Tim Keller has written one of the most clarifying books that I have ever read on the heart of Jesus message. It is accessible to someone just beginning to think about the gospel and a clear and thought provoking read for the mature believer. More than an explanation of one of Jesus parables, The Prodigal God is a journey into the subtleties of the human heart making distinctions between religious discipline and worship, prideful self-salvation and true repentance. In speaking of the teaching of the parable Keller says:"This means that you can rebel against God and be alienated from him either by breking the rules [like the younger son] or by keeping them diligently [like the older son]. It's a shocking message: Careful obedience to God's law may serve as a strategy for rebelling against God."
At approximately 130 small pages it is a quick read that communicates more than most books do in 500 pages. As you can tell, I highly recommend you put this one on the reading list. Thanks to Dave and Nancy Fauth for providing us with this fine reading material.
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If you don't have the book or if you want futher explaination, Tim Keller spoke about this subject recently.
The link to the mp3 is at: http://media.christpres.org/cpc/audio/2009/Keller_1-28-09.m3u
Also a thanks needs to go out to Annie for allowing you to bring books to Iceland.
what in the world, dave?!
Awesome. Scott will probably read the book and I will probably listen to the podcast :)
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