Tag: sermon
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![Where is God in a pandemic? [Sermon]](https://matthewruttan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/sundaygraph2-4.png?w=1024)
Where is God in a pandemic? [Sermon]
It’s a relevant, pressing question. After all, this is the God we love and serve. And we want a word from him about how to be his people in times like these. Here are 5 biblical responses.
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![Three-Legged Pace: The Holy Spirit, Part 2 of 2 [Podcast]](https://matthewruttan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/holy-spirit2-2.png?w=1024)
Three-Legged Pace: The Holy Spirit, Part 2 of 2 [Podcast]
Talk about The Holy Spirit can confuse people. I remember a school dance in grade seven. A teacher told me that we needed to “leave room for the Holy Spirit” between dance partners. So whoever the Holy Spirit was, he was apparently about three-quarters of a foot wide and didn’t want hormone-filled kids pressing up…
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![The Advocate: The Holy Spirit, Part 1 of 2 [Podcast]](https://matthewruttan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/holy-spirit-15.png?w=1024)
The Advocate: The Holy Spirit, Part 1 of 2 [Podcast]
A lot of people have questions about the Holy Spirit: Is the Holy Spirit an “it” or a “who”? Is the Holy Spirit the same as God? What does the Holy Spirit actually do? If Christians are supposed to “have” the Holy Spirit, does he work the same way in everyone? Does it make you…
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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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![Being steady for someone when times get tough [Podcast]](https://matthewruttan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/my-word-2.png?w=560)
Being steady for someone when times get tough [Podcast]
Being a person of your word matters. In fact, we could argue that, regardless of ethnicity, language, financial situation or background, people value honesty. And yet, it seems like we live in an age of verbal mistrust. So many people break promises that it doesn’t even surprise us anymore. That’s why I led a two-part…
