Tag: Sermons
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![The Lord does battle for you [Sermon]](https://matthewruttan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/psalm-91.png?w=1024)
The Lord does battle for you [Sermon]
Psalm 91. It’s been used to ward off evil and is sometimes called The Soldier’s Psalm. It’s for approaching danger, fear, pestilence and battle. What protection does it promise? And what are we to think when calamity still comes? The sermon explores this rich text and invites us to consider how to live under the…
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![When you feel like God has let you down [Sermon]](https://matthewruttan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/psalm-8851.png?w=1024)
When you feel like God has let you down [Sermon]
Despair. Disappointment. God, where are you? I’m at the end of my rope! This sermon takes us through Psalm 88, the darkest of the psalms, and suggests four responses for when things get dark.
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![True Repentance: Create in me a Clean Heart [Sermon]](https://matthewruttan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/psalm-51.png?w=1024)
True Repentance: Create in me a Clean Heart [Sermon]
King David sinned. Big time. He pleaded to God for mercy and forgiveness. This sermon explores David’s story, Psalm 51, and how we too might engage in true repentance. It’s wanting your heart to follow your tongue.
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![Be still, and know that I am God [Sermon]](https://matthewruttan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/psalm-46-1.png?w=1024)
Be still, and know that I am God [Sermon]
It’s easy to lose perspective when facing uncertainty or fear. Enter Psalm 46 which is often read during times of national or personal crisis. It helps us re-gain perspective. This sermon unpacks Psalm 46, considers the bigness of God, and the “inner stillness” that faith can foster.
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![The LORD is my Shepherd. What does Psalm 23 mean for us today? [Sermon]](https://matthewruttan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/psalm-23-1.png?w=1024)
The LORD is my Shepherd. What does Psalm 23 mean for us today? [Sermon]
It’s the world’s most famous psalm. It is said at funerals, memorized, tattooed on bodies, and underlined in Bibles. Our Shepherd provides for us and restores our souls. But this is no naive optimism. He does so through the valley of the shadow of death. This sermon explores Psalm 23 and zeroes in on one…
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![The Two Ways [Sermon]](https://matthewruttan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/psalm-1-1.png?w=1024)
The Two Ways [Sermon]
We live in a world of choices. But Psalm 1 foregrounds a big one. Will we choose the way of the righteous, or the way of the wicked? This sermon introduces a series on the most famous psalms, and explores Psalm 1, the “gateway” to the psalsm.
