Reading Room
What is the Reading Room?
The Reading Room is a once-a-month Book Club for sceptics or anyone exploring the Christian God. We explore some of the most frequently asked questions on Religion and God through a book “The Reason for God”.
Each session starts at 8pm and we spend one hour or so discussing one chapter from the book. You get to air your views and listen to others on their viewpoints of these topics. The formal time ends at 9.30pm and thereafter, people stay back to continue informal chats and discussion over wine and cheese.
Book: The Reason for God
“The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism” is a New York Times’ bestselling. The author, Timothy Keller, the founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City, addresses the frequent doubts that skeptics, and even ardent believers, have about religion. Using literature, philosophy, real-life conversations, and potent reasoning, Keller explains how the belief in a Christian God is, in fact, a sound and rational one.
Details
"Is Christianity a straitjacket?"
6 Oct 2023, Friday, 8-9:30pm
In a world where individual freedom is held as essential for one to survive and thrive, why be subject to the seemingly archaic confines of a system of faith? What exactly does freedom and purpose look like in the context of Christian belief?
"How can a loving God send people to hell?"
3 Nov 2023, Friday, 8-9:30pm
How does Christianity reconcile the existence of a merciful creator and the idea of eternal damnation? Why should there even be a hell, and how does the bible correct or clarify the world’s common caricature of it?
Interested?
To join these sessions or to find out more, please contact us at crossingbookclub@gmail.com
