Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life Scripture
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Mar 27, 2026 A deep look at Luke 4 and how Scripture was used in the wilderness. Explores the depth and strategies of evil, from personal temptation to systemic magnification. Examines how good things become idols and how Scripture counters temptation and accusation. Offers practical challenges about belief, costly grace, and saturating life with Scripture.
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Believing In The Devil Explains The Full Depth Of Evil
- Biblical belief in the devil prevents naive reduction of evil to only social or psychological causes.
- Timothy Keller contrasts FDR's early disbelief with later realization that supernatural evil explains atrocities like the Holocaust.
FDR's Late Encounter With Original Sin
- Keller recounts FDR reading theology late in life and realizing modern education couldn't explain Nazi evil.
- FDR turned to ideas like original sin and the devil to make sense of how educated societies commit monstrous acts.
Inner Sin Gives Demonic Footholds
- Evil operates by aligning external pressures with inner dispositions, creating complex, magnified effects.
- Keller uses Judas and Ephesians 4.27 to show grudges become footholds that allow external demonic influence.
