Work Wholeheartedly

Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

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

4.8 • 15K Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Consider how much of your time, how much of your life, is built around your work. Yet, so many of the books and materials that look at what it means to live as Christians only focus on our evenings and our weekends. How are we to be a Christian on the job? We’re going to look at some basic principles of what God says we must do to approach our work and our jobs in a Christian way. Looking at Ephesians 6, we see that this passage knocks down two false views of work: 1) that work is a curse and leisure is the meaning of life, and 2) that work is the meaning of life. And then we’ll see 3) how you get the power to transform your view and aim of work. This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on November 3, 1991. Series: Work & Faith. Scripture: Ephesians 6:5-9. 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.
0:05.8	If you have a job, it's likely that you think about it, a lot.
0:09.7	But how much have you thought about the biblical approach to your work?
0:13.7	Today on Gospel in Life, Tim Keller shows us that the Bible has incredibly helpful and practical
0:19.0	wisdom we can apply to the work we do.
0:21.6	Wisdom you may find surprising, even life-changing.
0:32.7	Ephesians chapter 6, we're going to read verses 5 through 9.
0:36.2	Something about the subject, please.
0:39.0	We had a long series on marriage, as you know, as we got to Ephesians 5. And last week and this
0:45.9	week, I've just decided to move on through quickly two very important subjects, not necessarily
0:52.6	the most inspiring subjects, not the kind of sermons or preaching that
0:57.5	everybody comes out saying, wow, that was so inspiring.
1:02.9	The one subject is the relationships of parents to children, that was last week, and today
1:07.5	the relationships within the workplace, of master to servant, of employer,
1:14.0	a manager to worker.
1:16.2	Now, we're going to look at that tonight, and this will be the only night we talk about it.
1:19.9	Again, and I'll get back to it in a second.
1:22.1	And again, it's not the most inspiring subject, and yet it is so important because when you stop and consider
1:30.1	how much of your time, how much of your life is built around your work, and when you consider
1:36.3	that the average Christian, when they, he or she sits down to try to say, what does it
1:41.7	mean for me to live my life out as a Christian?
1:49.0	If somebody gives you a book on discipleship, here's what it means to be a disciple of Jesus,
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