Preaching to the Heart - Tim Keller

Watch Tim Keller speak in a workshop on preaching at TGC's 2015 National Conference in Orlando, Florida.
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[@MarciaEichhorn]

Every day Tim never fails to open my eyes to learn of Gods Word. I’m blessed to be able to hear him every day. Too soon gone but not my power. Gods

[@marywalker7499]

We miss you Pastor Tim Keller. Thank you for still speaking to my heart

[@gracebitswithq2181]

"Time's up. You need to go to your next workshop. Bye." Felt like he was speaking directly to us today. Praise God for Pastor Tim Keller's life and ministry.

[@ariah5093]

This was incredible. I’m 22 newly born again as of 2019 and the Bible and Jesus Christ changed my life. However, I’m struggling with reaching my family. I’m encouraged to pray for these things specifically. I didn’t even realize my incapabilities were so obvious. I’m excited to see how the spirit of God can help me grow in humility to reach my family.

[@Why-yc1eu]

Amen

[@russellthetarzanman5275]

And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands, for my name’s sake, will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life. Your job is not to convince people just be the light in their life we cannot convince people of Jesus your Gods child enjoy it 💛 it doesn’t mean you give up on them but just love them for who they are and when they ask be equipped to answer !

[@Snusenu]

May peace be with you, beloved man of God. Thank you

[@BenDiagi]

I had no idea that this talk was mainly for preachers, but I've been so blessed by it so far.

[@ramonpooser2434]

It’s either for preachers or for someone who ate at a great restaurant and wants to tell someone else about it.

[@pshawhudson]

He's doing a splendid job at explaining what the ideal should be for preaching and communicating. There's a lot to unpack here this is really great stuff. Just being authentic is difficult and knowing your material cold as he says. Follow the Holy Spirit as well if you spend too much time on one subject there's maybe a reason for it.

[@edcruz2706]

Tim just never disappoints. I can just imagine how proud her wife must be and encouraged to have supported this man the way she did.

[@asaph2652]

He taught me about preaching to the heart while preaching to my heart. Surreal

[@asaphmuyombo4470]

someone told me about him yesterday, trying to listen in today

[@rutheshenaur7039]

Keller is an excellent preacher because he doesn't compromise the Word but relates it to the culture is such a way as to show how bankrupt the culture's views are and how much superior are the Scriptural answers to human problems.

[@DoorknobHead]

He's an excellent preacher, because he is such a good con artist? The "Word" is fake news. Religion teaches people how to believe and continue to believe fake news. Superior culture has to be based on fact -- "Scripture" is based upon myth. Religion just slows the world down.

[@jkk45]

@@DoorknobHead 'Fake news'. I like that. I think that's a great description of non-Gospel religions.

[@DoorknobHead]

@@jkk45 Fake News has become a useful term for many subjects. I think it's almost exactly correct to say that fake News *IS* a great description of non-Gospel religions ... just add Gospel religions to that list and you'll be on target. For the case of Biblical gospels, they are so terribly flawed as a potential source of reliable information that it could be argued that so many people having such high confidence in their authority is an embarrassment to humanity, except for the fact that so many victims of religion are in circumstances where they "live locked behind an iron-curtain" of ignorance about the true history of their own religion, their gospels, and how their human biases are used against them to keep them locked up and unable to discern reality from supernatural fiction. This includes terrible methods of epistemology that, unfortunately, can also be used to manipulate them into believing fake news on other topics, other than religion, much too readily. PEACE

[@morrisr8208]

@@DoorknobHead .

[@pattyhullen9018]

DoorknobHead what if you are wrong?

[@1973wildcatman]

Tim Keller is a master, master expository preacher. Know the material cold- good prayer life- Let the Gospel repair you!

[@andrecajeronyou]

How much can one learn from a person? Grateful to have people like him around and for the internet! Thanks for posting this, God bless you.

[@annpage7676]

Thank you Father God for this dear man. May he be full if your joy & peace today.

[@ginochiavacci1757]

How truly masterful a preacher is this man?!! He is absolutely wonderful!! God bless him!! ⚜️🌞⚜️

[@theologus]

Tim Keller engages in extensive reading, organizes the materials systematically, and presents his own fresh interpretation.

[@lestariabadi]

Tim Keller main difference is: not only saying Bible is right & current cultural belief is wrong. He looks to the bottom of current cultural beliefs, the reason why people believe it, the need it apparently satisfy, then show that Jesus can fulfills those needs more perfectly.

