Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life Mission
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Mar 30, 2026 A sermon about being sent to serve others in everyday work and community. It explores how meeting Jesus reshapes identity and priorities. It highlights caring for society’s marginalized and restoring belonging. It examines Jesus’ authority to forgive and heal and calls listeners to trust and grow into a new life of service.
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Meeting Jesus Causes A Self Quake
- Meeting Jesus produces a 'self-quake' that breaks inflated self-images and reveals self-centeredness.
- Peter's reaction to the miraculous catch — “Go away from me, Lord, I am a sinful man” — shows identity shifts when confronted with divine holiness.
Take Your Faith Into Your Work
- Let your Christian identity reshape how you work so success and failure don't define you.
- Keller explains the disciples left their boats and even a huge profitable catch, showing faith frees you to act ethically and rest from career-driven identity.
Jesus Reaches The Margins
- Jesus gravitates toward social outcasts — lepers, tax collectors, Gentiles, and marginalized women — bringing them back into community.
- The leper risked entering town, fell before Jesus, and was touched and restored to social and religious life.
