The Ragtown Pulpit.

Bible teaching from Immanuel Baptist Church.

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November 08, 2021

Psalms

Gordan Runyan

Psalm 12- Vain words and pure words

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David feels alone, in a generation focused on emptiness and trivialities. God promises deliverance in words that are perfect and eternal. Plus a discussion on the use of imprecatory prayer.

November 01, 2021

Psalms

Gordan Runyan

Psalm 11 - Foundation, Flight, and Fight

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What's David tempted to flee from? What foundations are in danger? How does God "feel" about men devoted to violence? This message ends abruptly when we began a street level discussion about strategies and tactics in dealing with a government bent on violence.

October 25, 2021

Psalms

Gordan Runyan

Psalm 8 - Image, Purpose, Destiny

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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, founder of a new humanity.

October 17, 2021

Psalms

Gordan Runyan

Psalm 3: Our Shield and Glory

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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.

October 11, 2021

Psalms

Gordan Runyan

Psalm 2 - The Promised Victory of Christ

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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.

October 04, 2021

Psalms

Gordan Runyan

Psalm 1: Surviving the Critical Season

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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.

September 13, 2021

Topical

Gordan Runyan

Shepherds, Hirelings, and Wolves

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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.

September 06, 2021

Galatians

Gordan Runyan

Galatians #10: Paul's Summing Up

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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 people tell you who they are, it's not unloving to believe them.

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