Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life
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 https://gospelinlife.com.
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The Stories We Live By
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House of God (Part 4)
When we think of what it means to be holy, many of us think of a perfect person who never does anything wrong. And if the apostle Paul says that we are being shaped to be holy, how could we ever live up to such a standard?
The Bible, thankfully, gives us a bigger definition of the word. To be holy means to be wholly his—someone who has reoriented their priorities around God and his glory even as t
House of God (Part 3)
In the Book of Ephesians, the apostle Paul calls Christians stones of a holy temple “built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets…” But what does it really mean that these figures of the early church are our foundation, and why is it important?
By studying the apostles and prophets’ teachings in the Word of God, we make sure the church is built on a solid basis for a unity that cannot be f
House of God (Part 2)
One of the biggest questions the Bible answers is, “If human beings have been separated from God, how can we be in his presence again?” The good news is this: from the days of Adam and Eve to our own lives today, God has been working out a plan that allows us to dwell with him once again.
The apostle Paul describes us as building blocks that make up a new temple—one which God himself inhabits. Wha
House of God (Part 1)
Being part of a church doesn’t mean we’re part of an audience. Rather, each of us is a building block that plays a crucial part in making up the whole.
The apostle Paul explains this when he says we as Christians are stones that build a holy temple—stones that must enjoy unity, connection, and intimacy if we are to hold together. And if we rely on Jesus Christ as our cornerstone, we can immerse ou
Church: Building Blocks
This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on April 4, 1993. Series: Salvation From the Outside In. Scripture: Ephesians 2:19-22.
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Access to the Father (Part 1)
This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on March 14, 1993. Series: Salvation From the Outside In. Scripture: Ephesians 2:18.
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Brought Near (Part 3)
This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on March 7, 1993. Series: Salvation From the Outside In. Scripture: Ephesians 2:11-18.
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Brought Near (Part 2)
When we consider what it means to be “close to God,” it’s likely we think of the religious as near to him and non-churchgoers as far away. But Paul tells us that no matter how close we seem, we are all equally estranged from God until we call Christ our Savior.
As the Book of Ephesians points out, the real question of whether we are Christians or not is not how good we are or how often we pray. Th
Brought Near (Part 1)
This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on February 21, 1993. Series: Salvation From the Outside In. Scripture: Ephesians 2:11-18.
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He Is Our Peace (Part 2)
This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on February 14, 1993. Series: Salvation From the Outside In. Scripture: Ephesians 2:11-16.
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He Is Our Peace (Part 1)
This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on February 7, 1993. Series: Salvation From the Outside In. Scripture: Ephesians 2:11-16.
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God’s Workmanship
This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on December 13, 1992. Series: Salvation From the Outside In. Scripture: Ephesians 2:8-10.
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Faith and Grace
This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on December 6, 1992. Series: Salvation From the Outside In. Scripture: Ephesians 2:4-10.
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The Work of God
This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on November 29, 1992. Series: Salvation From the Outside In. Scripture: Ephesians 2:4-10.
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Union With Christ
This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on November 22, 1992. Series: Salvation From the Outside In. Scripture: Ephesians 2:4-10.
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Alive With Christ (Part 3)
This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on November 15, 1992. Series: Salvation From the Outside In. Scripture: Ephesians 2:1-5.
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Alive With Christ (Part 2)
This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on November 8, 1992. Series: Salvation From the Outside In. Scripture: Ephesians 2:1-5.
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Alive With Christ (Part 1)
This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on November 1, 1992. Series: Salvation From the Outside In. Scripture: Ephesians 2:1-5.
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Dead in Sin
This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on October 25, 1992. Series: Salvation From the Outside In. Scripture: Ephesians 2:1-3.
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Head Over Everything
This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on October 18, 1992. Series: Salvation From the Outside In. Scripture: Ephesians 1:22-23.
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Incomparable Power
This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on October 11, 1992. Series: Salvation From the Outside In. Scripture: Ephesians 1:19-23.
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Hope, Riches and Power (Part 2)
This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on October 4, 1992. Series: Salvation From the Outside In. Scripture: Ephesians 1:15-23.
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Hope, Riches and Power (Part 1)
This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on September 27, 1992. Series: Salvation From the Outside In. Scripture: Ephesians 1:15-23.
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Receiving the Fullness (Part 3)
This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on September 20, 1992. Series: Salvation From the Outside In. Scripture: Ephesians 1:13, 14.
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Receiving the Fullness (Part 2)
This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on September 13, 1992. Series: Salvation From the Outside In. Scripture: Ephesians 1:13, 14.
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Receiving the Fullness (Part 1)
This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on August 30, 1992. Series: Salvation From the Outside In. Scripture: Ephesians 1:11-23.
