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Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

Religion & Spirituality, Religion, Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Christianity, Spirituality

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🗓️ 29 August 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

At the end of the end of the last of Moses’ sermons, he says something so simple that it’s difficult. Moses starts saying, “I’m offering you this personal relationship with God.” He’s saying, “It’s not too difficult. It’s near you. You don’t have to go up to heaven. You don’t have to go over the sea.” And actually, people miss this personal relationship with God because it’s so simple; the simplicity is its difficulty. We’re going to see here, when it comes to this personal, covenant relationship with God, 1) its deceptive ordinariness, 2) its threatening graciousness, and yet 3) its unimaginable promise. This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on September 23, 2007. Series: The New Heart God Gives. Scripture: Deuteronomy 30:11-20. Today's podcast is brought to you by Gospel in Life, the site for all sermons, books, study guides and resources from Timothy Keller and Redeemer Presbyterian Church. If you've enjoyed listening to this podcast and would like to support the ongoing efforts of this ministry, you can do so by visiting https://gospelinlife.com/give and making a one-time or recurring donation.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Gospel and Life.
0:05.5	How comfortable are you when it comes to being open about your faith?
0:09.3	This month on the podcast, Tim Keller looks at what the Bible says about having a public faith.
0:14.7	He shows us what it looks like to be open about our faith in a pluralistic society
0:18.8	in a way that creates civility and peace and meaningful
0:22.3	dialogue with our neighbors.
0:30.4	Good morning.
0:32.4	The scripture this morning is taken from the book of Deuteronomy chapter 30 verses 11 through 20.
0:41.1	Now, what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach.
0:50.2	It is not up in heaven so that you have to ask, who will ascend to heaven to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?
0:59.4	Nor is it beyond the sea so that you have to ask, who will cross the sea to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?
1:08.0	No, the word is very near you. It is in your mouth and in your heart,
1:17.1	so you may obey it. See, I have set before you today life and prosperity, death and destruction.
1:28.6	For I command you today to love the Lord your God,
1:34.5	to walk in its ways and to keep its commands, decrees, and laws.
1:40.8	Then you will live and increase.
1:44.8	And the Lord your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess.
1:52.2	But if your heart turns away and you are not obedient, and if you are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them,
2:02.7	then I declare to you this day that you will certainly be destroyed.
2:08.3	You will not live long in the land you are crossing to Jordan to enter and possess.
2:14.3	This day, I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses.
2:28.2	Now choose life so that you and your children may live and that you may love the Lord your God.
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