To an Unknown God

Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

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

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🗓️ 15 April 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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The culture in which Christianity was born was every bit as skeptical of the claims of Christianity as ours is. But the case for Christianity was made so strongly that skeptical people believed in numbers so great that it changed the entire Roman culture. There’s no better place to see the case that changed the whole Roman Empire than the book of Acts. Within it, there are a number of spots where Paul or Peter make the case, including this famous spot where Paul speaks to the intellectual elites on Mars Hill in the Areopagus. This text shows three aspects to the persuasive power of gospel: 1) the cultural, 2) the intellectual, and 3) the personal. This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on October 19, 2003. Series: The Necessity of Belief. Scripture: Acts 17:16-34. 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	Welcome to Gospel in Life. We live in an increasingly fragmented culture, one in which
0:09.4	it's more and more difficult to come to a consensus about what's true and what's right.
0:14.8	As Christians, how do we navigate the challenges of living among competing world views in
0:19.1	systems of thought?
0:20.8	Join us as Tim Keller teaches on how we can live faithfully and wisely in this
0:24.9	cultural moment.
0:27.7	Tonight's scripture reading is from Acts Chapter 17
0:35.8	verses 16 through 34.
0:41.0	While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was greatly distressed to see the city was full of idols.
0:47.0	So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the God-fearing Greeks, as well as in the marketplace, day by day with those who happen to be there.
0:56.0	A group of Epicurean and Stoic philosophers began to dispute with him.
1:01.0	Some of them asked, what is this Babler trying to say? Others remarked,
1:06.0	he seems to be advocating foreign gods. They said this because Paul was preaching the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.
1:14.9	Then they took him and brought him to a meeting of the Ariophagus where they said to him,
1:19.9	may we know what this new teaching is that you are preaching, presenting, you are bringing some
1:25.2	strange ideas to our ears?
1:27.2	We want to know what they mean.
1:29.5	All the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing but talking about and listening to the latest ideas.
1:37.0	Paul then stood up in the meeting of the Ariopagus and said,
1:41.0	Men of Athens, I see that in every way you are very religious.
1:46.8	For as I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an altar
1:52.1	with this inscription to an unknown God. Now what you
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