Tag: Jesus Christ
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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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![Big Hope in The Age of Melancholy [Podcast]](https://matthewruttan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/sunday-slides-2019-05-8.png?w=1024)
Big Hope in The Age of Melancholy [Podcast]
Psychologist Daniel Goleman describes our time as Age of Melancholy. He chronicles how depression, sadness, paralyzing listlessness, dejection, self-pity and overwhelming hopelessness plague more and more people. In 2016, a New York Times article highlighted how suicide rates are going up. Various people tried to explain it. Some said it must be due to economic…
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![But Deliver Us From Evil: Understanding the spirit-world battle you’re already in [Podcast]](https://matthewruttan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/sundaygraphmay12.png?w=560)
But Deliver Us From Evil: Understanding the spirit-world battle you’re already in [Podcast]
What do you mean about a “spirit-world battle”? I know, I know. To a lot of people, it sounds pretty crazy. It sounded crazy to me for a long time too. I get asked about demons, angels, and Satan a lot. High-schoolers to senior-homers are curious. People wonder, ‘Is all this stuff for real?’ ‘Does…
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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…
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Why trust the Bible?
Recently I led a sermon series called “Heaven and Hell: What does the Bible teach about what is true (instead of what we want to be true).” If you’ve ever wondered about what heaven is like, or what hell is like, or what Jesus teaches about these things, then you might want to take a…
