Tag: Sermons
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![May Integrity and Uprightness Protect Me [Sermon]](https://matthewruttan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/july-7cr.png?w=1024)
May Integrity and Uprightness Protect Me [Sermon]
How do we protect ourselves from threats? Door locks and surveillance cameras? This sermon on Psalm 25 invites us to think about something we do internally as a source of protection. It includes four applications for you to move forward with integrity.
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![You can only have harmony if you’re singing the same song [Sermon]](https://matthewruttan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/untitled-cr.png?w=1024)
You can only have harmony if you’re singing the same song [Sermon]
Harmonies are great. But you can only sing them if you’re singing the same song. This is true not only for music, but for life. It’s a certain unity in our own minds, households, churches and beyond. This sermon unpacks Colossians 3:18-4:18
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![I can smell the hands of fishermen [Sermon]](https://matthewruttan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/june-2.png?w=1024)
I can smell the hands of fishermen [Sermon]
Over time Jesus’ people can lose (a) our sense of connection to those who have gone before, and (b) focus. In the Parable of the Sower, Jesus provides a collective focus and unity for his people no matter their century. This sermon explores Luke 8:4-15 and eight specific takeaways for a time that is starting…
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![How does the peace of Christ rule in our hearts? [Sermon]](https://matthewruttan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/may-19.png?w=1024)
How does the peace of Christ rule in our hearts? [Sermon]
“And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts…” It sounds like a very, very good thing. But what specifically is “the peace of Christ”? What about the reference to our “hearts”? (Clearly, it’s not just a muscle in your chest.) And how can that peace “rule”? If this idea is one of the…
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![God meets you where you’re at [Sermon]](https://matthewruttan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/may-5.png?w=1024)
God meets you where you’re at [Sermon]
There’s an old saying: “God meets you where you’re at, not where you should be at.” It was true for the Colossians, Saul, and Johnny Cash in Nickajack cave. This sermon explores the powerful mystery of “Christ in you, the hope of glory,” even for imperfect people. I explore Colossians 1:24-2:5 and take us through…
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![The Supremacy, Sufficiency and Security of Christ [Sermon]](https://matthewruttan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/apr-28-cr2.png?w=1024)
The Supremacy, Sufficiency and Security of Christ [Sermon]
The supremacy of Jesus sounds like a lofty idea. It might even sound like playground posturing: ‘My brother is bigger and stronger than your brother…’ But Paul teaches this because (a) it’s true, (b) he cares about them, and (c) their mixed-up thinking is resulting in mixed-up living. The world will say Jesus is not…
