Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

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Classic sermons by Tim Keller, Pastor Emeritus of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City and NY Times best-selling author of ”The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism.” For the latest sermons and additional resources, please visit www.GospelinLife.com

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Arguing About Politics

05.20.2022

In the Bible, we often see people engaging Jesus in debate or argument about different theological or moral issues. In this passage, we see religious leaders attempting to nail down Jesus’s politics. In this sermon, we will see 1) A ...

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05.20.2022 Arguing About Politics In the Bible, we often see people engaging Jesus in debate or argument about different theological or moral issues. In this passage, we see religious leaders attempting to nail down Jesus’s politics. In this sermon, we will see 1) A ...
05.18.2022 Arguing About Morality In the Bible, we often see people engaging Jesus in debate or argument about different theological or moral issues. This passage helps us understand the nature of morality, or what it means to live a moral life. In this sermon, ...
05.16.2022 Arguing About the Afterlife In the Bible, we often see people engaging Jesus in debate or argument about different theological or moral issues. This passage shows us Jesus’s answer to a question about the afterlife. In this sermon, we will see that Jesus’s answer ...
05.13.2022 Literalism: Isn’t the Bible historically unreliable and regressive? Each week we’re choosing one of the things that most trouble people today about Christianity. The problem with Christianity we now come to centers around the Bible. Many people in a place like New York would say this: “There are ...
05.11.2022 Hell: Isn’t the God of Christianity an angry judge? Every week, we’re taking one of the things that in our culture troubles people the most about Christianity. We’re now going to look at the Christian teaching that God is a judge and a judge who consigns people to hell. ...
05.10.2022 Special Episode: Faith and Proof This is episode 1 of a new limited series podcast called Questioning Christianity with Tim Keller. To listen to the Q&A; session that followed this talk as well upcoming episodes, search "Questioning Christianity with Tim Keller" wherever you listen to ...
05.09.2022 Injustice: Hasn’t Christianity been an instrument for oppression? We’re in a series taking the things that people in our culture (especially in New York City) are troubled by with regard to Christianity. This time, the objection could be put like this. The Christian church has a long history ...
05.06.2022 Absolutism: Don’t we all have to find truth for ourselves? We’re looking at the things that trouble people the most about Christianity. Now, we come to one that could be put like this: “Christians believe they have absolute truth. They have some things everyone should believe and everyone should do. ...
05.04.2022 Suffering: If God is good, why is there so much evil in the world? We’re looking at the problems people in our culture, and especially in New York City, have with Christianity. We’re now going to look at the one you could call the problem of evil and suffering. And it’s a very formidable ...
05.02.2022 Exclusivity: How can there be just one true religion? We’re beginning a series looking at the main objections, the main problems, people in our culture have with Christianity. The objection we’re looking at now can be summed up in one word: exclusivity. The problem is this: how can you ...
04.30.2022 Sharing the Joy We Have in Christ Why are Christians more quiet about their faith now than in past generations and how can one feel confident to share their love for Christ openly and winsomely? In this talk, Tim Keller asks this question: In its early days, ...
04.29.2022 The Timing of Jesus The book of Mark gives us insight into the authentic Jesus, and this account describes the patience of Jesus — which often serves as a trial of our patience. This sermon will show us 1) The delays of Jesus; 2) ...
04.27.2022 The Defeat of Evil This passage in the book of Mark is the longest and most vivid account in the Bible of an exorcism of demons, and it shows us three things about evil: 1) The complexity of evil; 2) The pattern of how ...
04.25.2022 Lord of the Storm The book of Mark gives us insight into the authentic Jesus—not the Jesus who is a projection of our own desires, but the real Jesus of the Bible. This passage tells us four things about the power of Jesus: 1) ...
