Christianity – Page 20 – Matthew Ruttan

WITHness: “Help when it hurts” – Part 1 [Podcast]

Jun 9, 2019

—

by

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…

Big Hope in The Age of Melancholy [Podcast]

Jun 2, 2019

—

by

Matthew Ruttan

in Sermons

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…

Why trust the Bible?

Apr 23, 2019

—

by

Matthew Ruttan

in Blogs

Recently I led a sermon series called “Heaven and Hell: What does the Bible teach about what is true (instead of what we want to be true).” If you’ve ever wondered about what heaven is like, or what hell is like, or what Jesus teaches about these things, then you might want to take a…

Heaven & Hell, Part 2 – What is heaven like? [Podcast]

Jan 13, 2019

—

by

Matthew Ruttan

in Sermons

Unless you’re a robot, you’ve probably wondered what heaven is like. After all, all of us are one heartbeat away from death. Will we meet God? What will we do? Plus, we all have loved ones who have died who we hope are in heaven. If so, what is it like for them? Are they…