Keller
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Making Sense of God
An Invitation to the Skeptical

Author: Timothy Keller

Narrator: Sean Pratt

Unabridged: 9 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 09/20/2016

Synopsis

We live in an age of skepticism. Our society places such faith in empirical reason, historical progress, and heartfelt emotion that it’s easy to wonder: Why should anyone believe in Christianity? What role can faith and religion play in our modern lives?

In this thoughtful and inspiring new book, pastor and New York Times bestselling author Timothy Keller invites skeptics to consider that Christianity is more relevant now than ever. As human beings, we cannot live without meaning, satisfaction, freedom, identity, justice, and hope. Christianity provides us with unsurpassed resources to meet these needs. Written for both the ardent believer and the skeptic, Making Sense of God shines a light on the profound value and importance of Christianity in our lives.

About The Author

Timothy Keller was born and raised in Pennsylvania and educated at Bucknell University, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and Westminster Theological Seminary. His first pastorate was in Hopewell, Virginia. In 1989 he started Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City with his wife, Kathy, and their three sons. Today, Redeemer has nearly six thousand regular Sunday attendees and has helped to start more than three hundred new churches around the world. He is the author of God's Wisdom for Navigating Life, Hidden Christmas, The Songs of Jesus, and The Meaning of Marriage, among others, including the perennial bestsellers The Reason for God and The Prodigal God.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Phil on October 13, 2016

I’m not big on reformed theology. I’m not big on apologetics, either. Still, I really like Tim Keller. I don’t agree with everything he says, but there is much to learn from this seasoned pastor and author. Making Sense of God is an apologetic (hence the subtitle An Invitation to the Skeptical). Like......more

Goodreads review by Mark on December 26, 2018

When I first heard people calling Keller the heir to Lewis, back when his Reason for God came out in 2008, I was skeptical. How could anyone ever match Lewis? But I have taken Keller's invitation, and I am skeptical no longer. Keller is the heir to Lewis. He knows how to speak to modern unbelievers......more

Goodreads review by Kris on November 03, 2020

I think this is much better than The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism. There are still some holes in Keller's arguments here, but overall it's a much better-written book. The topics he covers include: --Is religion growing or dying out in the world? --The false dichotomy of faith vs. reas......more

Goodreads review by Jakob on October 01, 2022

Keller setzt sich in seinem Buch mit zwei Unterkategorien des (post-)modernen Säkularismus auseinander, Materialismus und Empirismus, teilweise, gerade in Moralphilosophischen Fragen auch mit humanistischen Entwürfen und zeigt deren unzureichende Angebote und Überlegungen auf der einen Seite und die......more

Goodreads review by Dave on February 05, 2017

I think Making Sense of God: An Invitation to the Skeptical is Keller's best work yet. He has gone on record stating that Making Sense of God is a sort of prequel to his best selling The Reason for God. The reason he gives for such a prequel is that he felt the need to offer a well-reasoned position......more

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Praise for Timothy Keller and Making Sense of God

"Writing about philosophy and religion without jargon, condescension, or preaching, Keller produces an intelligent person’s invitation to faith." —Booklist

"Keller provides a calm and measured invitation to examine convictions and assumptions in a way that both believers and skeptics could use as part of a reasoned dialogue." —Library Journal

"Keller masterfully weaves in relevant history, politics, and literature while expounding on the scriptures, and effectively exposes the weaknesses of secularist and atheistic worldviews. . . . Skeptics with philosophical minds will appreciate Keller's thoughtful, tightly-argued prose." —The Christian Post

"Superb . . . we should be grateful to Keller for his wisdom, scholarship, and humility." —The Gospel Coalition

"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

"Unlike most suburban megachurches, much of Redeemer is remarkably traditional. What is not traditional is Dr. Keller’s skill in speaking the language of his urbane audience. . . . Observing Dr. Keller’s professorial pose on stage, it is easy to understand his appeal." —The New York Times

"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." —Christianity Today 

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