Tag: humility
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![Downward Mobility [Sermon]](https://matthewruttan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/mr-cr-dw-2.png?w=1024)
Downward Mobility [Sermon]
How would you define success? Is it accumulating money, influence, beauty or power? Well, of course not. We wouldn’t admit that — at least not out loud. There’s a phrase that people use: “the ladder of success.” Imaging climbing up that ladder, and then imagine climbing through a window at the top of that ladder.…
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![Seeking serious answers to serious questions [Sermon]](https://matthewruttan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/sermon-graphics-gen-7.png?w=1024)
Seeking serious answers to serious questions [Sermon]
People are seeking serious answers to serious questions. There’s a temptation to downplay or trivialize these questions. But Jesus didn’t. This sermon explores John 12:20-26.
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![The Endangered Recipe for Greatness [Sermon]](https://matthewruttan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/sermon-sunday-titles-3-1.png?w=1024)
The Endangered Recipe for Greatness [Sermon]
Power, independence and control are in. Humility is out. But why? It’s endangered. It’s also the recipe for true greatness in God’s eyes. This sermon explores John 3:22-36 and offers three applications for our lives.
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![Count what truly counts [Sermon]](https://matthewruttan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/sermon-sunday-titles-3.png?w=1024)
Count what truly counts [Sermon]
What is the difference between “the good life” and a great life? That’s what I explore in this sermon on Acts 20:13-38 and Paul’s farewell speech to the Ephesian elders. Yes, count your blessings; but count what truly counts.
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Is the world getting more argumentative? (and how to respond)
In this podcast episode, I respond to a question at Westminster Church’s Q & A Forum: “Is the world getting more argumentative? Thoughts from a biblical perspective?”
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![Responding to an age of polarization [Sermon]](https://matthewruttan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/sundaygraph2-7.png?w=1024)
Responding to an age of polarization [Sermon]
How did everything get so polarized? It’s complicated. But here are 3 observations and 1 suggestion for how to respond as God’s people based on Matt. 7:1-5.
