Tag: communion
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![Hocus Pocus: The Use, Abuse, and True Meaning of Communion [Sermon]](https://matthewruttan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/communion.png?w=1024)
Hocus Pocus: The Use, Abuse, and True Meaning of Communion [Sermon]
The expression “hocus pocus” actually traces back to a bumbled Communion service. Today it is a warning to the rest of us. Are we being thoughtful about what we’re doing? Or are we just saying prescribed words or going through the motions? This sermon explores 1 Corinthians 11:17-34 and 7 meanings of Communion for us…
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Understanding the Lord’s Supper
On the night of his betrayal Jesus told his disciples to break bread and drink wine to remember him. Today we call this a sacrament. This episode explores the meaning of Communion by looking at 1 Corinthians 11:17-34 and explaining 7 meanings for us today.
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![Load-bearing walls—for your life [Sermon]](https://matthewruttan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/fasting-6.png?w=1024)
Load-bearing walls—for your life [Sermon]
What if we were like houses, and what if we needed to safeguard certain load-bearing walls to avoid collapse? In this sermon on Acts 2:42-47 I explore 4 critical and sustaining practices for disciples (then and now).
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Four indispensable priorities, radical generosity, and singular sincerity (Growing Deeper with Acts 2:42-47)
In this episode of The Pulse Podcast I give an in-depth look at Acts 2:42-47, an inspiring text about the on-fire life of those first disciples devoted to the apostles’ teaching, fellowship, breaking bread, and prayer… practices that continue to sustain us today.
