‘What is my purpose in life? Who am I meant to be? How can I live a successful life? Why is there so much wrong with our world today? Am I part of the problem? What can I do to help change that?’ These are the big, seemingly unanswerable questions that everyone asks in life. In this book, Ps Timothy Keller explores life’s biggest questions by showing what happened to those who met Jesus personally. (from book cover)
This book is an in-depth look at ten encounters with Jesus as recorded in the gospels. We will have greater appreciation of those encounters and move us to greater depth in our Bible reading, Bible study discussion and applications of the Word in our lives.
Ps Keller has a way with using appropriate stories and illustrations to bring home the main point. How a mother desires a relationship with her son besides instructing the son to live a good life, tell the truth, always work hard and care for the poor. That is what God desires for us too but not so when we are simply doing the right things and not letting God be God to us. (see page 36-37)
In another chapter on the Wedding Party where mother Mary makes her request to Jesus to help on the wine that ran out, he uses the story of A Tale of Two Cities to illustrate the idea of Christ's substitutionary sacrifice for us. The story caught my attention on the depth of God's love for everyone. (see page 78-79)
I recommend this book for your next read.
Other titles by Timothy Keller are:
1. Counterfeit Gods - Empty Promises of Money, Sex, Power, & the Only Hope that Matters
2. Every Good Endeavour - Connecting Your Work to God's Work
3. Making Sense of God - An Invitation to the Skeptical (new title by Timothy Keller)
4. King's Cross - The Story of the World in the Life of Jesus
5. Prayer: - Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God
6. The Meaning of Marriage-Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
7. The Prodigal God - Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith
8. Walking with God through Pain and Suffering
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