[@celenecranenburgh9566]

Yes. That's right. Xxx

[@Apol-los]

I've never had a topic matter on the surface captivate me more than this. For years I've wondered practical ways on how to do this. This has been the only sermon I've listened to where when my mind wandered on a sentence then I immediately rewound what was being said. Tim is the man for the job of illuminating the romanticism out of Reformed statues as CS Lewis so brilliantly did. Hence the reason I honor Tim with the title of "The Modern Day American CS Lewis".

[@gdiaz9689]

Agreed!

[@sandwichmaker1565]

i love the way he preaches he does it so differently from anyone i’ve seen AAAAAA. he’s helped me so much in understanding God and His word in a a different way; aswell as my relationship with Him in general. God bless🤍

[@kingkang6877]

Keller preaches from the heart 💜

[@DefenderoftheCross]

He certainly doesn't preach from the Word of God.

[@kingkang6877]

@@DefenderoftheCross He certainly does without a doubt.

[@hemantshrestha3438]

Wonderful exposition !!! Thank you ps. Tim.

[@OsvaldoOsorio]

I am very grateful for the work that Mr. Keller. I appreciate your direct and very emphatic ideas. Preaching culturally is a big challenge everywhere, I accept the challenge of investigating each aspect and apply it every time I preach the Sacred Scriptures

[@kathycumpston3187]

P😊n

[@abeliever1843]

Jesus is my King but also my brother. He is the way to the Father.... If He is the way Surely Christ doesn't expect us to stand at the gate waving the Jesus ticket. The Purtians and many old churches were focused on the Father the amount of confident of coming to the Father was found in the trust of Christ, always its our Father who is our Father.

[@kimmer5370]

Preach culturally, affectionately, imaginatively, practically,wondrously, , and Cristocentrically

[@hsrryobrien993]

It's time to get down to the heart of the matter.

[@michaelcohen7343]

Tim taught TO the heart via the brain because he’s very intelligent. He’s by far the best preacher/ teacher of my life as a believer and has taught me more than anyone else and for that I am forever grateful

[@Scottiepups]

Love Tims teaching. Especially appreciate the teaching on transparency. For years I have wondered why I was unable to connect with certain preachers and theirs explained it plainly. I can say when it happens you feel as though the preacher is monologging, trying to convince and talking”at” you. It’s tiring mentally.

[@men_of_god7]

Love this man

[@jhonunibersi5009]

I got great lesson. Thanks keller

[@DrDanielLWong]

There are a lot of practical ideas here to integrate into my teaching and my teaching of preaching.

[@eclecticlife]

We’re in the church where long-time members are leaving because the pastor doesn’t preach the Gospel. He thinks he’s a great preacher but he fails completely at every single point described here. He reacts badly to any kind of criticism. We are sad because we are planning on leaving too. How I wish he would be open to listen to this. Please Father allow him to this and touch his heart.

[@scottmercer86]

Rewatching today! 😢❤

[@whatdidjesusdo1519]

Love this!

[@gaildifford4313]

I'm so sorry to hear he has cancer

[@jasonbernier9625]

Yes i agree with Robert sparks repentence is primary then you can focus on Tim keller,s preaching it is really personable.

[@carld2796]

Yes, people need a true encounter with God Himself.

[@6969smurfy]

Preachers must teach the laws to be on track with gods word.

[@maripogi7]

The way you show you believe in God's sovereignty, God's love, is you keep on slogging through the bad days and the good days alike, realizing that the work is yours (ours) and we do it because it is "there" to be done.... and the result is in God's hands, and not ours. There isn't time to stop and judge the seemingly-failed attempt; when the result is not what we expected, it is our expectation that falls short of reality, not the other way around.

[@debrecenidon]

Has anyone else noticed that the video's description says "at our 2105 National Conference" :D I mean I hope there'll be one then, but you know...

[@sarahmusyoka8569]

i have liked the topic ,the way Tim killer is giving a lot of insight Congrats.

