Some quotes garnered from my reading of chapter five of The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevski. Here he wrestles with universal themes of suffering and faith, of doubt and the goodness of God. It really is quite remarkable. ‘Even this must have a preface- that is, a literary preface,’ laughed Ivan, “and I am a poor […]
“The parable of the Good Samaritan is nothing if not provocative.”[1] So says the prologue to the book, Ministries of Mercy: The Call of the Jericho Road. Notably, a similar sentiment is often expressed concerning the book’s author himself, Timothy Keller. A graduate and later adjunct professor of Westminster Theological Seminary, he has been dubbed […]