Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life Knowing Good
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Aug 13, 2025 Explore the tension between personal convictions and societal norms in a complex moral landscape. Delve into how Romans 2 challenges both relativists and moralists. Discover the journey of skeptics drawn to faith through their moral intuitions, and reflect on the subjective nature of ethics influenced by history. Examine the limits of secular reasoning in establishing morality, and confront hypocrisy in outward behavior versus internal motivations. Ultimately, find hope in the transformative power of faith, as symbolized by Jesus in Revelation.
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Ask Where Morals Come From
- Ask where someone gets their moral convictions to slow and deepen public debate.
- Timothy Keller says this question forces honest reflection and more civil conversation.
Relativism Can't Explain Our Judgments
- Romans 2 shows no one can be a true relativist because people live by moral standards.
- Keller explains God judges people by the standards they accept, exposing universal moral knowledge.
Schaeffer's Recorder Illustration
- Keller recounts Francis Schaeffer's recorder illustration about standards we impose on others.
- The recorder plays your own moral demands back to you on judgment day, showing none will stand.
