Welcome to Gospel in Life. As you may have heard recently, it is with sadness that we

share with you that our founder and friend Timothy J. Keller passed away in the morning

of May 19, 2023 at the age of 72, trusting in the sure and certain hope of the resurrection.

While our hearts are heavy with the news of Tim's death and our prayers are with his family

as they go through the grieving process, our spirits are also lifted because we know

that he has a new life and is with his Savior and that one day we will see him again.

And so with that hope in mind, we want to honor Tim's wishes and continue ministering

the gospel during this season because as you have heard Tim say many times, the gospel

changes everything. So listen now to his teaching and join us in praying for his family.

Thank you.

I'm going to read the passage in the bulletin that's printed here. It's Luke 1, 39 to 55.

I'm going to read it in one language. When I was in Europe, there was a very nasty little

joke that used to, I heard a couple times, they said, well you know if you know three

languages, you're trilingual. If you know two languages, you're bilingual. If you know

one language, you're an American. But that's not true in New York. So us Americans in

New York only know one language feel a little bit kind of dumb. But the only language I know

I'm about to show you, Luke 1, 39 to 55. At that time Mary got ready and hurried to the

hill country to a town in the hill country of Judea where she entered Zechariah's home

and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby leaped in her womb

and Elizabeth was filled with a Holy Spirit in a loud voice, she exclaimed, blessed are

you among women and blessed is the child you will bear. But why am I so favored that the

mother of my Lord should come to me? As soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears,

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