Sermon
The Silent Sovereignty of God
By Tim Keller
Sermon
The Freedom of the Christian
Tim Keller | April 5, 1998
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The non-English versions of this sermon were professionally translated by Gospel in Life and then recreated in Dr. Keller’s voice using advanced technology, with exclusive permission from his family.
Overview
Freedom is the greatest value in the modern Western world. The secular model of freedom is basically freedom from something. It says, “I am only free when there’s nothing in my way.”
When people come to Christianity, they would like inspiration and help, but they don’t want to give up their freedom. Very often, Christians say to them, “You must give it up. God has a will,” but the Bible doesn’t come at it like that at all. The Bible instead is dripping with the language of freedom.
So let’s look at what this text shows us about 1) the failure of secular freedom, and 2) the nature of real Christian freedom.
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