Tag: apologetics
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![Defend your faith by knowing your faith [Sermon]](https://matthewruttan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/sep29.png?w=1024)
Defend your faith by knowing your faith [Sermon]
Do you feel prepared to defend your faith in a time in which it is increasingly under attack? This sermon on Mark 2:18-28 looks at how Jesus responds to challenges as a template for us today. William Gurnall wrote: “The sword of the Spirit in another person’s hand will not defend you.”
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Deconstructing Christianity? – a talk with Tim Barnett
“Deconstruction” is trending. It’s a word that is used when people radically re-think, re-shape, or sometimes even walk away from their faith. Along with Alisa Childers, Tim has written a book called “The Deconstruction of Christianity.” It explains what it is, why it’s destructive, and how to respond. In this episode we discuss all this…
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![Firm Faith in the Resurrection [Series Summary]](https://matthewruttan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/resurrection-1.png?w=1024)
Firm Faith in the Resurrection [Series Summary]
Belief in the resurrection is vital. Taking it out of our faith is like taking the heart out of our body. Are you confident about it? This post addresses 7 of the biggest push-backs to the believability of the resurrection, and provides 4 additional reasons for confidence. The resurrection: without it, futility; with it, everything.
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Did the resurrection really happen? (Part 2) Explaining and defending our foundational belief [Sermon]
Are you able to humbly yet confidently explain or defend your faith in the resurrection? This sermon is Part 2 of a 2-part in a mini-series about our foundational belief. It looks to the text and also the life of the early church and provides more reasons for confidence (and courage).
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Did the resurrection really happen? (Part 1) Explaining and defending our foundational belief
Without the resurrection our faith is “futile” (1 Cor 15:17). This sermon (Part 1 of 2) explores John 20:19-31 and presents (and responds to) 5 of the most common conspiracy theories which try to undermine the resurrection. Jesus said, “Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” Do you?
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![The key to weathering a storm [Sermon]](https://matthewruttan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/sermon-sunday-titles-7.jpg?w=1024)
The key to weathering a storm [Sermon]
Storms happen. And lately, it seems that they keep getting windier. Well, the key to weathering a storm is who you’re weathering it with. That’s what I explore in this sermon on John 5:30-47.
