The Temptation of Beauty
Episode Date: January 15, 2024In order to be wise, we have to learn how to understand and manage the power of sexuality. Wisdom is not less than being moral and good, but it’s qui...
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 transcribedIn order to be wise, we have to learn how to understand and manage the power of sexuality. Wisdom is not less than being moral and good, but it’s qui...
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It’s one thing to have the gospel presented to you. It’s another thing to have it come to you. According to this passage, it is very easy to miss the...
If you want an idea of who Jesus is, he says he’s more like the bridegroom than anything else. If you want an idea of what it means to be a Christian,...
Jesus tells us that to become a Christian, there has to be a smashing. Christianity is new wine: it ferments, it swells, it’s organically and chemical...
Here’s my thesis: The reason most people who profess belief in Christianity still don’t live big lives is because they don’t actually understand Chris...
At the end of Jesus’ life, the religious leaders want him executed. But the Romans have all the political power. So they bring Jesus to the Roman poli...
Jesus debated. Jesus fought. Jesus argued with the Pharisees, the Sadducees, the Herodians, the teachers of the law, people we would call religious an...
It’s not the whale events in your life that make you who you are. It’s all the guppies. Every morning you wake up and millions of them come at you. Yo...