Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life Loving Deeply
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Feb 27, 2026 A sermon unpacking 1 Peter’s call to genuine, transformative love. Short teachings explain why new birth makes brotherly love possible. Practical checks invite listeners to test their faith by how warm, forgiving, and truthful they are. Challenges include choosing love over revenge and reconciling before communion.
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Love Requires New Birth And Ongoing Growth
- Christian love requires supernatural rebirth and active growth; mere moralizing or exhortation isn't enough.
- Timothy Keller argues loving as Jesus loved is so difficult you must be "born again" and be rapidly maturing to do it.
Go After Justice Without Vengefulness
- When wronged, humans default to two responses: retaliate or freeze with resentment; the Bible calls for a third way.
- Keller outlines three options and says faith calls you to "go get them and love them" without vengeance.
Love As The Acid Test Of Faith
- Loving other Christians is both proof of and evidence for genuine gospel grasp, serving as an acid test.
- Keller contrasts doctrinal/moral correctness with relational warmth and forgiveness as truer markers of faith.
