Discovering the Gospel

Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

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

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🗓️ 18 August 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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You can’t talk publicly about Christianity unless at some point you get down to say, “Well, what is it?” There’s great consensus that 1 Corinthians was written just 20 years after the death of Jesus Christ. So when Paul says he’s summarizing the message the Corinthians heard and believed before this, he’s talking about something that happened a handful of years after Jesus’ death. If you want to get down to the irreducible core of what Christianity is about, here it is in this passage. This is the gospel. The gospel is about 1) Jesus, 2) sin and substitution, 3) history and resurrection, and 4) astonishing, transforming grace. This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on November 10, 2013. Series: A Public Faith. Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:1-11. 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.
0:05.3	How do we share what it means to truly know Jesus, not just as a historical figure or moral teacher, but as Savior and King?
0:13.4	This month, Tim Keller explores what the Bible shows us about being public with our faith and sharing the hope we have in Christ.
0:26.5	Thank you. public with our faith and sharing the hope we have in Christ. The reading this morning is taken from the book of one Corinthians chapter 15 versus
0:31.7	1 through 11. Now brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preach to you, which you received
0:40.5	and on which you have taken your stand. By this gospel, you are saved if you hold firmly to the
0:47.5	word I preach to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain. For what I received, I passed on to you as of first importance,
0:57.0	that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised
1:03.2	on the third day according to the scriptures, and that he appeared to Seifis and then to the 12.
1:10.0	After that, he appeared to more than 500 of the brothers and sisters
1:14.5	at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. Then he appeared to
1:21.0	James, then to all the apostles, and last of all, he appeared to me also as to one abnormally born.
1:29.9	For I am the least of the apostles, and do not even deserve to be called an apostle,
1:35.2	because I persecuted the Church of God.
1:38.2	But by the grace of God, I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them,
1:47.4	yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me. Whether then it is I or they, this is what we preach,
1:55.6	and this is what you believed. Here ends the reading.
2:06.3	So we're looking at, for a number of weeks, we're looking at the subject of public faith.
2:17.1	What does it mean to talk about your deepest beliefs, who you are with others in public,
2:18.7	who may not share your beliefs.
2:23.5	And how do you do that in a way that's transparent, that's honest, at the same time is respectful, it promotes peace.
2:25.4	This is something that everyone in a pluralistic society needs to learn how to do.
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