From The Gospel Coalition 2011 National Conference
Keller compares the Israelites' "crossing over" with a Christians' "crossing over"
Salvation / Redemption / Release - is about getting out
What are we getting out of? - bondage
How do we get out of it? - crossing over from death to life
Why is it possible to get out? -order out of chaos
through the man in the middle identified with the people and with the power of God - Moses/Christ
In Exodus as well as now, salvation is not by how developed one's faith is . . . And as Keller points out, some Israelites dashing through the dry path with a wall of ocean on both sides were likely commenting - "hey, would you look at that, God sure is fighting for us" - while others were crying, "I'm gonna die, I'm gonna die, we're all gonna die." Yet, all were saved.
Timothy Keller may be my favorite contemporary Christian author. The first book I read of his was THE REASON FOR GOD. The cover picture is linked to more information about the book.
*There Can't Be Just One True Religion
*How Could a Good God Allow Suffering?
*Christianity Is a Straightjacket
*The Church Is Responsible for So Much Injustice
*How Can a Loving God Send People to Hell?
*Science Has Disproved Christianity
*You Can't Take the Bible Literally
*The Clues of God
*The Knowledge of God
*The Problem of Sin
