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From Timothy Keller Sermons — Gospel in Life

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Before Him 2026-07-08
This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on June 7, 1992. Series: Salvation From the Outside In. Scripture:…
Our Ransom, Redeemed by Blood (Part 3) 2026-07-06
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,…
Our Ransom (Part 2) 2026-07-03
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…
Our Ransom (Part 1) 2026-07-01
This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on May 10, 1992. Series: Salvation From the Outside In. Scripture:…
Love Before the World (Part 2) 2026-06-29
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.…
Love Before the World (Part 1) 2026-06-26
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.…
God Our King 2026-06-24
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.…
God Our Lover 2026-06-22
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.…
God Our Friend 2026-06-19
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.…
God Our Father 2026-06-17
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.…
Considering the Great Love of God 2026-06-15
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.…
Heaven, a World of Love 2026-06-12
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…
Love’s Way to Grow Up 2026-06-10
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…
Love’s Way With Others 2026-06-08
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…
Love’s Way With God 2026-06-05
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…
Love’s Way With the Self 2026-06-03
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…
Better Than Miracles 2026-06-01
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…
Letter to the Church in Laodicea 2026-05-29
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…
The First and the Last 2026-05-27
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…
How To Find Faith 2026-05-25
This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on November 8, 1998. Series: Jesus – On Finding God. Scripture: Mark…
How To Find Real Treasure 2026-05-22
This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on November 1, 1998. Series: Jesus – On Finding God. Scripture:…
How To Find Your Self 2026-05-20
This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on October 25, 1998. Series: Jesus – On Finding God. Scripture:…
How To Find the Way 2026-05-18
This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on October 18, 1998. Series: Jesus – On Finding God. Scripture:…
The Girl Nobody Wanted 2026-05-15
This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on October 11, 1998. Series: None. Scripture: Genesis 29:15-35.…
Should I Not Love That Great City? 2026-05-13
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…
Let Them Give Up Their Violence 2026-05-11
History tells us the Assyrian empire brought cruelty and massacre to a new level. It was a violent empire that slaughtered helpless people. And…
Those Who Cling… Forfeit the Grace 2026-05-08
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…
They Greatly Feared 2026-05-06
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…
Running From God 2026-05-04
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.…
Confident in the Advocate 2026-05-01
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…
Confident in Prayer 2026-04-29
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,…
Confident in Love 2026-04-27
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.…
Confident in Hope 2026-04-24
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…
Our Vocation: Lay Ministry 2026-04-22
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…
Our Walk: The Freedom of Submission 2026-04-20
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…
Our Power: Spirit-Filled Living 2026-04-17
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…
Our Cross: Path of Suffering 2026-04-15
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…
Our Call: Holy Living 2026-04-13
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.…
Our Identity: Joyful Exiles 2026-04-10
Jesus’ resurrected power is in our lives now. Even though we are not yet bodily resurrected, Christians are, according to Ephesians 2, raised with…
Our Birth: Cosmic 2026-04-08
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…
Encountering the Risen Jesus 2026-04-06
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…
Clothed With Power (Easter) 2026-04-03
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…
Worship (Palm Sunday) 2026-04-01
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…
Mission 2026-03-30
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…
Scripture 2026-03-27
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…
Out From the Grave 2026-03-25
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…
The Man Born Blind 2026-03-23
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…
The Feeding 2026-03-20
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…
The Pool 2026-03-18
Can you imagine a perfect human being? You may say, “Sure.” But perfection would necessarily be surprising to us because we’re not perfect and we’ve…