04.22.2022 The Openness of the Kingdom In the Gospel of Mark, we’re told that the message of Jesus is that “the Kingdom of God is near.” What does Jesus want to teach us about the Kingdom of God? We see three things in this passage: 1) ...
04.20.2022 The Seed of the Kingdom In this passage, Jesus Christ tells us how he can change our lives by using the metaphor of a seed. How is the gospel like a seed? 1) Because it has power; 2) Because of how it releases that power; ...
04.18.2022 The Family of Jesus The book of Mark gives us insight into the authentic Jesus—not the Jesus who is a projection of our own desires. In this passage, we will 1) See that there are wrong theories about who Jesus is; 2) Hear from ...
04.17.2022 And If Christ Be Not Raised The resurrection of Jesus was a massive, comprehensive argument that brought the Apostle Paul into faith in Jesus Christ. What does the argument of the resurrection appeal to? In this sermon, we will see that the resurrection presents an argument ...
04.15.2022 With Jesus In this passage, we see Jesus reaching the height of his popularity with the crowds, cutting across national and ethnic divides. How does Jesus respond to this popularity? By going up into a mountain and naming and renaming people. In ...
04.13.2022 The Lord of the Sabbath In this passage from the Gospel of Mark, Jesus claims that he’s here not to reform religion, but to absolutely end religion and replace it with himself. This sermon will show us two things: the futility of religion and, on ...
04.11.2022 The Healing of Forgiveness The book of Mark was written to make sure we always had access to what the real Jesus actually said and did. In this sermon, we see three different parties react to Jesus. What is Mark doing in these verses? ...
04.08.2022 Prayer, Word, and Deed A Jesus who’s a projection of your own desires can’t contradict you, can’t change you, and can’t help you. If you’re going to have a Jesus who really helps you or changes you, it has to be a Jesus with ...
04.06.2022 Called To Be Disciples We live in a culture in which everyone seems to be talking about Jesus and wants some sort of connection to him — but everybody wants connection on their own terms. A Jesus that’s a projection of your own desires, ...
04.04.2022 Father, Son and Holy Spirit Many people want to talk about Jesus, but they want to relate to him on their own terms. The way to find the real Jesus is to encounter the Jesus of the gospels in the New Testament. In these verses ...
04.01.2022 Man in the Wilderness How do we know Jesus isn’t just a great human king or one of many angelic beings? The Gospel of Mark tells us that Jesus is the anointed King, the Son of God. This passage shows us three things about ...
03.30.2022 God’s Holy People – Part 2 To live as God’s Holy people, there are things to which we must say no — and that includes sexual immorality. This sermon helps us understand what sexual immorality is, and what God’s vision for sex and intimacy is. This ...
03.28.2022 God’s Holy People – Part 1 This passage explores both the “negative” parts (the prohibitions or warnings) and the “positive” parts (the blessings, love, and acceptance through Christ) of Christianity. To only embrace the “negative” is to be legalistic; to only embrace the “positive” is to ...
03.25.2022 The Sweetness of the Cross This passage is the sum of the Christian life: walk in love, because Jesus loved you by dying for you. We will take three important principles from this short passage: 1) Doctrine and practice are absolutely wedded in the Christian ...
03.23.2022 Dear Children In Ephesians, Paul lays down the beauty and genius of the Christian life. What is unique about the Christian life is that the Christian lifestyle flows out of a new self-understanding. One of the new ways Christians understand ourselves is ...
03.21.2022 Ministries of Mercy In Ephesians, Paul outlines distinct characteristics of the Christian lifestyle, and one of the characteristics is to seek to use work and wealth to care for people in need — otherwise known as “mercy ministry.” This sermon unpacks the 1) ...
03.18.2022 Work and Wealth Christianity isn’t just a lifestyle, but the Bible does outline a distinctive lifestyle for Christians, including the purpose of our work. What’s the purpose of work? 1) To do something useful for somebody else and 2) To create wealth with ...
03.16.2022 Working and Giving In Ephesians, Paul outlines distinct characteristics of the Christian lifestyle: what to do with anger, how to communicate, how to forgive, attitudes toward wealth and toward poverty, and how to use your words. This sermon focuses on communication—our words must ...
