Four Things Christians Must Reclaim

Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

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

4.8 • 15K Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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In this cultural moment, when our non-Christian friends look at the Christian faith, they often see a history of racism, an anti-intellectual mindset, homophobia, and the denigration of women. It's tempting to think that the best thing Christians can do is batten down the hatches and cling on for dear life, while the waves of secularization wash over us. But if that's what we think, I believe we've got it all wrong. When we look more closely at each of these devastating roadblocks, they become signposts to Christ. I believe we have an opportunity before us. But there are four things we need to do. We must reclaim 1) diversity, 2) the university, 3) morality, and 4) sexuality. But we must do all these things with humility and not by watering the scriptures down, but by lapping them up. This talk was given by Dr. Rebecca McLaughlin at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on November 14, 2019. Series: Missional Living. 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	If you're a Christian, you want to see your neighborhood workplace and city renewed by the gospel.
0:07.0	But in today's culture, the challenges to sharing our faith or discipling someone can feel almost insurmountable.
0:14.0	How can we effectively share our faith in spite of tough questions and misconceptions about Christianity?
0:20.0	Today's podcast features teaching from the 2019 Missional Living Conference held at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City.
0:28.0	Listen as Dr. Rebecca McLaughlin explores how we can share our faith in a way that is relevant, wisdom and true.
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0:52.0	Tim mentioned earlier that the gospel rids us of pessimism.
0:56.0	And that is good news for me because you're about to hear like 35 minutes of pure and adulterated, very un-British optimism from me.
1:03.0	But because I'm British, we're going to start with Harry Potter.
1:07.0	And if you have not read the Harry Potter books, you need to block yours for about 90 seconds now because this is the most terrible spoiler and I would hate to ruin this beautiful story for you.
1:20.0	But in Harry Potter and a half-bud prince, JK Rowling sticks a knife into her readers' hearts.
1:29.0	Professor Dumbledore is the Gandalf of the series, the only man whose power for good can match Lord Voldemort's evil.
1:37.0	But in the sixth book, a weakened Dumbledore stands at the top of the astronomy tower, surrounded by his enemies,
1:45.0	and he appeals to Harry's teaching emphasis, Severus's stape for help.
1:50.0	Severus, please, and Snape kills him.
1:56.0	The scene is devastating.
2:00.0	We never like Professor Snape, but we hope to be on hope that he was Dumbledore's man, and now his betrayal of his mentor is complete.
2:09.0	It's only in the last book that we realize how wrong we were when Harry extracts memories from the dying Snape's mind and pours them into the magical pencee where you can dive into somebody else's past.
2:22.0	And then we see that everything Snape has done has been driven by his passionate, hopeless, unrequited love for Harry's mother.
2:31.0	We see Snape's anguish as Lily Potter is murdered by Voldemort, and how eventsforth commits himself to Dumbledore.
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