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God’s Plan (Part 3)
This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on August 16, 1992. Series: Salvation From the Outside In. Scripture: Ephesians 1:9-12.
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God’s Plan (Part 2)
This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on August 9, 1992. Series: Salvation From the Outside In. Scripture: Ephesians 1:9-12.
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God’s Plan (Part 1)
This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on August 2, 1992. Series: Salvation From the Outside In. Scripture: Ephesians 1:9-12.
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Adoption (Part 2)
The highest thing that Christianity offers to us is to be adopted as God’s sons. It’s little surprise, then, that our identity as his children can radically transform how we live each and every day.
When we look at the great privileges and characteristics of people who know they’re children of God, what do we see?
Let’s walk through five marks of sonship: 1) a fearlessness about our security, 2) a
Adoption (Part 1)
God moved heaven and earth to be our Father. Rather than just forgiving our sins through Jesus Christ, he invites us to sit at the family table with him as his very own sons and daughters.
All too often, we live and act as slaves instead of cherished children, blown about by the emotional highs and lows of our circumstances and defensive about our standing in life. But the truth is that our adopti
Before Him
This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on June 7, 1992. Series: Salvation From the Outside In. Scripture: Ephesians 1:4-8.
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Our Ransom, Redeemed by Blood (Part 3)
Forgiveness isn’t something that can just be given for free; it always has a cost.
When we commit an offense against someone and they forgive us, they pay the price of the time, money, or reputation we took from them. Ephesians tells us our sins against God, too, come with a real cost that only Jesus could pay—and that understanding this can truly transform our lives.
Let’s look at how 1) no sin c
Our Ransom (Part 2)
We often hear it stated that Jesus offers redemption to those who believe in him. But why do we need to be redeemed in this first place—and why is Jesus the only one who could do it?
The truth is that we have all violated God’s Law and need to be saved. Still, many of us are left with more questions. Is what I’ve done really that bad? Why can’t I earn my own redemption? Why couldn’t God simply cho
Our Ransom (Part 1)
This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on May 10, 1992. Series: Salvation From the Outside In. Scripture: Ephesians 1:3-14.
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Love Before the World (Part 2)
This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on May 3, 1992. Series: Four Ways to Live, Four Ways to Love. Scripture: Ephesians 1:1-5.
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Love Before the World (Part 1)
This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on April 26, 1992. Series: Four Ways to Live, Four Ways to Love. Scripture: Ephesians 1:1-4.
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God Our King
This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on October 8, 2000. Series: Four Ways to Live, Four Ways to Love. Scripture: Isaiah 40:1-11, 27-31.
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God Our Lover
This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on October 1, 2000. Series: Four Ways to Live, Four Ways to Love. Scripture: Ezekiel 16:3-10, 15-22 , 39-42, 60-63.
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God Our Friend
This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on September 24, 2000. Series: Four Ways to Live, Four Ways to Love. Scripture: Exodus 33:7-34:8.
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God Our Father
This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on September 17, 2000. Series: Four Ways to Live, Four Ways to Love. Scripture: Psalm 103:1-2, 8-18.
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Considering the Great Love of God
This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on September 10, 2000. Series: Four Ways to Live, Four Ways to Love. Scripture: Psalm 107:31-43.
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Heaven, a World of Love
This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on May 19, 1996. Series: Love: The Way to Grow Up. Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13.
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Love’s Way to Grow Up
This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on May 12, 1996. Series: Love: The Way to Grow Up. Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13.
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Love’s Way With Others
This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on May 5, 1996. Series: Love: The Way to Grow Up. Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13.
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Love’s Way With God
This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on April 28, 1996. Series: Love: The Way to Grow Up. Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13.
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Love’s Way With the Self
This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on April 21, 1996. Series: Love: The Way to Grow Up. Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13.
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Better Than Miracles
1 Corinthians 13 is a very famous passage, but in the context of the entire book of 1 Corinthians, we see that it is a sober warning against straying from the Gospel. If a person is gifted, as many of the Corinthians were, then it is frighteningly easy for that person to mistake their spiritual gifts for spiritual fruit.
When we serve others in the church, are we serving Jesus or are we serving ou
Letter to the Church in Laodicea
Every single thing Jesus has to say to the church of Laodicea is scathingly negative.
The city of Laodicea was a medical center—there was a famous medical school there, and they produced a lot of medicines. Jesus essentially says the church in Laodicea is spiritually sick, and that he has the medicine for them. And whenever we see Scripture diagnosing a spiritual condition, we must always ask, “Is
The First and the Last
There are lots of letters in the Bible, but only one place has a series of letters written directly from Jesus to the churches — and that’s in Revelation.
Jesus appears to the now elderly apostle John on the isle of Patmos, where John is in exile, and it is quite an amazing vision. In it, there are three vivid contrasts. Each one tells us something that will make a real difference in our lives.
