Encounters with Jesus: Unexpected Answers to Life's Biggest Questions

Written by Timothy Keller

Narrated by Lloyd James

In Encounters With Jesus, New York Times bestselling author and renowned pastor Timothy Keller shows how people were changed when they met Jesus personally—and how we can be changed today through our own encounter with him.
 
What is my purpose in life? What is a good life? Why is there so much wrong with our world? What can I do to help make it right? These are some of the big questions that everyone must answer. And any lasting change in our lives will start with a change to one or more of our answers to these questions. 
 
Jesus changed the life of every person he met in the Gospels, through powerful experiences and words that led them to unexpected and transforming answers to their big questions. These conversations can still address our questions and doubts today. Originally published as an eSeries, Encounters with Jesus focuses on several of these meetings — including with a skeptical student, a religious insider, an outcast, even Jesus’ mother — and shows how the central events in Jesus’ life provide ways for us to encounter him again or for the first time.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Penguin Audio
• Release date: Nov 19, 2013
• ISBN: 9780698140202

Timothy Keller

Timothy J. Keller (1950–2023) was the founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York. He was the bestselling author of The Prodigal God and The Reason for God. 

Reviews for Encounters with Jesus

[verber_1 · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

From the preface, I was expecting this to be an in-depth look at Jesus' interactions with people which would have been primarily focus on the biblical text which asked insightful questions. In stead, the encounters in the book were often just jumping off points for apologetics on a variety of topics. The content was ok, but I think Keller's other books are superior.

[bwhitner-1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This was an excellent book. Loved how he described the different encounters with Jesus and what they really meant. One of my favorite books. Read it twice.