In the Beginning

Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

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

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🗓️ 9 March 2026

⏱️ 37 minutes

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You can’t really understand the real Jesus if you only look at his birth and his death. You must also look at his words and his deeds during his life. To study the words and deeds of Jesus, we’re going to look in the Gospel of John, starting with John 1. It’s one of the most famous passages of the Bible, with too much great stuff to possibly discuss it all. So I’d like to give a top-level view of it, looking at the three main parts: 1) a radical, amazing claim, 2) the rejection of the claim, and 3) the answer to the objections to and rejection of the claim. This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on January 5, 2014. Series: Seeing Jesus. Scripture: John 1:1-14. 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 the Gospel and Life podcast. Many of us often focus on the big moments in Jesus's life,
0:10.2	his birth, death, and resurrection. But how would your understanding of Jesus change if you took a
0:15.9	closer look at what he did and said throughout his life on earth. Today, Tim Keller explores why Jesus' everyday experiences
0:23.6	are essential for understanding who he is
0:26.6	and how they invite us to have a deeper trust in him.
0:43.6	The scripture reading this morning is from John chapter 1, verses 1 through 14.
0:48.4	In the beginning was the Word.
0:50.8	And the Word was with God.
0:53.2	And the word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him, all things were made.
1:01.0	Without him, nothing was made that has been made. In him was life. And that life was the light of all mankind.
1:11.4	The light shines in the darkness,
1:15.4	and the darkness has not overcome it.
1:19.2	There was a man sent from God whose name was John.
1:22.8	He came as a witness to testify concerning that light,
1:26.9	so that through him all might believe.
1:30.0	He himself was not the light. He came only as a witness to the light.
1:35.6	The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world.
1:41.2	He was in the world and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him.
1:49.4	He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.
1:56.4	Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name,
2:04.8	he gave the right to become children of God.
2:07.9	Children born not of natural descent,
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