03.14.2022 Building People – Part 2 God is a God who speaks, and we bear his image as communicators. Speech is incredibly powerful— there is nothing more fundamental than the need to be understood and to understand. This sermon considers the power of words under two ...
03.11.2022 Building People – Part 1 How do we get rid of bitterness toward others? Is it even possible? This sermon explores the external and internal side to getting rid of bitterness. Externally, forgiveness must sometimes be granted before it is felt; internally, you have to ...
03.09.2022 Forgiving and Forgiven How is it possible to be angry and indignant at injustice, but hold no ill will or bitterness towards others? Anger in and of itself isn’t sinful, but there are three forms of sinful anger: bitterness, blowing up; and clamming ...
03.07.2022 Be Angry, Sin Not The Bible gives us a wonderful and amazingly balanced understanding of anger. What does it mean to be angry and not sin? It means that anger is not wrong in and of itself, but it can very easily lead to ...
03.04.2022 Put Off Falsehood When the Apostle Paul starts to describe the Christian lifestyle, he begins with writing to “put off falsehood.” Truth is the essence of what it means to be a Christian. This sermon explores why to tell the truth and how ...
03.02.2022 The Christian Lifestyle The Christian lifestyle is distinct from other pathways to morality, and necessitates a radical change. What is so distinctive about the Christian lifestyle, and how does it differ from other kinds of morality? 1) You do things because of who ...
02.28.2022 The Grace of God We’re looking at the characteristics—also known as the “attributes”—of God according to the Bible. This sermon looks at the grace of God. In this sermon, we’ll see that grace is a gift that is also indispensable and infinitely costly—and, if ...
02.25.2022 The God Who Makes Alive We’re looking at the characteristics—also known as the “attributes”—of God according to the Bible. This sermon looks at God as the God who makes alive. When Israel was invaded by the Babylonians and taken into exile, they had no hope ...
02.23.2022 The God Who Reconciles Sinners We’re looking at the characteristics—also known as the “attributes”—of God according to the Bible. This sermon looks at God as the God who reconciles sinners—we have to be reconciled to God, and God has to be reconciled to us. We’ll ...
02.21.2022 The Holy One We’re looking at the characteristics—also known as the “attributes”—of God according to the Bible. This sermon looks at the holiness of God by way of an enigmatic and little known incident in the life of Joshua. We’ll get glimpses of ...
02.18.2022 The Wrath of God We’re looking at the characteristics—also known as the “attributes”—of God according to the Bible. This sermon looks at the wrath of God—an attribute that probably gives modern Western people the shudders. From the passage, we’ll learn that God’s wrath is: ...
02.16.2022 The Jealousy of God We’re looking at the characteristics—also known as the “attributes”—of God according to the Bible. This sermon explores the jealousy of God, perhaps the most offensive of all the things the Bible says about God. The text will show us: 1) ...
02.14.2022 The Shepherd-King We’re looking at the characteristics— also known as the “attributes”— of God according to the Bible. This sermon looks at an attribute given in the form of an extended metaphor— God as a shepherd. This particular passage is the longest ...
02.11.2022 The Love of God We’re looking at the characteristics— also known as the “attributes”— of God according to the Bible. This sermon looks at the love of God, an attribute contemporary people are almost too comfortable with. The love of God is more complicated ...
02.09.2022 The God Who Is Everywhere We’re looking at the characteristics— also known as the “attributes”— of God according to the Bible. One of God’s attributes is his omnipresence— he’s present everywhere, and we can’t get away from him. There are three things this psalm tells ...
02.07.2022 The Unchanging God We’re looking at the characteristics— also known as the “attributes”— of God according to the Bible. Most of our problems stem from not knowing who God is or forgetting who he is at the moment. One of God’s attributes is ...
02.04.2022 Maker of Heaven and Earth We’re looking at the characteristics— also known as the “attributes”— of God according to the Bible. Most of our problems stem from not knowing who God is or forgetting who he is at the moment. One of God’s attributes is ...
02.02.2022 Our Covenant God We’re looking at the characteristics— also known as the “attributes”— of God according to the Bible. One of God’s attributes is that he is a covenant God— He is a God who makes covenants, and he is a God you ...

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