THREE-LEGGED PACE – THE HOLY SPIRIT – PART 2 OF 2
Last week we explored insights about the Holy Spirit that apply to Christians generally. This week we explored insights about the Spirit which apply to Christians specifically. In other words, God has made each of...
The Advocate – The Holy Spirit, Part 1 of 2
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...
Help When it Hurts, Part 3
This week Pastor Ruttan wrapped up his teaching series called “Help When It Hurts” because, let’s face it, life can hurt… worries, broken relationships, illness, financial hardship, a pain from your past that never seems...
Help When it Hurts, Part 2
This week Pastor Ruttan continued the series: “Help When it Hurts” with Part 2. “Hurts. They happen. To all of us. In fact, the only people who haven’t experienced some kind of hurt in their...
Withness – Help When it Hurts
This Sunday Pastor Ruttan explored a new teaching series at Westminster: “Help When It Hurts.” Let’s be honest. Life can hurt. There are worries, disappointments, broken dreams, challenging relationships, health problems, pain. Max Lucado once...
Big Hope in The Age of Melancholy
On Sunday Pastor Ruttan delivered the final installment of the Apprenticeship 2.0 series, a message about “Big Hope”. The idea was that when we know what will happen at the end of time, this has...
We welcome new members
This week’s “sermon” is a bit different. Pastor Ruttan did not deliver a message but rather we welcomed several new members into the church family who are professing their faith. In the place of the...
But deliver us from evil
Have you ever wondered about the Devil or demons? For a lot of us, we know that Jesus (and others in the Bible) talk and teach about the Devil and the presence of real evil...
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...