In last weekend's message, I made an offer of Tim Keller's excellent book called "The Reason for God" to any of our members who would be sincerely interested in reading it and having a brief discussion about what they read in subsequent weeks.
To my amazement, the response to this request has been pretty overwhelming. It seems that lots and lots of people are very interested in having some of their tough questions addressed by a thoughtful Christian writer, but even more than that they're willing to have some of their conclusions brought up in a conversation with a person they see as a spiritual mentor or pastor.
This is encouraging indeed! It reveals to me that there's a profound desire on the part of sincere seekers and even committed followers to understand some of life's more difficult questions. Perhaps we've just not previously given them an outlet to make such a connection.
For that many people (and the number's well over a hundred households) to be willing to give up their time to read the book and have a conversation tells me that there are probably double or triple that number of folks who would like to know but perhaps don't feel quite ready to make a commitment.
It's occurred to me all along that we often tend to brush these things under the table because we don't know where to turn to get answers for things like "How can Christians make such an exclusive claim?" or "Why does God allow suffering?" or "How can I know the Bible is reliable?" etc., etc.
I'm looking forward to the challenge of engaging as many people as possible in future discussions and will keep you posted in this space as to what some of my findings might reveal.
Blessings,
Dr. Jay
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