The Prodigal Prophet: Jonah and the Mystery of God’s Mercy pdf

Timothy Keller è un pastore, teologo e apologeta cristiano americano. È presidente e co-fondatore di Redeemer City to City, che forma i pastori per il servizio in tutto il mondo. È anche il pastore fondatore della Redeemer Presbyterian Church di New York City, New York e l'autore dei libri bestseller del New York Times The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith (2008), Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God (2014) e The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism (2008). Il prequel di quest'ultimo è Making Sense of GOD: An Invitation to the Skeptical (2016). Keller è nato ad Allentown, in Pennsylvania, da Louise A. Keller (Clemente) e William B. Keller, un manager della pubblicità televisiva. Keller si è laureato alla Bucknell University (BA, 1972), al Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (M.Div., 1975) e al Westminster Theological Seminary, dove ha conseguito il D.Min. nel 1981, sotto la supervisione di Harvie M. Conn. Divenne cristiano mentre frequentava la Bucknell University, grazie al ministero dell'InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, con il quale in seguito prestò servizio come membro dello staff. Fu ordinato dalla Presbyterian Church in America ( PCA) e ha servito come pastore presso la West Hopewell Presbyterian Church di Hopewell, in Virginia, per nove anni, mentre prestava servizio come direttore della fondazione di chiese per la PCA. Ha anche servito nella facoltà del Westminster Theological Seminary, a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, dove lui e sua moglie Kathy Keller era coinvolta nel ministero urbano.

The Prodigal Prophet: Jonah and the Mystery of God’s Mercy pdf da Timothy Keller

An angry prophet. A feared and loathsome enemy. A devastating storm. And the surprising message of a merciful God to his people.
The story of Jonah is one of the most well-known parables in the Bible. It is also the most misunderstood. Many people, even those who are nonreligious, are familiar with Jonah: A rebellious prophet who defies God and is swallowed by a whale. But there's much more to Jonah's story than most of us realize.
In The Prodigal Prophet, pastor and New York Times bestselling author Timothy Keller reveals the hidden depths within the book of Jonah. Keller makes the case that Jonah was one of the worst prophets in the entire Bible. And yet there are unmistakably clear connections between Jonah, the prodigal son, and Jesus. Jesus in fact saw himself in Jonah. How could one of the most defiant and disobedient prophets in the Bible be compared to Jesus?
Jonah's journey also doesn't end when he is freed from the belly of the fish. There is an entire second half to his story--but it is left unresolved within the text of the Bible. Why does the book of Jonah end on what is essentially a cliffhanger? In these pages, Timothy Keller provides an answer to the extraordinary conclusion of this biblical parable--and shares the powerful Christian message at the heart of Jonah's story.