Podcast: Gospel in Life

The Parable of the Pearl: On Priorities

In these short parables, we see sacrifices made in the context of such tremendous riches that the sacrifice is made with incredible joy. In other words, the characters sacrificed in the joy and knowledge of what was on the way.
This story shows us severa…

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The Parable of the Farmer: On Servanthood

In this parable, we see Jesus teaching about how he wants his followers to live. The main theme of this story is that a Christian is no longer his or her own, but a Christian is a servant.
Through this story, we’ll see that a servant is somebody who has …

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The Great Banquet: On Humbling

The parable of the Great Banquet shows us that God’s kingdom is a feast, but it’s not the kind of feast you’d think. Instead of the feast for the rich and the proud, it’s a feast for the humble.
How can we humble ourselves so we can enter the kingdom? Fi…

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Interview: Communicating the Gospel in Preaching, Teaching & Writing

Susan Nacorda Stang interviews Tim Keller as they discuss how to communicate the Gospel in preaching, teaching and writing.
Today’s podcast is brought to you by Gospel in Life, the site for all sermons, books, study guides and resources from Timothy Kell…

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The Sower: On Hearing

In the parable of the sower, we see that Jesus did not just come to bring forgiveness of sins, but the very kingdom of God—in other words, forgiveness of sins is just the beginning. The kingdom of God is nothing less than the power of God in heaven enter…

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The Two Debtors: On Devotion

Two people find themselves in the same room with Jesus: Simon, an intellectual and a religious man, and a woman, who we are told lived “a sinful life.” What happens with them? Why does one of them remain cool and detached, while the other one sees their …

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Interview: Why Tim Keller wrote his new book on Forgiveness

In this special podcast episode Susan Nacorda Stang interviews Tim Keller as they discuss why he wrote his new book “Forgive: Why Should I and How Can I?” which will be published in early November.
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The Wheat and the Weeds: On Reality

In the parable of the weeds, we see Jesus depicting a cosmic truth about the kingdom of God in a very concrete way. Jesus shows us that to enter the kingdom of God, you must make Jesus your king—you must obey the one who saved you. The parable also shows…

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The Good Samaritan: On Love

In the parable of the Good Samaritan, Jesus teaches that love is what God built us to do, that love is the essence of what it means to be human. In this story, we see that real love doesn’t begin until you see that you can’t really love—it doesn’t begin …

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The Glory of the Triune God

The doctrine of the Trinity is that God is one being who eternally exists in three persons—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. In this passage of Jesus’s “high priestly prayer”—his prayer for his disciples the night before he died—Jesus gives us insights into …

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