Matthew Ruttan

Category: Sermons

  • Truth makes your life better [Sermon]

    Truth makes your life better [Sermon]

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    Jesus calls the Devil the “father of lies.” Those are weighty words! How seriously do we take the battle between truth and deception? If you think your life is a playground when it’s really a battleground you’re going to get caught off guard time and time again. Fact is, truth makes your life better. God shares…

  • Freed to serve [Sermon]

    Freed to serve [Sermon]

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    “The truth will set you free.” So said Jesus. Aren’t we already free? Not necessarily. Good things are both now and in the future. This sermon on John 8:31-38 explores just these things.

  • Follow the Light [Sermon]

    Follow the Light [Sermon]

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    “I am the light of the world. Whoever WATCHES me…” Oops, nix that. “Whoever FOLLOWS me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” Let’s talk about why and how in this sermon on John 8:12-30. The light might not always take you where you want to go; but it takes…

  • Grace opens doors [Sermon]

    Grace opens doors [Sermon]

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    “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.” Did Jesus act with all grace and no truth, or all truth and no grace? — or both? This sermon explores John 5:53-8:11 (a text not in the oldest biblical manuscripts) and considers what we can learn from…

  • In a new and uncertain era, what is our stronghold and purpose? [Sermon]

    In a new and uncertain era, what is our stronghold and purpose? [Sermon]

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    Is it the dawn of a new, uncertain era? Are we in the ‘gray zone’? This sermon explores Jesus’ words at the Feast of Tabernacles in John 7:25-52 and some guidance for the road ahead.

  • The H.A.L.O. Response [Sermon]

    The H.A.L.O. Response [Sermon]

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    “Don’t judge me!” That phrase is thrown around a lot these days. But what is the difference between being judgmental and using “right judgment” (which Jesus says we should do)? That’s what I explore in this sermon on John 7:1-24. “Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment.”