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Life here is a wilderness (Keller)

Thursday 27 December 2007 at 09:38 am This is from the sermon "Not by Bread Alone" on Deuteronomy 8:1-16. All of life in this world is a wilderness. This is an insufficient environment to meet the deepest needs of your heart and soul. You're going to die here spiritually before you die here physically. Yet, you NEED the wilderness or you won't find life. You've got to know this otherwise you will be naive and you will continue to build idols in your heart as you seek to address the wilderness by the things you find in this place.

All Life Change (Keller)

Thursday 27 December 2007 at 09:22 am

"All life change is substitutionary sacrifice." This is one of Tim Keller's repeated themes. He spends a good deal of the sermon "The Meaning of His Death" from January 14, 2007. The text is Mark 10:32-45. He hits a lot of the themes connected with this too. Also hits Jeremiah 29 and touches on the the meaning of "the sword" a bit in terms of dealing with others: service not sword. "The influence that comes from power and control is always superficial, it doesn't really change hearts..."

 Also "Happiness 101". When you chose things to do that give you pleasure you get on the hedonistic treadmill. Selfish acts of kindness, however, lead to happiness. But if these acts are done out of duty or a self-manipulative attempt to get happiness it doesn't work. Gratitude can't be faked.

Sullivan revisits debate with Harris

Monday 24 December 2007 at 2:40 pm Sullivan revisits debate with Harris. The more I read Sullivan the more I enjoy him. I still have a problem though with his idea that skepticism makes religion safe. more...

Is work in this world pointless?

Monday 24 December 2007 at 1:53 pm 1. God and history.
a. If God is maximally good, if God is maximally just, if God is maximally powerful (we profess and assume these three things to be true) then at the consummation all that has happened, all the work that God has done will be justified, seen to be well, good, glorious, amazing, beautiful, splendid, full of peace and joy. This should give us enormous comfort. If any of the above things are not true, such as there is no such being, or a maximally powerful being is neither just nor good then frankly there is no point to anything or any effort because we are all in such deep trouble that nothing on our part will change anything. more...

Outline of Keller's Desiring God Speech

Friday 07 December 2007 at 7:08 pm I make these sometimes when I use one of Keller's free talks for a leadership development piece. I thought this was a terrific speech he gave. A lot of illustrations are common to a variety of his talks but I thought the first part was critical and masterful. Link to an mp3 of the talk. more...

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