[@chagiRenee]

Lol. He is particularly funny in this one

[@Robertsheehankingdom]

Amen

[@LastRebel1978]

To the comment of the young lady my answer is I know right now there are a lot of things in your life that make you feel left out. That you see all these things going on at school but these are not the natural things of God a young lady would or should really be exposed to. God loves you so much as you are his daughter and he the perfect father. He has a more wonderful life planned out for you than your schoolmates can possibly fathom. I know it looks like they are having all the fun and beating you in the game of life, but take heart dear, they are mistaken and have their priorities out of sorts. If you will concentrate on being your best you, learning and growing, those things you desire that are in Gods will, will come your way. Have patience and don’t ever waste a day of happiness or adventure pining for things you don’t have yet. A bunch of children playing grown up games is not real love or anything in comparison to making yourself into who God is calling you to be. Fake confidence or popularity is not worth much in the grand scheme of life. I know this is hard for you to understand at this age but this has already been done before for many years and rarely has it ever worked out well. He loves you and I love you and we want you to believe and love in yourself in a Godly way that helps you believe when it is his time He will provide. I would personally go farther into hormones and a girls timeline in life which has some explanation for being so concerned with attention from opposite sex, but that’s not the God side and more science. Covering it from multiple sides and perspectives is something many never consider or can’t do till have hindsight or wisdom or train wreck. What we should offer as age and wisdom.

[@Michelle-ew6ws]

WOW❕❕

[@deshaunhill7934]

🙏

[@eagleswings159]

Think we hardly engage the heart in our school syllabi/offices in the first place. Oh, since we involve authenticity/desire/passion in this era, oh so, it is time to purify/be guided from the heart....oh wow what needed fine tuning for the pulpit/biblical studies. Yay, soulful encounters with God will count. Great times for emotional, deep tanks ladies Hmm, somehow i have understood & reserved space in heart for love from a prince since childhood...somehow felt in adulthood the love experienced in church life/of God is not easily trumping that....many marriage sermons/focus as a norm wasn't helping my single soul...see how after my healing completes. Whoa preach from the heart, in order to reach the heart. Deep turn...what has repaired you, use immersive moving stories...

[@suzijorgensen6545]

This young girls issue is common for many people across the globe....because they are loved by God and yet we haven't been shown on earth, through the very ones who were supposed to model that. I've been in counselling for complex trauma for about 3 years. I'm a little girl too. I know in my head, that Yeshua was the one who gave?ve me new life. He saved me . by the Holy lot m me and will take me to be incredibly perfect love. 😮. In the moment I have told myself that He IS enough. Hopefully I'll be incredibly overwhelmed with that powerful love

[@marycarrillo5187]

at 48 mins the questioner asked "how long should a sermon be" I think the only sermon that's to long is the one where nothing is being said! lol or the point was made in the first 5 minutes but they keep going because they fell obligated to talk for 45 mins

[@pianomaly9859]

The teaching elder in the congregation I attend stops a couple of times during the sermon for questions or reactions.

[@nikosstamoulis5343]

I knew this guy was ahead of his time but not so much! He is speaking at the 2105 National Conference in Orlando, Florida.

[@ibperson7765]

Oh. Yeah really. He is really something. God doesn’t need me; I need God. God is not surprised and overwhelmed by what’s happening. He is doing something bigger. The things we think are problems are nothing to God. “I am able to raise up children of Abraham from these very rocks.” It’s the making of saved and holy people that is the hard part, not the stuff we worry about.

[@megansaunders7244]

He really is! I'm watching this in 2023 and even more relevant! The age of authenticity...

[@walkiriameloarantes3605]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@joshpetit8298]

I dont understand that preaching in a valley of dry bones analogy, could someone explain it please?

[@georgesmith4724]

OK I have to admit I thought this was the guy who looked like Klaus Schwab then I hear Him speaking and then I realized o it's the preacher from New York

[@patrickedgington5827]

The heart as scripture describes it is the seat thats true. It is the core of our being, a person's will, what is also understood to be the Spirit. What it is not is the emotions. The sole is reason and emotion the mind. It is for this cause that we sin even knowing what we are doing is wrong self-destructive, hurtful to others. Desire is of the will not reason or emotion, though they often do seem almost inseparable. I would contend that this is the failing of all religion. It speaks to the sole but cannot reach the Spirit. Love cannot be mandated. Not because reason can't apprehend or agree with its nobel qualities but because the will is bent toward self. Christianity differs in that it alone describes the problem correctly and offers a solution; a new heart...

[@megansaunders7244]

The heart in biblical text referred to will,emotions and mind. The soul encompasses all of these. It's a tricky concept. One I'm still grappling with.

[@patrickedgington5827]

@@megansaunders7244 You say the heart in biblical text? Which text?

[@robertsparks1692]

Repent first. Then you can look into all this.

[@treeofK]

Anybody have an idea what the third cultural narrative is? Keller mentioned the identity narrative, the truth narrative, and then... ?

[@megansaunders7244]

I think it's the Science narrative?

