Tag: faith
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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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![Emerging from the ashes of what you’ve been through: “Help When It Hurts” – Part 3 [Podcast]](https://matthewruttan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/sunday-slides-2019-05-25.png?w=1024)
Emerging from the ashes of what you’ve been through: “Help When It Hurts” – Part 3 [Podcast]
Hurts and hardship changes us. But in a good way, or a bad way? Who you are and who you can be emerges from the ashes of what you’ve been through. Listen in.
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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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![How Having a Purpose Helps With the Pain: “Help When It Hurts” – Part 2 [Podcast]](https://matthewruttan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/sunday-slides-2019-05-15.png?w=1024)
How Having a Purpose Helps With the Pain: “Help When It Hurts” – Part 2 [Podcast]
Worries, broken relationships, illness, financial hardship, a pain from your past that never seems to go away. Yup, life can hurt. Right now I’m leading a series called “Help When It Hurts.” Biblical teachings don’t assume that life will be a cakewalk. In fact, they presume that life will be difficult. None of us are offered a free pass; but…
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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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![The Cardinal Virtue [Podcast]](https://matthewruttan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/sunday-slides-2019-05-2.png?w=1024)
The Cardinal Virtue [Podcast]
We all know that love is important, right? Jesus tells us to love God with our whole being, and to love our neighbours as ourselves (Mark 12:28-34). In 1 Corinthians 13: 13 we are famously reminded, “And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” Plus, Jesus even tells…
