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Mar 2025
This episode is an answer Pastor Ruttan has provided to a question submitted through Westminster’s Q and A Forum. The question (submitted anonymously) is this: “I’ve heard it said that when Christ returns (I believe some people refer to this as “the rapture”?), he will take all those who believed and have already died to heaven first; then he will take all the living believers. It’s a little unsettling......
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The word that Christians need to reclaim
It’s a word that has been neglected, sometimes avoided, and even dragged through the muck. This podcast episode and blog explains that it is God’s word, and we are not authorized to erase it....
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“Are the Old Testament laws still relevant to Christians?”
In this podcast and blog I answer a question in a Q & A Forum about whether or not the Old Testament laws are still relevant for Christians. You can read the full blog...
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The One Word That Summarizes 2016 at Westminster (Our Annual Year-In-Review)
The closing days of December are a good time to look back on 2016 to see what kind of a year it was. This past week I heard one commentator reflect on all the...
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Answering Your Most Popular Questions About Christmas
Is there a historical basis for Santa? Who were the wise men? Was Jesus actually born on December 25? Every year in December I start to get questions about Christmas. Why? Because I’m a...
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Did Jesus Really Exist? – My response to the strange claims of Maclean’s magazine
I’ve had a burden on my soul since Easter. That was when—just days prior to the biggest Christian holiday of the year—Maclean’s Magazine published an article calling the existence of Jesus into question despite...
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Something Better Than “Giving Something Up” For Lent?
Ash Wednesday kicks off Lent — the 40-day period leading up to Easter (excluding Sundays). During that time, a lot of people “give something up.” Originally this had more to do with fasting, but...
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