Tag: Sermons
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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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![How to hear Jesus’ voice when you can’t actually hear his voice [Sermon]](https://matthewruttan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/sermon-graphics-gen-3.png?w=1024)
How to hear Jesus’ voice when you can’t actually hear his voice [Sermon]
Throughout history, many people have claimed to hear God’s voice. Prophets certainly did. Madmen with Messiah complexes leading people into the desert to die did not. Having just told us that he is the Good Shepherd, Jesus says: “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.” To those original followers,…
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![What God can do through you is greater [Sermon]](https://matthewruttan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/sermon-graphics-gen-26.png?w=1024)
What God can do through you is greater [Sermon]
A national poll asked: “If you could ask God only one question and you knew he would give you an answer, what would you ask?” The most popular response was this: “Why is there pain and suffering in the world?” Some people think it’s punishment for sin. They wonder if they’ve done something to deserve…
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![Freed to serve [Sermon]](https://matthewruttan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/sermon-sunday-titles-16.png?w=1024)
Freed to serve [Sermon]
“The truth will set you free.” So said Jesus. Aren’t we already free? Not necessarily. Good things are both now and in the future. This sermon on John 8:31-38 explores just these things.
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![Follow the Light [Sermon]](https://matthewruttan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/sermon-graphics-gen-4.png?w=1024)
Follow the Light [Sermon]
“I am the light of the world. Whoever WATCHES me…” Oops, nix that. “Whoever FOLLOWS me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” Let’s talk about why and how in this sermon on John 8:12-30. The light might not always take you where you want to go; but it takes…
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![Grace opens doors [Sermon]](https://matthewruttan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/sermon-sunday-titles-4.png?w=1024)
Grace opens doors [Sermon]
“Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.” Did Jesus act with all grace and no truth, or all truth and no grace? — or both? This sermon explores John 5:53-8:11 (a text not in the oldest biblical manuscripts) and considers what we can learn from…