[@gracechung4219]

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[@janetmattausch671]

Lm Mm milk mop

[@maripogi7]

Here are some "texts" for YOU, Tim Keller: "To thine own self be true and it follows as the night the day, that you cannot be false to any man". And, before that, "Know the truth and the truth shall set you free." Paraphrased as best I can these days. You are not just a provocateur of conscience to your audience. You would be most-powerful as an example. Don't accept being the waiter offering a selection of other-people's ideas from a silvered tray. Live your life with heart, and share THAT. Go spend nights in an emergency room. Get your hands dirty with suffering; cause some bad dreams and restless nights for yourself by attending to those who are losing, who are being stripped. Get into the real battles; you are too insular, too removed. Speak the truth and bear the consequences. If it is an increase in salary, it is NOT the truth that needs saying; look further; learn to carry the Light.

[@megansaunders7244]

Dr Keller did indeed get his hands dirty with suffering, as he pastored a church for many years and sat with people through great loss and pain. He also battled his own pain with cancer before he died and went to be with Jesus, during which he continued to preach on suffering and how God is present in the midst of pain.

[@mattleitner5194]

@@megansaunders7244thanks for defending Keller, I thought to do so myself, we will see if this lady responds, her comment was three years ago. May God bless you

[@JMPrado-km8oy]

Where are you getting this idea that Tim Keller never puts himself into uncomfortable situations? Did you know he had to counsel people after 9/11 since his church is in NYC? He experienced his own battles with cancer and as well as his wife. Also, before you urge people to place themselves into uncomfortable situations, you should ask yourself, "Am I doing?" If not, then there is no backing to your comment.

[@junacebedo888]

J R Tolkien was a devout Catholic. His fairy tales has Catholic elements

[@stevelewis6341]

Psychobabble

[@johnd942]

In general love your sermons, your speaking, and choice of words. However, Mr Keller, would you please monitor how often you 'clear your throat'! It is a terrible habit for any public speaker, let alone for a preacher to be doing. Saying 'excuse me' is really not the answer when the the habit is constant. Also, consider people listening through headphones...the amplification is huge!

[@jennifers4351]

He says in the beginning he was ill.

[@erikrivasrosenthal8317]

Tim Keller is a ridiculous WOKE pastor. He needs to get REAL!

[@megansaunders7244]

He understands woke culture better than anyone and combats it with the truth of the Gospel!

[@DoorknobHead]

"Preaching to the heart" .. ever wonder why people talk so much about the "heart"? ... because, it's biblical... when the Christian myth was formed, people thought emotions and thoughts were produced by the "heart" instead of the brain. Back then it was understandable for people to believe silly things such emotions were produced by the heart and that gods exist and it is more forgivable for such an error. With religion, people are slow to learn and tend to regress to inferior methods of thinking about the world. Now, in modernity, it is less forgivable to believe silly things like gods exist -- especially such a silly and impossible god as depicted in the bible. Maybe the internet will help mitigate these silly god myths. You are slowing humanity down, religious people, you are slowing the world down. Now, if you understood religion openly as nothing but myths that you can use, with massive mental gymnastics, to live a better life that is one thing, but if you work hard to pretend god is real, then you are just holding the world back.

[@AWT8900]

Thanks DoorknobHead for encouraging everyone to read the Bible...no slowing down in that endeavor.

[@maripogi7]

You read so much because you "are desperate to reach people"? I read as a way to escape. When I read, I choose to be with "someone" who uses English, unlike the commonly-illiterate folks who contribute to KZbin. You know, the ones who use "wonder" for "wander"... the people who never read, didn't have time, whatever the reasons.... good people who are basically illiterate. Tim Keller needs to look at himself more deeply; he speaks well but his analysis appears superficial to me. He is unwilling to see the "whys" behind his life decisions and how "comfortable" he chooses to be, rather than inflicting real growth-causing, nay growth-forcing, stress on himself and his comfortable associations. Where Jesus jumped into a whaling boat and put his life on the line speaking Truth to whomever he met, Reverend Keller sits in a row boat on a pond on a sunny day; he sits, because standing and rocking the boat could be dangerous.

[@jonathangarrison4216]

Broski what are you talking about?

[@johnd942]

This presentation was partly ruined with the constant 'throat-clearing'.

[@jennifers4351]

8233Eire he was ill, had a cold.

[@zachsilver3598]

Never noticed. Tells me more about you then Tim. Plus he was coming off a cold.

[@motivationalspeakerernesto5144]

Amen