Tag: church
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Understanding Baptism
This podcast and blog explains the meaning of the sacrament of baptism. It also explains who we baptize and provides a rationale.
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![My Captain, My Ship [Sermon]](https://matthewruttan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/the-truth-makes-your-life-better-2.png?w=1024)
My Captain, My Ship [Sermon]
You’re facing a storm. You need a captain. Which do you choose? The one with no experience, or the one with the winningest record in history? This sermon explores John 8:48-59. the divinity (and captaincy) of Jesus, and his ship (the church).
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Hope Through Hardship – an Easter conversation with Jennifer Harris and Julie Cunha
The episode is a conversation with Jennifer Harris and Julie Cunha at Westminster Church in Barrie on Easter. We talk about hope through hardship, and encourage you to also see the ways God works – even when life is hard.
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Nurturing friendships with other Christians—and with Jesus – a talk with John Vissers
Friendship—with other Christians, and even with Jesus. That’s our topic in this talk with the Rev. Dr. John Vissers, principal of Knox College. We talk about the heighted importance of friendship today, the embrace of Jesus, trust, looking out for one another, the means of grace, the “second self,” and more.
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![Displaced Persons [Sermon]](https://matthewruttan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/sermon-sunday-titles-15.png?w=1024)
Displaced Persons [Sermon]
What if there was a new kind of “displaced person” walking among us but who was outwardly unidentifiable? And what if God’s people could help? That’s what I explore in this sermon on Hebrews 3:1-6.
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A healing response to trauma: Connecting to God and others (Growing deeper with Psalm 116)
In this episode of The Pulse Podcast I take us through Psalm 116, a passionate text about God’s rescue. The psalmist is proactive about connecting with God and others, an approach that is instructive to us today.
