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本讲座探讨了在现代支离破碎的文化中，人们普遍存在的对家的渴望以及由此产生的疏离感。讲者指出，海德格尔和马克思都认为，理解人类的处境离不开异化（疏离）的概念。这种疏离感源于我们内心的渴望与现实世界之间的差距，我们渴望一个能够满足我们内心深处需求的家园，但现实世界却无法提供这样的满足。 讲座引用耶利米书中关于以色列人流亡巴比伦的经文，将这种对家的渴望与以色列人被掳的经历联系起来。先知书中关于以色列人回归的预言极其夸张，其意义在于，所有人类都渴望一个已经失去的家园，我们都处于某种形式的流亡状态。这种流亡状态并非仅仅指地理上的流离失所，更是指我们与上帝之间的隔绝。 讲座进一步解释了这种疏离感的根源在于罪。罪的本质是自我中心，而自我中心会使我们与上帝分离，导致我们内心的空虚和对家的渴望。讲者指出，罪的惩罚是流放和放逐，而我们只有通过耶稣基督才能回到上帝的怀抱。耶稣是最终的替罪羊，他承受了我们应得的惩罚——流放，使我们能够被接纳。 讲座最后指出，通过祈祷与上帝建立新的关系，并通过行动来改善我们未来的家园。末日来临之际，上帝会降临，使世界变成伊甸园，消灭死亡、贫穷、不公正和疾病。除非我们认识到只有与上帝的关系才是真正的家园，否则我们会感到疏离和迷失。

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Dr. Timothy Keller discusses the concept of alienation as understood by prominent thinkers Martin Heidegger and Karl Marx, and how every human being feels a sense of not being at home in the world.

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We’re not at home. We live in a world that doesn’t sustain or support the deepest needs of our hearts.

Martin Heidegger (a fascist sympathizer) and Karl Marx (the father of Communism) were very different, prominent thinkers; yet, they both agreed that we can’t understand the human condition without the concept of alienation. Of course, that immediately raises the question, why wouldn’t we feel at home here? 

The prophet Jeremiah gives us a lot of insight: 1) why we long for a home, 2) how we can get home, and 3) what life there will be like.

This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on September 28, 2003. Series: The Necessity of Belief. Scripture: Jeremiah 31:10-17; 31-34.

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