The Cardinal Virtue
This Sunday Pastor Matthew continued with his teaching series “Apprenticeship 2.0: Working more closely with the Master to learn the Master’s craft more clearly.” In Part 1 we explored the resurrection of Christ as the...
A New Allegiance
Today’s sermon was part 2 of the Apprenticeship 2.0 Series, called “A New Allegiance” Pastor Ruttan talked about how we need to apprentice under our Master. But who is an apprentice? Well, it’s someone who...
Apprenticeship 2.0
Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! This Sunday we reached the end of Lent and rejoiced at Christ’s resurrection. Pastor Ruttan used this as an opportunity to launch a new series: “Apprenticeship 2.0.”. A...
The Force Awakens
“The Force Awakens.” You’re right, it’s an allusion to the Star Wars movies. But combined with the idea of the Rebel Force, it’s an idea that can help clarify our thinking about what it means...
Who goes where? (And who decides?)
We’ve been talking about heaven and hell. In short, heaven is incredible and hell is horrible. We should all want to go to one and not the other. But who goes where? In other words,...
What is hell like?
Last week we asked what heaven was like. But on January 20th, we explored what is perhaps one of the most difficult questions of all: What is hell like? Speaking about hell, C.S. Lewis wrote:...
What is heaven like?
A Gallup poll revealed that more people believe in heaven than in hell. It seems we like to believe in things we like, but not in things we don’t, right? That’s why we’re in a...
How do we know?
A Gallup poll revealed that 81% of people believe in heaven, but only 69% believe in hell. We like to believe in things we like, like heaven; but not in things we don’t, like hell,...
But is it true?
Christmas Eve is a special time. After the presents have been bought and plans have been made, we gather to sing carols by candlelight and ponder the significance of the birth of Christ. On December...
If you claim to have a life-changing faith
Sometimes we need a bigger perspective—a higher perspective. Here’s why. The word “repentance” can seem like a big bad word in today’s world where many people live by the mantra, ‘Just do whatever makes you...