Tag: hope
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The Great Unknown
Think of all the change in the past 100 years… global population, wars, radical advances in technology. If this same rate of change continues, what will the next 100 years be like? We’re headed into the great unknown. How might the arrival of Christ speak into our collective and individual future which can seem uncertain…
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Look for the good (even when life is hard)
If things are hard or dreary, know that your current chapter isn’t your only chapter, and it certainly isn’t the last chapter. This short episode encourages you to look for the good (even when life is hard). “Though the fig tree should not blossom… yet I will rejoice in the Lord.”
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God Who Raises Corpses – a prayer of resurrection hope
Ours is a God who raises corpses. This is our Easter morning prayer from Westminster Church. It is a prayer of hope for help for the people of God.
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![Is everything sad going to come untrue? [Sermon]](https://matthewruttan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/mar31-d.png?w=1024)
Is everything sad going to come untrue? [Sermon]
At the end of the Lord of the Rings trilogy Frodo asks, “Is everything sad going to come untrue?” Because of the resurrection of Christ, the answer is Yes! This Easter morning sermon (also released as a podcast) looks at John 20:1-18, Jesus as the second Adam, and four incredible things believers can expect to…
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![With God All Things Are Possible [Sermon]](https://matthewruttan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/dec-24.png?w=1024)
With God All Things Are Possible [Sermon]
With God are all things actually possible? Christmas is one of those times when God lifts our eyes yet again to the horizon of his possibility. This brief Christmas Eve message is posted as a podcast episode and sermon. “Every year you grow, you will find me bigger.”
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![It’s (b)right around the corner [Sermon]](https://matthewruttan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/dec-10.png?w=1024)
It’s (b)right around the corner [Sermon]
Despair. It’s everywhere. But Jesus’ people have many reasons to hope! He is coming back. And since we know what will happen eventually, this influences how we live presently. This sermon is on 2 Thessalonians 3:1-18.
