The Prodigal God

I am reading Tim Keller's new book, The Prodigal God. Yeah, it is quite an intriguing title! Rather than give away the significance of the title yet, I want to encourage you to get the book and read it slowly.  It is a quick read, but deserves lots of attention and meditation.  As far as the purpose of the book, Keller says that it is "meant to lay out the essentials of the Christian message, the gospel." In the introduction, he provides a warning and an encouragement to those of us who may be "familiar" with the message: "One of the signs that you might not grasp the unique, radical nature of gospel is that you are certain you do. Sometimes longtime church members find themselves so struck and turned around be a fresh apprehension of the Christian message that they feel themselves to have been essentially 're-converted." Is that bait enough? :0)