Stay With the Ship

Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

Religion & Spirituality, Religion, Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Christianity, Spirituality

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🗓️ 19 April 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

The biggest problem people have in believing in God is probably the problem of evil and suffering. In the Greek imagination, the voyage was a metaphor for your life’s journey, and a storm was a metaphor for the evil and suffering and tragedies that come upon us. In this passage in Acts, Luke is in a boat, and he includes this account to teach us about the problems of evil and suffering. Let’s take a look at what he teaches under three headings: 1) the paradox of the storm, 2) the product of the storm, and 3) the presence in the storm. This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on November 2, 2003. Series: The Necessity of Belief. Scripture: Acts 27:15-32. Today's podcast is brought to you by Gospel in Life, the site for all sermons, books, study guides and resources from Timothy Keller and Redeemer Presbyterian Church. If you've enjoyed listening to this podcast and would like to support the ongoing efforts of this ministry, you can do so by visiting https://gospelinlife.com/give and making a one-time or recurring donation.

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0:00.0	Finding consensus in today's culture is hard to come by.
0:07.0	We are surrounded by competing world views about identity, morality, and truth.
0:11.0	It can be difficult to know how to engage with people about
0:14.5	Christianity. How do we navigate the skepticism or even hostility toward the
0:19.0	Christian faith? Join us today as Tim Keller explores how we can respond to a fragmented society
0:25.0	with courage and hope that comes from the Gospel.
0:28.0	After you listen, we invite you to go online to GospelinLife.com
0:32.0	and sign up for email updates.
0:33.7	When you sign up, you'll receive our Life in the Gospel quarterly journal
0:37.6	with articles that feature how the gospel is changing hearts, lives, and
0:41.4	communities, as well as highlighting other gospel centered resources.
0:45.4	Subscribe today at gospel on life.com.
0:50.0	The reading this morning is from the Book of Acts, Chapter 27
0:58.0	verses 15 through 32.
1:02.0	The ship was caught by the storm and could not head into the wind. So we
1:09.6	gave way to it and were driven along. As we passed to the Lee of a small island called
1:16.5	Cauda we were hardly able to make the lifeboat secure. When the men had hoisted it aboard, they passed ropes under the ship itself to hold it together.
1:29.2	Fearing that they would run aground on the sandbars of Sirtis, they lowered the sea anchor
1:36.2	and let the ship be driven along.
1:39.9	We took such a violent battering from the storm that the next day they began to throw the cargo overboard.
1:47.7	On the third day, they threw the ships tackle overboard with their own hands.
1:54.0	When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and the storm continued raging,
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