Browse published messages from Gordan Runyan in The Ragtown Pulpit .
Oct 25, 2021 3:17 AM America/Chicago
What is man that You are mindful of him? Well, for starters, humanity is the race that's supposed to bear God's image in subduing the whole of creation; ruling over the work of His hands and exercising dominion. Just like our elder brother, the last Adam,
Oct 17, 2021 12:00 PM America/Chicago
Surrounded by enemies, David remembers past deliverance and prays with confidence for a salvation he knows he doesn't deserve. Strong consolation in times when evil presses in from all sides.
Oct 11, 2021 2:28 AM America/Chicago
God's answer to rebellious kings, once He stops laughing, is the installation of Christ as King, along with great promises of that King's victory.
Oct 4, 2021 8:12 AM America/Chicago
We are in a critical season, a dry season, a potentially deadly season. The command is not to survive, but to advance, take new ground, and bear new fruit.
Sep 13, 2021 7:18 AM America/Chicago
From John 10 and Zechariah 11, on the roll of New Testament shepherds in light of the ministry of the one Good Shepherd, who is the Door of the sheep fold.
Sep 6, 2021 7:05 AM America/Chicago
The Apostle ties everything together in a neat bow here, as we end the series with the last verses of chapter 6. A prominent ethical/judicial note is in the text that hasn't been explored before and has immediate relevance to our situation: That is, when
Aug 29, 2021 9:56 AM America/Chicago
What comfort can people draw from the law of sowing and reaping as they head into dark times, when negative sanctions are threatened?
Aug 17, 2021 1:15 PM America/Chicago
Galatians 6:1-9 It may be a surprise to you if you haven't been listening long, but the New Testament never connects Elders with church discipline, and that is demonstrated again in this passage, as Paul urges that restoration from sin be handled by Spiri
Aug 9, 2021 1:31 AM America/Chicago
Finishing up Galatians 5, we encounter the familiar, iconic Fruit of the Spirit, but our focus is returning this (maybe too familiar) passage to its original context, the flow of Paul's argument, and what has been an extended discussion commending life in
Aug 1, 2021 12:53 PM America/Chicago
Galatians 5:13-14, the importance of freedom, service, love of neighbor; and their relationship to the current pressure to love your neighbor by getting the shots.
Jul 25, 2021 9:59 AM America/Chicago
We take Paul's amazing use of Isaiah 54:1 in Galatians 4, back to the source and see some of the amazing ramifications of understanding that older passage in light of the apostolic interpretation. This is a great, and under-appreciated, comfort to the peo
Jul 4, 2021 10:56 AM America/Chicago
First half of Galatians 4, exploring the metaphor of Slave Vs. Son.
Jul 3, 2021 12:49 PM America/Chicago
Arguments 4-6 from Galatians 3 on why Christians should not seek to become more Jewish.
Jul 3, 2021 12:47 PM America/Chicago
Arguments 1-3 from Galatians 3 for why Christians should not seek to become more Jewish.
May 3, 2021 5:35 AM America/Chicago
Back in Jude after a two week hiatus in Mexico, we discuss what is meant by the term, Power Religion, and how radical the message of Christ really is, in terms of turning the whole world upside down. We do this by focusing on the three iconic bad guys in
Apr 12, 2021 3:43 AM America/Chicago
This was a message given at our agape feast, so you'll hear a lot of voices from our church family in it. It's a baffling text, but we ended on a really encouraging note that was a lot of fun to preach. If you struggle with repeated failure to certain sin
Apr 5, 2021 3:56 AM America/Chicago
This sermon was preached on Easter Sunday and highlights the reality of Christ's human nature. His life, death, burial, and resurrection lend meaning and honor to human life. Any denial of this "defiles the flesh."
Apr 5, 2021 3:53 AM America/Chicago
Jude continues in his description of the target. These false teachers do the same despicable things their kind have always done.
Mar 22, 2021 7:41 AM America/Chicago
Five minutes on the coming Equality Act. Not on the foolishness of its morality, but on basic issues about government that are raised by its existence from the get-go.
Mar 22, 2021 6:45 AM America/Chicago
Announcing an interesting and provocative interview Gordan Runyan did with the "God and Government" podcast.
Mar 21, 2021 7:19 PM America/Chicago
Jude begins to describe the crisis within the churches that has prompted him to call the believers to battle. Who must we fight and why?
Mar 14, 2021 2:19 PM America/Chicago
No soldier goes to war at his own expense. Having reminded us of our identity in verse 1, God now makes sure we know how we have been supplied and outfitted for the coming battle. (Verse 2) After that, the book of Jude is about making us understand the na