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Tag: healing

Exhale [Sermon]

May 9, 2022 MatthewRuttan

It’s a disorienting and tiring time. What if a confidence that God continues to work helps you to take the pressure off? That’s what I explore in this sermon on John 5:1-18.

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The invalid, the Sabbath, and what it means that God is always working (Growing Deeper with John 5:1-18)

May 8, 2022 MatthewRuttan

This podcast is a Bible study on John 5:1-18. An invalid is healed, Sabbath-police get angry, Jesus’ words invite both fury and joy. The fact that he does God’s work no matter what might be a soul-refreshing word you need to hear in this weary chapter.

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Hope is knowing and showing that better is coming [Sermon]

April 4, 2022 MatthewRuttan

It’s the ‘Age of Melancholy.’ People are despairing (for a lot of reasons). So what is your reason for hope, and how can you be a healing presence to others? That’s what this sermon on John 4:43-54 explores.

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Jesus’ healing power (even from a distance) and what that tells us about the future and hope (Growing Deeper with John 4:43-54)

April 3, 2022 MatthewRuttan

When Jesus heals a boy from about 27 kms away, not only does he change his life (and his family’s life), but he teaches us something about what to expect in the future as God’s people. This episode is a Bible study on John 4:43-54.

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Avoiding the post-pandemic crash [Sermon]

July 19, 2021 MatthewRuttan

We have been living through a state of emergency perpetually. But we weren’t built for that. In this sermon on Psalm 116 I explore a faithful response to living in the wake of individual and collective trauma.

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Desperation, soul surgery, and gaining true vision (Growing Deeper with Luke 18:35-43)

April 25, 2021 MatthewRuttan

In this episode I offer an in-depth look at Jesus’ healing of the blind man in Luke 18:35-43, desperation, neediness, and the vision God can give when we feel we’re at the end of our rope.

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Since a pulse doesn’t mean you’re alive, this podcast is about the vitality of firm faith, pursuing personal integrity, and consistently keeping the main thing the main thing in practical ways day-by-day. Your host is Matthew Ruttan, a disciple-in-progress, husband to Laura, dad-of-three, pastor at Westminster Church in Barrie (Canada), author of Turbulence and The Up Daily Devotional, occasional song-writer, campfire lover, aspiring rowboat owner, and servant of the Word. John 10:10.

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