Category Archives: Sermon Illustrations

University Students Read the Sermon on the Mount with virgin eyes

Posted on January 27, 2017 by

Tim Keller’s two-minute illustration (38:45–40:45) on the Sermon on the Mount, Why People Hate the Sermon on the Mount Virginia Stem Owens. “God and Man at Texas A&M.” Reformed Journal 37, no. 11 (1987): 3–4. Also in Keller’s sermon “The … Continue reading →

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Notes on “Wisdom: How To Live It” by Tim Keller

Posted on October 8, 2013 by

My notes from Tim Keller’s sermon Wisdom: How To Live It We need wisdom. Three things that characterize a wise life: A glorious fight A guarded heart A living word A Glorious Fight

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Wisdom: What is It? by Tim Keller (What is the Fear of the LORD: Negative Fear vs. Positive Fear)

Posted on October 5, 2013 by

Notes from Tim Keller’s Sermon “Wisdom: What Is It” (First my own comment. These notes that I take on Keller sermons are always somewhere between transcript and paraphrase. Do you want to know which one? You’d have to listen to … Continue reading →

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Notes from Tim Keller’s Sermon Hero of Heroes

Posted on February 6, 2013 by

From the sermon Hero of Heroes.  Quote from Walter Truett Anderson “Today our leaders are stars not heroes. Stars are surrounded by crowds, heroes walk alone. Stars consult focus groups. Heroes consult their conscience. ” The very idea of heroism … Continue reading →

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Illustrations from Tim Keller’s Sermon “The Gospel in a Pluralistic Culture”

Posted on January 19, 2013 by

Tim Keller sermon from 1/13/2013 Time Stamp 11:30 in the sermon. A longer version of the Toyohiko Kagawa quote about his conversion can be found here. I am grateful for Shinto, for Buddhism and for Confucianism. I owe much to … Continue reading →

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Relational Generosity

Posted on October 18, 2012 by

Tim Keller’s sermon Generosity and Relationships was on forgiveness and he mentioned Tippi Hedren whose rebuff of Alfred Hitchkock is now made famous by a new HBO movie “The Girl”. Keller notes her capacity to forgive and avoid bitterness. Here is … Continue reading →

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A Personal Relationship with the Universe

Posted on April 13, 2012 by

In my Easter sermon I made the point that people are having personal relationships with lots of things. Here Verizon (a few days late) gives me a nice illustration. All in the context of reading “When God Talks Back”.

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Notes from Tim Keller’s Sermon “Joy”

Posted on April 4, 2012 by

This was part of Keller’s series on the fruit of the Spirit entitled “Real Signs of the Spirit”. This sermon was on Joy and was preached on April 18, 2010. The text was Romans 5:1-11 Series Review: One of the … Continue reading →

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The Offense of God

Posted on March 15, 2012 by

A couple of illustration from Tim Keller’s sermon “Out of Egypt”  from Feb 19, 2012 This passage starts about minute 15. Aldous Huxley in “Ends and Means” (Tim Keller says “ways and means”) Looks like the book is about to be … Continue reading →

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Follow the Thread

Posted on October 9, 2009 by

One of my favorite Tim Keller sermons is entitled “Praying our Fears” (free download). He used an illustration from a George MacDonald fairy tale “The Princess and the Goblin”. Here the little princess meets a “grandmother” who is more than … Continue reading →

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