Back to the Basics PART 3 – The Problem with the World What’s wrong with me? Genesis 3:1-19, Hosea 1:3-5; 5:1-4, and Galatians 5:19-24 and 6:7-9 Delivered August 24, 2014 at Oakland Presbyterian Church Clayton, NC AUDIO VIDEO What is wrong with the world? What is Sin and am I guilty? How does Sin affect theContinue reading “SERMON: Back to the Basics PART 3 – The Problem with the World”
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SERMON: Back the Basics PART 2 – The Story of the Bible
Back to the Basics PART 2 – The Story of the Bible What are we doing here? Psalm 106 and Acts 3:13-26 Delivered August 10, 2014 at Oakland Presbyterian Church Clayton, NC AUDIO VIDEO There is no manuscript available for this sermon, but a brief Works Consulted list is available here.
SERMON: What Did You Call Me?
“What Did You Call Me?” 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 and John 1:29-42 Delivered January 19, 2014 at Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church New York, NY MANUSCRIPT AUDIO I fell in love with Jesus my freshman year of high school on a mountain in Tennessee. It was awesome, more like falling in love than rationally accepting a set of prescribedContinue reading “SERMON: What Did You Call Me?”
Painting My Passion
I often try to paint my passions with words, but many times the result feels like chicken scratches in the dirt. Like trying to describe a sunset or a first kiss, words feel clumsy next to the ballet of emotion, experience, and anticipation. It’s difficult to talk about things we love deeply, and yet when I do I findContinue reading “Painting My Passion”
SERMON: THE CRUCIFIXION – Our Place at the Cross
“Our Place at the Cross” Matthew 27:27-44 Delivered on Good Friday, April 18, 2014 at Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church during a 3-hour, 6-sermon Passion Service. New York, NY MANUSCRIPT AUDIO [audio http://mapc.bndpr.com/mp3files/2014-04-18-GoodFri-Andrew_Ruth.mp3] “Hundreds of kodaks clicked all morning at the scene of the lynching. People in automobiles and carriages came from miles around to view the corpse dangling from theContinue reading “SERMON: THE CRUCIFIXION – Our Place at the Cross”
SERMON: MAUNDY THURSDAY – The Scandals Of Christianity
“The Scandals of Christianity” John 13:1-17, 31-35 and Exodus 12:1-13 Delivered on Maundy Thursday, April 18, 2014 at Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church New York, NY MANUSCRIPT AUDIO On this horrific night in history, I want to talk about the Scandals of Christianity, by talking about the four scandals in John’s Footwashing story: The Scandal of Love. TheContinue reading “SERMON: MAUNDY THURSDAY – The Scandals Of Christianity”
SERMON: Killing Me Softly
“Killing Me Softly” Matthew 5:17-37 and Deuteronomy 30:15-20 Delivered February 16, 2014 at Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church New York, NY AUDIO | MANUSCRIPT [audio http://mapc.bndpr.com/mp3files/2014-02-16.mp3 ] The Sermon on the Mount, or these three chapters of Jesus’ teaching in Matthew make me brutally uncomfortable when I read them out loud, because Jesus speaks about almostContinue reading “SERMON: Killing Me Softly”
BLOG: Three Not So Simple, Simple Things
Living cross-culturally is a lot of fun, but it is not always easy. As you all know, and as they pound into you at PCUSA Mission Co-worker training, cross-cultural interactions are ripe for serious cross-cultural blunders and misunderstandings. Interacting with unfamiliar cultures almost always leads to a few comical stories, embarrassing moments, and unintented offenses. To minimizeContinue reading “BLOG: Three Not So Simple, Simple Things”
BLOG: So Why Not?
When Claire and I told people about our calling and decision to move to Zambia for a year in order to learn from and minister with Zambian Christians, the majority of men and women, whether married or single, young or old, male or female, responded by saying, “I could never do that…” After a month of theContinue reading “BLOG: So Why Not?”
BLOG: VolunTOLD in Mumbwa
The easiest way to travel in Mumbwa. Sometimes we volunteer for tasks. Sometimes we are volunTOLD. In the first we tell the authorities what task we will do. In the second, the authorities tell us which tasks we will do. Usually this happens, when we ask for volunteers and none are forthcoming, so we volunTELLContinue reading “BLOG: VolunTOLD in Mumbwa”
Andrew David Ruth 