Watch Tim Keller tell about The Reason for God in this video.

Book Excerpt
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This Book Has Dramatically Impacted Our Family
Our family first encountered The Reason for God nearly a year ago, and it still remains a family favorite. In fact, it is such a favorite of ours that each one of us owns a copy, and many of us have been driven to read through it multiple times.

Thoughtful, Respectful, Clarifying, and Intellectually Challenging
In this apologia for Christian faith, Tim Keller, founding pastor of New York's Redeemer Presbyterian Church, makes an intellectually compelling case for God. The first seven chapters examine the most common objections and doubts about Christianity; the second half of the book considers reasons to believe. No one but Tim Keller will agree with everything he has written here, but everything written is worthy of thought, discussion, and further contemplation.

Should Be Mandatory Reading for Any High-School Student, Valuable for Every Adult
Equally provocative for skeptics and believers, no matter what belief system your family embraces, The Reason for God should be mandatory reading for your high-school student. Many questions are raised and answered such as: "Why does God allow suffering in the world?" "How could a loving God send people to Hell?" "How can one religion be 'right' and the others 'wrong'?" "Why have so many wars been fought in the name of God?" If your child cannot articulately answer these questions, he has some reading to do. These are the issues his peers are wrestling with, these are the questions he will encounter around the office water cooler or at a homeschool meeting. Your children need to be prepared. They need The Reason for God.

Another outstanding component of Timberdoodle's Twelfth Grade Core Curriculum!

Reader's Guide
A terrific guide written by Penguin for book clubs and similar discussions. Download

Addresses the Hard Questions
When you read books that make a case for believing in God, you quickly get the feeling that they are written primarily for those who already believe. The authors of such books tend to gloss over the hardest questions about God.

For Skeptics and Believers
Timothy Keller is different. Not only does he not shy away from the hard questions, he addresses them with the seriousness they deserve. And while The Reason for God can and should be read to great benefit by believers, it's a valuable resource for skeptics. Keller speaks to serious doubters, agnostics, and atheists with the same respect he would show to members of his Manhattan church. The Reason for God is worthwhile reading for believers who seek a more reasonable basis for Christian faith, and for nonbelievers who are open to reasoned arguments in favor of God's existence.

Praise for The Reason for God:

"It is easy to understand [Timothy Keller's] appeal."
--The New York Times

"In a flood of bestsellers by skeptics and atheists...Keller stands out as an effective counterpoint and defender of the faith. The Reason for God makes a tight, accessible case for reasoned religious belief."
--The Washington Post

"It's a provocative premise, in pursuit of which Keller...takes on nonbelievers from evolutionary biologists to the recent rash of atheist authors."
--The Boston Globe

"Reverend Tim Keller [is] a Manhattan institution, one of those open urban secrets, like your favorite dim sum place, with a following so ardent and so fast-growing that he has never thought to advertise."
--New York Magazine

"An intellectually compelling case for God."
--Publishers Weekly

"I thank God for him."
--Billy Graham

SERMONS AND STUDIES

These are a few of over a thousand talks available through Redeemer Church, along with study guides written by Redeemer pastors for group Bible studies. We hope they help you engage more deeply with the ideas in this book. All talks are by Timothy Keller except where noted.

From the series "The Trouble with Christianity: Why It's so Hard to Believe It"
Exclusivity: How can there be just one true religion?	Download Audio	Study Guide
Suffering: If God is good, why is there so much evil in the world?	Download Audio	Study Guide
Absolutism: Don't we all have to find truth for ourselves?	Download Audio	Study Guide
Injustice: Hasn't Christianity been an instrument for oppression?	Download Audio	Study Guide
Hell: Isn't the God of Christianity an angry Judge?	Download Audio	Study Guide
Doubt: What should I do with my doubts? (by David Bisgrove)	Download Audio	Study Guide
Literalism: Isn't the Bible historically unreliable and regressive?	Download Audio	Study Guide

From Redeemer's Vision Campaign 2005, selected sermons about Redeemer's vision
Christ, Our Life	Download Audio	Study Guide
The Gospel	Download Audio	Study Guide
The Gospel and Your Self	Download Audio	Study Guide
Justice	Download Audio	Study Guide

From the Publisher:
Timothy Keller, the founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City, addresses the frequent doubts that skeptics and non-believers bring to religion. Using literature, philosophy, anthropology, pop culture, and intellectual reasoning, Keller explains how the belief in a Christian God is, in fact, a sound and rational one. To true believers he offers a solid platform on which to stand against the backlash toward religion spawned by the Age of Skepticism. And to skeptics, atheists, and agnostics he provides a challenging argument for pursuing the reason for God.