The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith
Oct 2008 · Penguin
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The New York Times bestselling author of The Prodigal Prophet uncovers the essential message of Jesus, locked inside his most familiar parable.
Newsweek called renowned minister Timothy Keller "a C.S. Lewis for the twenty-first century" in a feature on his first book, The Reason for God. In that book, he offered a rational explanation of why we should believe in God. Now, in The Prodigal God, Keller takes his trademark intellectual approach to understanding Christianity and uses the parable of the prodigal son to reveal an unexpected message of hope and salvation.
Within that parable Jesus reveals God's prodigal grace toward both the irreligious and the moralistic. This book will challenge both the devout and skeptics to see Christianity in a whole new way.
Newsweek called renowned minister Timothy Keller "a C.S. Lewis for the twenty-first century" in a feature on his first book, The Reason for God. In that book, he offered a rational explanation of why we should believe in God. Now, in The Prodigal God, Keller takes his trademark intellectual approach to understanding Christianity and uses the parable of the prodigal son to reveal an unexpected message of hope and salvation.
Within that parable Jesus reveals God's prodigal grace toward both the irreligious and the moralistic. This book will challenge both the devout and skeptics to see Christianity in a whole new way.
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October 6, 2011
An expansion of a single sermon. Comes with a few gems. As a for instance, points out that Jesus is the true elder brother. The Father is accepting back to the rebel son (through the ministry of Jesus). The true elder brother will rejoice with the Father in finding his lost son (Recall that the surrounding parables are about rejoicing over something lost and found). The false elder brother refuses to rejoice over the lost thing, and thereby becomes a lost thing himself. I find myself more and more drawn to these devotional books. We all need reminders of the simplicity of the gospel. Keller offers that.
Kyle Brynsvold
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February 19, 2014
This book requires you to ask tough questions about yourself: am I an elder or a younger brother? If so (hint, you probably are) how can I change and be more like Jesus? It's a detailed look at how we fall short of what God wants us to be, but often reminds that God's grace covers all. Our response to God's love should be to give our lives over to him for his glory.
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jordan danowsky
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June 16, 2020
Great synapses of the parable, truly in awe and inspired. Everything in this just makes sense, such a great read!
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 The Songs of Jesus, Prayer, Encounters with Jesus, Walking with God Through Pain and Suffering, Every Good Endeavor, and The Meaning of Marriage, among others, including the perennial bestsellers The Reason for God and The Prodigal God.
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