Browse published messages from Gordan Runyan in The Ragtown Pulpit .
Mar 9, 2021 10:52 AM America/Chicago
Jude's first step in mustering the Lord's army to spiritual battle is to make sure all the soldiers have their feet planted on a rock. Know who you are in Christ, or victory will always elude you. Be the Moe.
Mar 1, 2021 3:38 AM America/Chicago
We begin a new series today in the little, barely mentioned book of Jude. It won't come as any surprise to hear that we think it's immanently relevant to our times. Hear the trumpet call.
Feb 2, 2021 1:09 AM America/Chicago
A needed reminder as our culture (both Right and Left) rushes into greater foolishness. What are the people of God to do? What provision has been made for times like this? What Help is there?
Jan 24, 2021 11:16 AM America/Chicago
Looking back on our journeys through the Numbers, we come away with a handful of important Kingdom principles to have under our belts as we seek to be Kingdom people in a wilderness world.
Jan 17, 2021 11:07 AM America/Chicago
Answering pertinent questions. This one is particularly timely: Now that an election has (supposedly) been stolen, what will it mean for Christians to live and work under an illegitimate administration?
Jan 4, 2021 5:32 AM America/Chicago
This is the penultimate message in our Numbers series, Drama in the Wilderness. In this chapter, instructions are given for dealing with accidental homicide, instructions which have informed Western judicial systems ever since; and which tend to raise the
Nov 8, 2020 12:49 AM America/Chicago
The daughters of Zelophehad (Numbers 27:1-11) prompt a discussion of the concept of familial inheritance and the roll it plays in extending the conquest of God into all the earth.
Oct 26, 2020 4:52 AM America/Chicago
We come to the second "numbering" of the people, from which the English name of the book is taken. Historically, a bit of a challenge for both readers and preachers. But we walk away instructed in both the faithlessness of man to God, and God's faithfulne
Oct 19, 2020 3:45 AM America/Chicago
How much of what Phinehas did can serve as a model for modern believers? What does Biblical zeal look like? And, have you noticed the piercing-death-atonement-covenant pattern that is present in the story?
Oct 11, 2020 3:23 PM America/Chicago
Balaam predicts a Scepter rising out of Israel that would smash through Moab's forehead. We look at the fulfillment in time-and-history and the later expansion in the Messiah's life, and address the question, "Why should anyone have expected the Christ to
Oct 4, 2020 10:29 AM America/Chicago
Balaam's second attempt to curse the Israelites winds up blessing them with certain victory, both over Balak and his people, and over the whole promised land.
Sep 20, 2020 12:23 PM America/Chicago
We talk about Balaam's first attempt at cursing Israel. We discuss a magical worldview; condemning what Christ condemns; God's promises and our sure defense.
Aug 31, 2020 9:21 AM America/Chicago
Israel undergoes an unmentioned revival of sorts, in the wake of the incident with the serpents, and proceeds to go from strength to strength, in this understated passage. What might God do if you replaced complaining with singing and obedience?
Aug 29, 2020 11:19 AM America/Chicago
We walk through the incident of the fiery serpents, and the bronze snake on the pole that cured the people. Christ's surprising use of the story. Dispelling some bad ideas.
Aug 29, 2020 10:51 AM America/Chicago
We look at the death of Aaron and its implications for priesthood. We also explore the notion that priesthood is an inescapable concept. You are accepting that someone in your life speaks for God. If that's not Jesus, it's someone else.
Apr 17, 2016 10:40 AM America/Chicago
Christ's parable about the mustard seed which grows into a tree, where the birds nest in its branches, is a prediction of great Victory for the Kingdom of God and His Gospel. No two ways about it. This is a breathless sort of wild ride on the persistent t