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Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

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

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🗓️ 22 April 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

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To live a Christian life is much more transformative than just trying to live better. If you’re a Christian, you are a living stone in the temple of the Holy Spirit, and you are a holy priesthood called to do sacrifices to the Lord, because you’re related to the cornerstone, Jesus Christ. Now that’s quite an image. What does it all mean? Let’s unpack that under three headings: 1) what we are called to be, 2) what we’re called to do, and 3) how we can be enabled and empowered to do it. This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on June 29, 2014. Series: Following Jesus. Scripture: 1 Peter 2:4-10. 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	You're listening to the Gospel and Life podcast.
0:06.8	What does authentic spiritual growth actually look like?
0:10.2	Writing to early believers, Peter outlined several qualities of a life that looks more and more like Christ's.
0:16.1	Today, Tim Keller takes a closer look at how we can develop this in our own lives
0:20.0	and how the resurrection
0:21.3	of Jesus makes true lasting transformation possible.
0:28.8	Scripture reading is 1 Peter chapter 2, verses 4 through 10.
0:41.0	As you come to him, the living stone, rejected by humans, but chosen by God and precious to him,
0:49.6	you also like living stones are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood
0:57.3	offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
1:04.0	For in scripture it says, see, I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and precious cornerstone, and the one who trusts in him
1:14.4	will never be put to shame. Now, to you who believe this stone is precious, but to those who do
1:23.4	not believe the stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone and a stone that causes
1:32.6	people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall they stumble because they disobey the message
1:41.2	which is also what they were destined for.
1:45.3	But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's special possession,
1:56.4	that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
2:06.1	Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God.
2:12.2	Once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. The word of the Lord.
2:25.2	The passage you just had read is from 1 Peter. We've been looking in these weeks after Easter
2:33.5	at what it means to live the Christian life in the books of
2:36.9	First and Second Peter.
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