Integrity

Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

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

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🗓️ 30 January 2026

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Honesty is a difficult commodity. It’s pretty hard to find. Instead, you can see dishonesty everywhere: in the high places in the professional places, and all the way down to the inner places. We’re not honest with other people, and we’re not even honest with ourselves. Dishonesty starts because we’re all so good at denial. All around you there are people who, through blame-shifting and rationalization, are absolutely blind to a fault that others around them can see clearly. No wonder the Bible says honesty is a supernatural work of God. Honesty starts when you say, “I’m incapable of it.” Until then, you haven’t even begun to have integrity. Psalm 15 and 16 will show you yourself. This passage shows us 1) the opposite of integrity, 2) the counterfeit of integrity, and 3) how to cultivate integrity. This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on January 21, 1990. Series: Ten Commandments 1989. Scripture: Psalm 15, 16. 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. During January, we're inviting our listeners to consider becoming a Gospel and Life monthly partner.
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0:21.7	gospelonlife.com slash partner. That's gospelonlife.com slash partner. What comes to mind when you
0:30.6	hear about the Ten Commandments? For many people, they bring up feelings of guilt and shame, or they
0:35.9	seem like a list of rules that are impossible to follow.
0:39.1	In today's sermon, Tim Keller shows us how God didn't give us the Ten Commandments to crush us
0:43.9	with unattainable moral standards, but to appoint us to Jesus Christ, the only one who perfectly
0:49.6	fulfills God's law.
0:55.0	Scripture. fills God's law. Our scripture reading is Psalm 15 and 16.
1:00.0	We're going to read it together as a unit.
1:03.0	Six verses of Psalm 15, 11 verses of Psalm 16.
1:09.0	And I hope you will see as we study it that it is a unit.
1:13.6	Psalm 15, Lord, who may dwell in your sanctuary, who may live on your holy hill?
1:22.6	He whose walk is blameless and who does what is righteous, who speaks the truth from his heart,
1:29.9	has no slander on his tongue, who does his neighbor no wrong, casts no slur on his fellow man,
1:35.7	who despises a vile man and honors those who fear the Lord, who keeps his oath even when it hurts,
1:42.3	who lends his money without usury and does not accept a bribe against
1:46.0	the innocent, he who does these things will never be shaken.
1:51.6	Keep me safe, O God, for in you I take refuge.
1:55.4	I said to the Lord, you are my Lord, apart from you I have no good thing.
1:59.6	As for the saints who are in the land, they are the glorious ones, in whom is all my delight. The sorrows of those will increase who run after other gods. I will not pour out their libations of blood or take up their names on my lips. Lord, you have assigned me my portion and my cup. you have made my lot secure. The boundary lines have
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