Le
How To Find Faith
This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on November 8, 1998. Series: Jesus – On Finding God. Scripture: Mark 5:21-43.
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How To Find Real Treasure
This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on November 1, 1998. Series: Jesus – On Finding God. Scripture: Matthew 13:44-46.
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How To Find Your Self
This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on October 25, 1998. Series: Jesus – On Finding God. Scripture: Matthew 16:21-27.
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How To Find the Way
This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on October 18, 1998. Series: Jesus – On Finding God. Scripture: Matthew 7:7-14.
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The Girl Nobody Wanted
This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on October 11, 1998. Series: None. Scripture: Genesis 29:15-35.
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Should I Not Love That Great City?
In Jonah, the antagonists are the religious, moral people. It’s us. It’s the city-disdaining, city-phobic, religious, moral people. We’re the antagonists, and God is the protagonist.
It all comes down to this last question when God says, “Should I not have compassion? Should I not love that great city?” This is what the story is about. It’s about God’s love for a big, unbelieving, unjust, violent,
Let Them Give Up Their Violence
History tells us the Assyrian empire brought cruelty and massacre to a new level. It was a violent empire that slaughtered helpless people. And Jonah’s response to it is anger. He wants them punished.
Yet, in the book of Jonah, we see one of the greatest surprising turns of all the stories in the Bible. God refuses to accept either the violence of Nineveh or the poisonous anger of Jonah.
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Those Who Cling… Forfeit the Grace
Jonah’s spirituality was fine for his old world and his old situations. But when he’s faced with a new situation, it just collapses.
Then, when he’s in the belly of the fish, Jonah begins to reflect and pray, and as the prayer moves along, we see he has a spiritual breakthrough. Now the new situation is something he can handle. How do we, too, move to the next level?
By looking at Jonah’s prayer
They Greatly Feared
Jonah runs away for two reasons: fear and hate.
God has told Jonah to go to Nineveh to warn them, but Jonah refuses. He’s afraid to put himself in the midst of his enemies, but he’s also filled with hate toward them. So the book of Jonah addresses in a real way the questions “What do I do about my fear?” and “What do I do about my anger?”
Let’s notice three features of the story: 1) the stormy se
Running From God
Words like sin, sinner, heathen and heretic have been used for centuries to exclude and oppress people. That’s one reason we need the book of Jonah.
Jonah gives a concept of sin that can’t be used to oppress people. In fact, it shows that it’s one thing to believe in sin and another thing to understand it in your own heart. Jonah was a prophet, but there was a kind of sin in his heart that flew u
Confident in the Advocate
In the old tales, if they were sending people out on a quest, they always gave them special gifts with special powers. That’s what Jesus is doing in John 14—he’s sending his disciples (us) out into the world.
The night before he dies, Jesus is giving mighty gifts with special powers to his disciples and to us. And of all the gifts that he gives, the greatest gift possible is this one: the Holy Sp
Confident in Prayer
God sent Jesus into the world to say the things he said and do the things he did — and it got him killed. Now Jesus is sending us into the world, and we should probably expect at least a hard time.
In John 14, Jesus gives us gifts for the journey, gifts that will equip us for the difficult work of being his representatives. One of those great gifts is prayer. And if anybody is saying, “Oh, yeah, I
Confident in Love
Philip asks Jesus for something I think most of us can identify with. He asks Jesus to actually show them God. And at this, Jesus is exasperated.
Philip’s saying, “We believe in God, but it’s hard. So give us just one view, and that will be enough for the rest of our lives.” And essentially, Jesus says, “I’m offering you something greater than a vision, that through me you can know God.”
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Confident in Hope
Trouble will come. And because we’re going to have trouble, Jesus says he wants to give us something so that our hearts are not troubled by the trouble.
John 14 begins and ends with Jesus saying, “I don’t want you to be troubled.” So what is it that Jesus does to give us confidence and strength to face life as it is?
The first thing Jesus gives us to help us deal with the troubles of life is the
Our Vocation: Lay Ministry
To live a Christian life is much more transformative than just trying to live better.
If you’re a Christian, you are a living stone in the temple of the Holy Spirit, and you are a holy priesthood called to do sacrifices to the Lord, because you’re related to the cornerstone, Jesus Christ. Now that’s quite an image. What does it all mean?
Let’s unpack that under three headings: 1) what we are calle
Our Walk: The Freedom of Submission
The Christian understanding of freedom is at complete loggerheads with what our culture tells us. And I’d say most of us as Christians have trouble understanding it ourselves.
