Sermon

The Search for Happiness

Tim Keller |  September 12, 1993

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Topics:
  • The Bible
Duration:
39:44
Scripture:
Psalm 1
SKU:
RS 45-01

Overview

Have you, in this modern world, learned how to become happy and stay happy?

I hope you don’t think that’s a trivial question. Because if you read the psychology books, the urban planning books, the biochemistry books, the political science books, they’re really about this problem: we’re not happy. How can we be happy?

The Bible has always said the issues that make you happy or unhappy are profoundly cosmic and spiritual. In Psalm 1, we see 4 principles: 1) happiness is possible, 2) happiness is fundamental, not superficial, 3) happiness can never be found directly, and 4) happiness is something you choose.

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