The Freedom of Hope
Episode Date: July 17, 2024Most people think the job of religion is to call people into a life of morality. But Paul says that’s not what Christianity is at all. Gospel transfor...
Sermons by Tim Keller, founder of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in NYC and NY Times best-selling author of ”The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism.” For more sermons and resources, visit www.gospelinlife.com.
297 episodes transcribedMost people think the job of religion is to call people into a life of morality. But Paul says that’s not what Christianity is at all. Gospel transfor...
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I don’t think there’s any competition on this: the cross is the single most visible and recognizable symbol in human history. It’s everywhere. But wha...
Whenever we listen or read about marriage we bring our own filters. We have filters based on our experiences and cultures. So before we pick at this p...
When we think of temptation, we tend to almost immediately think of physical kinds of sins. But there are a lot of other temptations. There’s temptati...
When Jesus Christ came into the life of the demon-possessed man in Mark 5, it says the man sat at Jesus’ feet, clothed and in his right mind. That’s t...
We all have a problem with self-control, right? You can probably think of some emotion or some habit you have trouble controlling. And if you can’t th...
Goodness and faithfulness are greatly interrelated. They both have to do with integrity, with living honestly. The word integrity is related to intege...
The Bible says one of the marks of a real Christian is that your love finds expression in deeds of kindness—especially toward those with material, phy...
When the Bible says the fruit of the Spirit is patience, it’s saying a Christian is somebody who at last knows how to deal with anger. You know, anger...
When we talk about the fruit of the Spirit, love and joy seem like they’re in a higher league than patience. We think, “everybody gets impatient!” Bu...
A lot of Christians are cast down, losing their peace and joy because they don’t expect attacks on their peace and joy. We’re sad that we’re sad. We’r...
When the Bible says joy comes in the morning, it doesn’t mean you’ll wake up every morning with a smile on your face. It means there’s a joy of such i...
They say if you’ve been married long enough you start to look like each other. Whether or not that’s true in marriage, I know that’s true about God an...