Tag: Christianity
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![Spiritual Billionaires [Video]](https://matthewruttan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/spiritualbillionariesb-1.png?w=1024)
Spiritual Billionaires [Video]
We live in a highly individualistic, consumeristic society. People have more stuff, disposable income, and free time than ever before. Most people should be on cloud nine all the time. So why are so many discontent? Do you want to know what robs people of contentment? Well, to name a few: Always being reminded of…
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![Three-Legged Pace: The Holy Spirit, Part 2 of 2 [Podcast]](https://matthewruttan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/holy-spirit2-2.png?w=1024)
Three-Legged Pace: The Holy Spirit, Part 2 of 2 [Podcast]
Talk about The Holy Spirit can confuse people. I remember a school dance in grade seven. A teacher told me that we needed to “leave room for the Holy Spirit” between dance partners. So whoever the Holy Spirit was, he was apparently about three-quarters of a foot wide and didn’t want hormone-filled kids pressing up…
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What Christian parents are told to teach their children?
God wants the best for his children. Shouldn’t we want the same for ours? This post reminds Christian parents what matters most and why it matters.
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Who decided what books would go into the New Testament?
Didn’t some politicians just vote on which books to include just to make Jesus look impressive and further their own cause? Um, not really. Here’s why.
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![WITHness: “Help when it hurts” – Part 1 [Podcast]](https://matthewruttan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/sunday-slides-2019-05-14.png?w=1024)
WITHness: “Help when it hurts” – Part 1 [Podcast]
Let’s be honest. Life can hurt. There are worries, disappointments, broken dreams, challenging relationships, health problems, pain. Max Lucado once said: “If hurts were hairs, we’d all look like grizzlies.” So true. Sometimes people can’t see the hurts and burdens that we carry around, but that doesn’t mean they’re not there. Well, biblical teachings take…
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![Big Hope in The Age of Melancholy [Podcast]](https://matthewruttan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/sunday-slides-2019-05-8.png?w=1024)
Big Hope in The Age of Melancholy [Podcast]
Psychologist Daniel Goleman describes our time as Age of Melancholy. He chronicles how depression, sadness, paralyzing listlessness, dejection, self-pity and overwhelming hopelessness plague more and more people. In 2016, a New York Times article highlighted how suicide rates are going up. Various people tried to explain it. Some said it must be due to economic…
