How Do We Share Our Faith Now? Principles (with Q&A)

Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

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

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🗓️ 4 August 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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The first 30 years of my ministry life, I spent most of my time saying, “You’ve got to care about the poor. You’ve got to do justice. You can’t just do word—you’ve got to do deed.” The last 10 years of my ministry life in New York City, everybody wants to do justice—and that’s great. However, now I’ve got to say, “But you’ve got to open your mouth and tell people in whose name you’re doing it.” Jesus was mighty in word and deed. And just like Jesus, Christians have got to be mighty in both word and deed. There are four headwinds to sharing our faith today. These four headwinds are 1) the problem of attention, 2) the problem of comprehension, 3) the problem of attraction, and 4) the problem of the spectrum. This talk was given by Dr. Timothy Keller 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 in city renewed by
0:08.0	the gospel.
0:09.0	But in today's culture, the challenges to sharing our faith or discipling someone can feel
0:14.0	almost insurmountable.
0:16.0	How can we effectively share our faith in spite of tough questions and misconceptions about
0:21.0	Christianity?
0:22.0	Today's podcast features teaching from the 2019 Missional Living Conference held at Redeemer
0:28.0	Materian Church in New York City.
0:30.0	Listen as Dr. Keller explores how we can share our faith in a way that is relevant winsome
0:35.0	and true.
0:36.0	After you listen, we invite you to go online to gospelandlife.com and sign up for email updates.
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0:46.0	as well as other valuable gospel-centered resources.
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0:53.0	First 30 years of my ministry, the life, were a lot different than the last 10 years.
1:03.0	And a lot of you, I know you're saying, you don't look that old.
1:13.0	That's irony.
1:14.0	By the way, Americans don't get irony, but that was irony, all right.
1:19.0	For the first 30 years, I spent most of my time with born-again churches, churches filled
1:26.0	with people who said they're born-again.
1:28.0	For those 30 years, I spent most of the time saying, you know, you've got to care about
1:33.0	the poor.
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