The Healing 2026-03-16
I’ve heard people say, “Oh, I wish I had his faith, or her faith,” as if faith is a talent. And I do think there’s a kind of faith that’s a…
The Feast 2026-03-13
Jesus’ first sign was not feeding the poor. It wasn’t healing the sick or raising the dead. It was keeping a party going. In the book of John,…
The Lamb 2026-03-11
People come up to John the Baptist and say, “What is your identity? What is your self-understanding?” That has a very contemporary ring to it. And…
In the Beginning 2026-03-09
You can’t really understand the real Jesus if you only look at his birth and his death. You must also look at his words and his deeds during his…
The Cornerstone 2026-03-06
In ancient architecture, the cornerstone was the first stone laid, and it had to be the most perfectly cut stone and the strongest stone. Because,…
Principles of Christian Growth, Part 2 2026-03-04
This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on December 5, 1993. Series: Splendor in the Furnace: 1 Peter, Part…
Principles of Christian Growth, Part 1 2026-03-02
This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on November 28, 1993. Series: Splendor in the Furnace: 1 Peter, Part…
Loving Deeply 2026-02-27
This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on November 21, 1993. Series: Splendor in the Furnace: 1 Peter, Part…
Born Again 2026-02-25
This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on November 14, 1993. Series: Splendor in the Furnace: 1 Peter, Part…
What Is the Bible? 2026-02-13
This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on October 10, 1993. Series: Splendor in the Furnace: 1 Peter, Part…
Basics 2026-02-11
This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on October 3, 1993. Series: Splendor in the Furnace: 1 Peter, Part 1.…
How to Handle Trouble 2026-02-09
There’s only one God who has wounds that can speak to your wounds. There’s only God who has been through it. The Buddhists look at suffering as an…
Union With Christ 2026-02-06
If Jesus Christ went into the furnace for you, he certainly can go into the furnace with you. That’s what the book of 1 Peter is all about: how we…
Election 2026-02-04
This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on September 12, 1993. Series: Splendor in the Furnace: 1 Peter, Part…
Contentment 2026-02-02
When Paul was in prison, facing and expecting death, he had the audacity to say, “I have found the secret of being content no matter the…
Integrity 2026-01-30
Honesty is a difficult commodity. It’s pretty hard to find. Instead, you can see dishonesty everywhere: in the high places in the professional…
Rich in Faith 2026-01-28
If you’re not radically generous, you’re a thief. The Bible is full of this teaching. If the money you have was yours and you’re not generous with…
Overflowing Joy 2026-01-26
Money is not a silly or superfluous thing. Money was designed to be our dignity. It answers to something God put down deep in us: that we all need…
Sex and the End of Loneliness 2026-01-23
When Christianity burst onto the scene, the early Romans were amazed and astounded in two particulars: that Christians were radically generous,…
Love Your Enemies 2026-01-21
Jesus gives us the most radical ethic of love that’s ever been put forth: “Turn the other cheek.” This ethic has been criticized and disregarded,…
Aggressive Compassion 2026-01-19
Every individual human life is sacred. Every individual person is of infinite value. In Genesis 9, at the end of the flood, God assures Noah and his…
Secret Treason 2026-01-16
What gets God angry? Romans 1 tells us: ingratitude. If there’s a God who created you, do you work for his goals or do you take all that he’s given…
Orphans or Children 2026-01-14
The fifth commandment is talking particularly to adult children. It says, “Honor thy father and thy mother.” What’s intriguing about the Ten…
Entering His Rest 2026-01-12
What is true rest? In Psalm 3, we see a man who goes to sleep the night before a battle knowing full well that he’s greatly outnumbered. And he…
First of All 2026-01-09
If you have any other gods before God—and we all do—to that degree that you have other gods before him, you’re in bondage, co-conspirator with your…
God’s Law 2026-01-07
The book of Deuteronomy is a series of sermons Moses preached just before he died. In it, he lays out, in the most comprehensive and practical way,…
Seeking the Kingdom 2026-01-05
Jesus says, “Don’t be anxious,” three times in this passage. Quick question that comes up: how does anybody have the audacity to command us to not…
Thy Will Be Done 2026-01-02
To many people, the whole point of prayer is this: how do you get God to give you what you need? Now, that’s not the point of prayer, and if you…
Admitting 2025-12-31
A life of absolute peace, a life of tremendous clarity, a life of total power and freedom, a life of high beauty—that’s the vision of the Lord’s…
How To Pray 2025-12-29
What’s ironic is the Lord’s Prayer has probably the most familiar words in the English language, and yet it is the secret to what you seek. We’re so…
Radical Generosity 2025-12-26
It’s artificial to avoid the subject of money when so many of your problems, your worries, and your difficulties revolve around money. And it’s also…