C. S. Lewis Argument For The Existence Of God?
Keller is a master in clarifying the case for Christ to anyone who reads this book. C.S. Lewis uses the same type of arguments in many of his written works, part of the reason why it is not surprising to see over ten different quotes from Lewis’ works this book. Lewis states that there are two kinds of people, “those who say “thy will be done” to God or those to whom God in the end says, “Thy will be done”” (82). This insight is amazingly clever, but not only that, it accentuates the point that Keller is trying to get across. People are not thrown into hell by a judgmental, eternal damning god who hates the world; these people choose where they go. It shows the reader that people who want to live wildly and freely in spite of God can do so, but in the end they are only left to wallow in despair, pride, and selfishness.
A common way to explain Biblical truth is to explain it in terms of circles. For example, one of the core truths of scripture is the Trinitarian nature of the …show more content…
Keller rebukes this by quoting Francis Collins in his book The Language of God, saying “the very fact that the universe had a beginning implies that someone was able to begin it.” (133). This statement captures perfectly one of the fatal flaws in the Big Bang theory; something outside of nature had to create nature itself. How more perfectly can one describe the person of God?! God not only fits this description, but it parallels John 1:3 when John says that “all things were made through Him, and without him was not anything made that was made” (ESV). God and science, as Keller points out later in his book, are not in conflict, showing why many evolutionists are Christians. These insights give Keller’s readers a reason to believe, and through this he helps them realize all the evidence they never knew was right in front of
A common way to explain Biblical truth is to explain it in terms of circles. For example, one of the core truths of scripture is the Trinitarian nature of the …show more content…
Keller rebukes this by quoting Francis Collins in his book The Language of God, saying “the very fact that the universe had a beginning implies that someone was able to begin it.” (133). This statement captures perfectly one of the fatal flaws in the Big Bang theory; something outside of nature had to create nature itself. How more perfectly can one describe the person of God?! God not only fits this description, but it parallels John 1:3 when John says that “all things were made through Him, and without him was not anything made that was made” (ESV). God and science, as Keller points out later in his book, are not in conflict, showing why many evolutionists are Christians. These insights give Keller’s readers a reason to believe, and through this he helps them realize all the evidence they never knew was right in front of