Pastor Timothy Keller continues his discussion of four ways to experience a feast that correspond to ways the gospel message of Jesus shapes our lives in Chapter 7 of The Prodigal God. 3. Salvation is individual. Just as we must regularly eat and drink to survive and grow physically, in order to grow spiritually we […]
The King will reply, “I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.” -Matthew 25: 40 Timothy Keller continues his discussion of four ways to experience a feast that correspond to ways our lives are shaped by the gospel in Chapter 7 […]
In Chapter 7 (“The Feast of the Father”), the concluding chapter of The Prodigal God, Timothy Keller describes four ways to experience a feast that correspond to ways our lives are shaped by the gospel message of Jesus. The first way is discussed today. 1. Salvation is experiential. At a feast our appetite and senses […]
In Chapter 6 (“Redefining Hope”) of The Prodigal God, Timothy Keller suggests that we should read the Parable of the Two Lost Sons in the context of the Bible’s “sweeping theme of exile and homecoming.” Doing so will help us to understand that Jesus’s parable is more than “a moving account of individual redemption. Jesus […]
As Timothy Keller concludes Chapter 5 of The Prodigal God, he asks : “How can the inner workings of the heart be changed from a dynamic of fear and anger to that of love, joy, and gratitude?” His answer is that we have to be moved by the sight of what it cost Jesus, our […]
In Chapter 5 (“The True Elder Brother”) of The Prodigal God, Timothy Keller reminds us that, prior to the Parable of the Two Lost Sons, Jesus told two other parables in response to the Pharisees’ complaint that He was fraternizing with sinners. Those parables are the Parable of the Lost Sheep and the Parable of the […]
Timothy Keller concludes his discussion of “elder brother lostness” in Chapter 4 of The Prodigal God by presenting signs four and five. 4. Joyless, fear-based compliance. Obedience simply is duty through and through. There is no joy, love, or intrinsic reward. Compliance is a slavish, joyless drudgery driven by fear. It is complying to the […]
Pastor Timothy Keller continues his discussion of the signs of “elder brother lostness” in Chapter 4 of The Prodigal God. Today signs two and three are presented. 2. A strong sense of one’s own superiority. The elder brother points out how much better his moral record is than that of his younger brother. In Luke 15: […]
As Timothy Keller begins Chapter 5 (“The True Elder Brother”) of The Prodigal God, he states that just as the younger brother’s sin was plainly observable, so too is his spiritual lostness. By contrast, the elder brother’s lostness is more subtle, but equally devastating. The author then presents 5 signs of “elder brother lostness”. The […]
“I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints . . .” -Ephesians 1: 18 Timothy Keller continues his discussion of sin in Chapter 3 of The Prodigal God […]
In Chapter 3 of The Prodigal God, Timothy Keller continues his discussion of moral conformity vs. self-discovery by comparing the responses of the two brothers, while taking special note that the sin of the younger brother is readily recognized by anyone. Yet in the end it’s the younger son who is saved, while the elder […]
Timothy Keller begins Chapter 3 (“Redefining Sin”) of The Prodigal God by noting that Jesus uses the younger and elder brothers to symbolize the two basic ways people attempt to find happiness and fulfillment: moral conformity (elder brother) and self-discovery (younger brother). The author adds that each paradigm colors how we see all of life, […]