Who is this Jesus? (Open Forum)

Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

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

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🗓️ 22 August 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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If we look at Jesus Christ, at the case for Jesus being who he said he is, there are five things to see. First, there was a man who claimed to be God. Second, he apparently did miracles. Third, he got the people closest to him to believe he was God. Fourth, after he was dead, many people saw him risen to life again. And fifth, those people were so transformed by the experience of meeting that risen Savior that they spread the word everywhere. How do you account for those five facts, for the data of who Jesus is? You have to come up with something. There are only five options for how you account for this. We’ll look at these five options, and what they mean for us. This talk was given by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on May 1, 1994. Series: Redeemer Open Forums. 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.
0:05.5	How comfortable are you when it comes to being open about your faith?
0:09.4	This month on the podcast, Tim Keller looks at what the Bible says about having a public faith.
0:14.6	He shows us what it looks like to be open about our faith in a pluralistic society
0:18.8	in a way that creates civility and peace and meaningful
0:22.3	dialogue with our neighbors.
0:30.4	What we're going to do tonight is look at who is Jesus Christ.
0:45.4	What you just heard depicted orally dramatically was how the actions and the behavior of Jesus Christ has continually ignited debate about his identity. And all thoughtful people will be part of that debate.
0:57.3	I was a college student a long time ago, very long.
1:02.8	My children occasionally, over the years, have asked me,
1:06.1	Dad, when you were in college, did they have television?
1:10.5	Things like that. I used to say, no, honey, we used to entertain ourselves drawing pictures on cave
1:18.0	walls of animals. You can see some of them even today. I remember when I was in college, one picture that I've never forgotten.
1:33.4	It was in 1970 during, I really don't know the history of this,
1:38.9	but I know that during the Cambodia invasion, an awful lot of the college campuses
1:42.8	in the Northeast United States, shut down.
1:46.3	Students boycotted them, basically, because they wanted to talk about life issues, but where
1:52.4	we were going. And as a result, at least of the campus I was at, there was open mics on the
1:58.0	college quadrangles every day. Anybody could get and speak.
2:01.5	Crowds of people showed up.
2:03.0	No matter where you were,
2:04.0	you saw groups of people together talking about the meaning of life.
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