"If the Son Sets You Free" (John 8:31-36)

We have an incredible privilege this Sunday to hear from Neel and Chalor Roberts, missionaries to Thailand. Neel preached on the freedom only Christ provides. Neel joined Ruggles back in 1984 and was sent as a missionary from our church to Thailand with OMF in 1987. In 1993, he married Chalor, who is Thai and a graduate of Phayao Bible Institute. Chalor works with Shan Migrant Children in Mae Sai and Chiang Rai in North Thailand. Neel supervises Christian workers in the Upper Mekong Region.

"Living Like Christ in a Lost World" (Ephesians 5:1-21)

It's tough to follow Jesus when we're surrounded by people who don't—particularly when it comes to issues concerning sexuality. How can we faithfully live as light in the darkness? That's what our passage is all about this week.

Be Your (True) Self (Ephesians 4:17-32)

How do people change? How do you change? Make a new year's resolution? Finding a new experience? Turn over a new leaf? In our passage this Sunday, we'll see more specifically how a Christian's union with Jesus Christ transforms our identity and enables us to live together as "members one of another."

How the Church Grows (Ephesians 4:1-16)

What makes a church grow? Is it up to the pastor or a specific music style or a kind of program? We come this Sunday to a significant transition in Ephesians. From "grace in" to "grace out" or generally, from teaching to application. How does our union with Christ work out into unity with one another? And this Sunday, how does our union with Christ grow us in maturity together?

A Prayer for Strength (Ephesians 3:14-21)

The Apostle Paul has, so far in Ephesians, offered an incredible vision of how God's grace in Christ saves his people and unites them in the church. Yet the reality often falls short of this beautiful picture. We need God's help to live this out! How? That's what this Sunday's passage is all about.

A Joyful Noise (Psalm 100)

This week, we welcome Pastor Timothy Craig, Assistant Pastor of Redeemer Fellowship Church in Watertown, to serve us with God's word. Timothy is from New Hampshire and earned degrees in art from both UNH and BU. He first trusted Christ in his late 20s, completed seminary, and has  served in San Francisco, Chile, and Mexico, before returning to New England in 2021 to serve at Redeemer. Timothy is also an artist, painting and selling paintings everywhere he goes.

God's Power in His Church (Ephesians 2:11-22)

Last week, we saw how the power of God is at work in Christians as individuals, saving us from God's wrath by raising us up through our union with Christ. This week, we'll consider the other area where God's word points us to see his power at work: the church.

God's Power in You (Ephesians 2:1-10)

Ephesians 1 ended with a glorious declaration of God's immeasurable saving power at work in our world. But when we look around at the death and sadness and ungodliness the world today, sometimes it's hard to see evidence of God's power. Where do we see God's power at work today?

What God Wants You to Know (Ephesians 1:15-23)

What do you pray about most? As we continue in our sermon series in the book of Ephesians, we move from praise (last week) to prayer. The Apostle Paul prays that the church in Ephesus—and Ruggles—would know Jesus better: his hope, our value, and his power.

God's Plan for Your Life (Ephesians 1:1-14)

It's a new year in Boston. Thousands of people have moved into the city with plans for their education, career, and future. It's likely you also moved to Boston at some point with a plan. But what about God's plan? Have you ever wondered—or worried—about God's plan for your life? We being a new sermon series in Ephesians this Sunday. We'll see the "mystery" of God's plan for us revealed, and why it should bring us incredible joy.

God's Joy for His People (Zephaniah 3:9-20)

Zephaniah gives us a vivid picture of God's character—both his justice and joy. After two weeks of judgment-focused prophecy, the book concludes with a passionate song of joyful praise. In this final passage, we will see the purpose of God's judgment and mercy: that we might sing to him, and with him, in joy forever.

God's Judgment Is For All (Zephaniah 2:4-3:8)

We continue our sermon series through the book of Zephaniah. In chapter 2, we'll see that even though the Lord may use the nations surrounding Israel as instruments of his judgment, they are still accountable to him for their sin. God's justice falls universally on all people, including us.

God's Judgment Is Near (Zephaniah 1:1-2:3)

This Sunday, we begin a short sermon series through the book of Zephaniah. This prophetical book will help us to see the character of God in an especially vivid way. We'll learn more about our Lord's fierce justice against sin and his unbreakable joy for his people.

A Deeper Thirst (John 4:1-26)

What do you most desire in life? We'll see in this Sunday's passage that often we don't realize the deepest desires of our heart--and that Jesus can meet them! Bro. Philip, our ministry intern, will teach us how Jesus digs deeper into our hearts and how we can find deep satisfaction in worship of Him.

The Provision and Protection of Christ for His Church (Acts 4:32-5:11)

In our passage this Sunday, we see a beautiful picture of the best of the church and a vivid picture of the worst of the church. Bro. Daniel will teach on how we're to bring our sin into the light and serve one another generously.

Dear Complacent Church (Revelation 3:14-22)

This Sunday we conclude our sermon series through the 7 churches of Revelation. Jesus offers some of his most challenging words of discipline to this final church whose city and culture is not unlike our own. We'll see what leads to spiritual complacency and how we can receive well our Lord's discipline.

Dear Dead Church (Revelation 3:1-6)

It’s possible to claim to be a Christian yet not truly possess saving faith. This was the case in Sardis, the 5th of the 7 churches in Revelation 2-3. So how can we be sure we’re alive and not dead? Jesus says it’s all about the clothes we’re wearing, a metaphor for godly works that prove genuine faith.

Dear Compromising Church (Revelation 2:12-17)

Like fish, we're constantly swimming in the waters of our culture all around us. If we're not careful, we may end up like the church of Pergamum--faithful in some ways but compromised in others. This Sunday we'll hear Jesus' remedy for the church that is compromising in both doctrine and life, and we'll consider: Are there areas of our life, our church's life, in which we're compromising our faith?

Dear Suffering Church (Revelation 2:8-11)

Most people in Boston don't worship Jesus. Many don't understand and are even hostile to our faith. How do we persevere and not hide or give up in the face of persecution, not to mention the sufferings day-to-day life? Jesus has an encouraging word for the church in Smyrna, and for us.

Dear Loveless Church (Revelation 2:1-7)

If you're looking for a perfect church in Boston, you won't find one--Ruggles included, of course. Praise God that Jesus loves imperfect churches! This summer we're going to see how Jesus loves his struggling people through his letters to the 7 churches in Revelation 2-3, through words of commendation and a call to repent. We begin with the church at Ephesus. We'll see that it's possible to have right doctrine but lack love.