A review by samanthaardenlockheart
The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism by Timothy Keller

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5.0

<i>The Reason for God</i> by Timothy Keller was truly so beautiful, reflective, philosophical, intellectually accessible, and fascinating! As a soon-to-be Catholic convert, reading this has given me reasons for God’s existence that I had never once thought of before. It was a profound book that outlined various arguments against God, problems within religion, and morality, along with reasons for God that support His existence in a very coherent and accessible way. It has bolstered my belief in God significantly, and I feel very blessed and thankful to have read it. During moments like this, it is very important that I go back and remind myself of works such as that along with reading the Bible to remind myself of His goodness. On page 228, Keller writes, “God did not create us to get the cosmic, infinite joy of mutual love and glorification, but to share it. We were made to join in the dance. If we centre our lives on him, serving him not out of self-interest, but just for the sake of who he is, for the sake of his beauty and glory, we will enter the dance and share in the joy and love he lives in. We were designed, then, not just for belief in God in some general way, nor for a vague kind of inspiration or spirituality. We were made to centre our lives upon him, to make the purpose and passion of our lives serving, delighting, and resembling him. This growth in happiness will go on eternally, increasing unimaginably (1 Corinthians 2:7-10).” He also wrote, on pages 232-233, “The whole world will be healed as it is drawn into the fullness of God’s glory. Evil will be destroyed and all the potentialities in creation, latent until that moment, will explode into fullness and beauty. Compared to what we will be then, we are now mere vegetables. Even the trees will sing and make music before the face of the returning King, who, by his presence always turns mourning into dancing.”