Friday, March 13, 2009

The Reason for God

Reason_for_God As we head into week 2 of our series Dialogue this weekend's subject deals with the differences of the world religions.  Now this a subject matter that much has been written on and one message on this subject matter can cover the subject in only from a broader perspective -- this would be true of all the subjects that we will cover in this series. 

Therefore we are encouraging those who are attending this series to pick up the book the The Reason for God by Timothy Keller.  This book will serve as a great resource on the subject matters covered during our series as well as being a great resource that serves to underscore some of thinking that went into the formation of the series Dialogue.

The first chapter of the book "There Can't Be Just One True Religion" fits perfectly with this weekend's message.  Chapter two of the book, "How Could a Good God Allow Suffering" looks at next weekend's message topic.

Our bookstore has copies -- I hope you will be prodded to pick it up.

Mar 13, 2009 12:00:01 PM | Books, Church, Culture

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