An extremely important concept for understanding the Christian life is the freedom of a Christian. It’s a theme that runs all the way through the New Testament: the paradox that Christians are free through submission, free
Our Power: Spirit-Filled Living
Living the Christian life is not a matter of willpower and self-effort. Because of the Holy Spirit in our lives, we have the potential for radical and organic growth and change.
2 Peter talks about moving from selfishness to unselfishness, from enslavement to freedom, from foolishness to wisdom. It’s talking about inward character change, about spiritual growth.
According to this passage, spirit
Our Cross: Path of Suffering
The book of 1 Peter is probably more about suffering than anything else.
It might be the only book in the New Testament completely devoted to the subject of suffering. And it shows us that going through trials, troubles, and sufferings is one of the main ways in which we grow into Christlikeness.
So let’s see what we learn here about 1) the inevitability of suffering, 2) the good potential of su
Our Call: Holy Living
When we become Christians we don’t just turn over a new leaf, we’re spiritually raised with Christ and his resurrection power comes into our lives. And so, what does such an empowered life look like?
We’re called to be holy, but this is a difficult term to get ahold of. In our modern culture, both the word “sin” and the word “holiness” are almost never used anymore except ironically. But we need t
Our Identity: Joyful Exiles
Jesus’ resurrected power is in our lives now. Even though we are not yet bodily resurrected, Christians are, according to Ephesians 2, raised with Christ and knowing the power of his resurrection.
What does that mean? What does it mean to live that kind of life? What kind of life should we live now in light of the resurrection of Jesus?
Let’s look at 1) how we’re supposed to live as Christians, 2
Our Birth: Cosmic
When we unite with Jesus Christ, his resurrection power comes into our lives.
Even though we believe we’ll be resurrected in our bodies at the end of time, there is already a spiritual resurrection that happens to us now. What does that look like?
Looking at this text, we can see 1) what happened, 2) where it happens, 3) how it keeps happening, and 4) why it happens.
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Encountering the Risen Jesus
Jesus’ resurrection isn’t supposed to just change history—it’s supposed to change you and me. The New Testament everywhere says we should expect to encounter the risen Christ. And that’s how our lives are changed.
Peter is a case study for us, because we have here the story of how the resurrected Christ sat down with Peter at the fire by the Sea of Galilee—about how Peter’s life had fallen apart
Clothed With Power (Easter)
Easter is too marvelous for words, but we’re going to try.
Luke 24 is an account of the resurrection: from the morning when the empty tomb was discovered, to the middle of the day when Jesus appeared on the road to Emmaus, to the evening when Jesus appeared to his disciples. And in that evening account, we see that Jesus said a number of things to his disciples.
We can learn three things about th
Worship (Palm Sunday)
For centuries now, on the Sunday before Easter, the church has observed the triumphal entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem just days before he was crucified. It’s called Palm Sunday.
What does Palm Sunday mean? It means Jesus is king, and it’s important to see that’s not just an abstract proposition. Palm Sunday is about this: you can’t know Jesus Christ unless you know him as king. He can’t chan
Mission
Christianity gives us resources to help us live in a world that’s hard to live in. And in Luke 5, we see a resource we wouldn’t immediately think of as one — that is, that when Jesus calls us, he sends us out into the world to serve.
Serving other people is draining, but it’s also strengthening. Because if you see that you should live for your neighbor’s fulfillment rather than your own fulfillmen
Scripture
When you’re in the wilderness, how do you handle the trials, the difficulties, and the temptations?
In Luke 4, we have a famous passage about the temptation of Jesus in the wilderness. Jesus is assaulted by the Devil, and he deals with it through the Word of God. We’re going to look at how Jesus uses Scripture, and how, in a practical way, we can too.
This text shows us 1) the depth and complexity
Out From the Grave
The raising of Lazarus is the seventh and climactic of Jesus’ miraculous signs in the Gospel of John. John says Jesus did many miracles, but these seven particularly revealed who Jesus was and what he came to do. And this one is probably the most famous.
Jesus especially loved Mary, Martha, and Lazarus—there was a special friendship there. But Lazarus gets sick when Jesus is away, and Lazarus is
The Man Born Blind
The healing of the man born blind is one of Jesus’ miracles that’s called a sign, meaning it symbolizes something about who Jesus was and what he came to do.
This is a story about a man who’s born blind, and it takes up an entire chapter. The man is healed in the very first few verses, then there’s quite a bit of interrogation with the Pharisees, and then the man comes back, has an encounter with
The Feeding
In the miraculous sign of the feeding of the 5,000, Jesus takes a few loaves and fish and miraculously feeds a multitude of people.
This is the only one of Jesus’ miracles that’s told in all four gospels. And the gospel of John gives us the final discourse in which Jesus explains the meaning of the miracle. Jesus says it’s a symbol. Jesus says, “I am the bread of life.”
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