Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life They Greatly Feared
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May 6, 2026 A preacher explores Jonah’s flight driven by fear and hatred and what that reveals about the heart. He examines how suffering exposes false securities and how religious fixes fail in storms. The sermon highlights a willing substitute, connects Jonah to Christ, and offers practical practices to reduce idol investments and live in God’s promises.
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Storms Reveal Our True Dependency
- Storms reveal our true dependency by triggering an involuntary reflex to cry out to God.
- Tim Keller uses Mark Twain and C.S. Lewis to show that fear exposes deep God-need rather than mere intellectual skepticism.
Don't Bargain With God To Escape Fear
- Avoid using religion as a fear-based bargain where you obey God to control outcomes.
- Keller shows sailors shifting from polytheism to pleading with Yahweh as an example of ineffective fear-driven religiosity.
Finite Gods Sink With You
- Finite goods and idols sink with us because they share our vulnerability in storms.
- Keller compares career, music, family or money to polytheistic gods that are powerless when calamity strikes.
