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Truth with Ruth
by ruth ruckle
conversations around everyday controversial topics to provoke thought & gain perspective about things we don't discuss publicly. My desire for you is ultimately to begin thinking from a place of freedom.
Episodes
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End Game
Mark and I finish up our discussion on church 1.0/2.0 and all current church culture related issues.
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The Churches Dirty Laundry
In light of current events, Mark and I process though what is happening in our western Charismatic church culture right now. We tie in our previous conversations about the Pulpit, gathering, discipleship and ministry to show the correlation of how we could have gotten here. Although we have no...
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The Pulpit Problem
Mark and I get into the history of the Pulpit, and how over years of church culture the sermon, Pulpit, and Ministry have led to the degradation of people, and intimate community. We talk bout current topics related to ministry and what the purpose of communal gathering was supposed to look like.
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Discipleship, from the table to the home
Mark and I talk about modern day church discipleship, this concept of creating culture in a person and how we have made it impersonal. W break down what it looks like when you take discipleship from a building classroom setting and transfer it to the home, starting at the dinner table. We give...
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Church discipline and accountability
Mark and I discuss current days church discipline and accountability in the context of the first century church, and the current day model that we operate from. We look at the damage does and talk about what it could look like if we got back to the original structure of the book of Acts church....
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The 5 Fold that never was
Mark and I dive into church titles, roles and structure. We talk abut the Jewish roots of the first century church, while comparing it to what we currently see as Church in present day we compare and contrast how titles and positions now current day were just roles and responsibilities in the…
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The Acts project Intro
Marka and I spend some time introducing ourselves, and helping you get to know us. We break down the idea and conception of the Acts Project and give a road map of where we are headed with this series. here is the link to the notes we use for this podcast https://www.dropbox.com/t/2QArSO4NAaeQjZqY
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New Beginnings
Welcome back. This is a brief introduction from Ruth to all of you listening, giving you context, an update, and a long overdue hello to all of you. Welcome back!
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the wilderness seasons, prayer, and intercession with Gifty Edwards.
I have the privilege of sitting down with one of my best friends, and talking about Her new prayer journal, intercession, and what it looks like as a person, and a friend to be in a wilderness season with Jesus. Check out her website and grab a prayer journal. https://giftkeysrock.com/
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Jesus, Divorce, and His love in the middle of our mess. With Alexus
My friend Alexus sits down with me and shares her testimony around divorce, and the immense love she encountered from Jesus in the middle of what seemed to be an unredemptive mess in life. She shares how God brought her out of judgement of others, and gave her compassion and set her free from the...
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Q&A With Ruth and India...The Rapture, Parenting, Deliverence and more
India sits down with me and asks a series of questions she compiled form our family about how I felt parenting my children, what was the catalyst for my pursuit of freedom to why I think God is the best problem solver to is the rapture real? buckle up and enjoy this most likely not to happen...
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Healing from Trauma
Judy talks about her life, and journey of healing from her past. She talks about the practical aspects of healing as wells the emotional and spiritual aspects. Just is an incredible example of what it looks like to choose to pursue the freedom and healing that Jesus offers over the victimization...
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Captives and Prisoners
Nancy Becker and I talk about the spiritual difference between being a captive in life or a prisoner. We examine how our words can put others in captivity, and how our unforgiveness and bitterness we hold on to can make us a prisoner to our circumstances in life. We talk about freedom, and how to...
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Identity
Rochelle and I talk through Identity. It's a big subject, so we talk through some of the psychology of it, and how our personal Identities were shaped, and how we worked though what was expected of us, and became who we are today. We talk about the ups and downs of trying on different Identities...
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Love looks like something. The journey, good, bad and everything in between.
My friend Judy and I process through our own individual journeys with God and loving People. We chat about the things He has and is teaching us on this life long journey, the mistakes, lessons and self realization that comes when loving and learning with others.
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Temitope Peters- Reconciliation and Multiculturalism
Such a great time chatting with Temi about reconciliation and multiculturalism in the church. we talk about the disconnect between what is seen and what is taught or un taught, and His heart behind bringing awareness around these two topics. He shares His personal mission and calling with music…
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Jacob Hale- Anointing vs. Profession
Jacob and I sit down and chat about How in our religious circles we have taken the anointing of God and turned it into a profession. We process through questions like is it necessarily wrong? What are the ways we have monetized anointing? does it cheapen the anointing and our God given gifts?…
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Samantha Adam- eating disorders and trauma
Samantha shares her journey out of bulimia and trauma into victory. she talks about the ugly side of having an eating disorder, the trauma behind it as well as the redemptive power of Jesus to come in and hep you navigate through and out of addiction and into freedom.
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Von Bradley- Navigating dissapointment
Von and I process through Navigating the disappointment in how we often think God is going to do something in our lives vs. how He actually does them. We talk about keeping the faith when it doesn't make sense to.
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Rochelle Cooper - Navigating friendship/ Relationships
Rochelle and I sit down and process through the misconceptions around friendship. We talk about being connected, connectedness and interconnectedness as well as how our world of social media and on line dating has brought so much confusion between these concepts. We discuss what a deep friendship...
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Jacob hale- Lets talk about what honor is and is not.
Jacob and I chat about Honor. We process through the positional role we have placed Honor in and how we use it to control and manipulate people into doing and becoming what we need them to be and do. We discuss the different ways we as a culture have chosen to give honor, and what the Bible...
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Bethany Phillips - Why don't we talk about that again?
Bethany and I sit down and chat about how our christian culture tends to cover up indiscretions rather than confront them in love and honor. We talk about the damage that dealing with mistakes in christian culture does so many people, and how it seems like Guilt and shame have been the main mode…
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Von Bradley - Navigating race in evangelical spaces
Von and I process through our very different experiences in the evangelical church culture. As black American man in a white evangelical world He talks about the culture shift, navigating major current events, the pitfalls of mis education and lack of conversation and understanding. He shares…
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Samantha Adam- mental health and generational strongholds
My long time family friend Samantha chats with me about her journey through mental health issues. We talk about the natural process and the spiritual one around treating mental health. She shares her journey with doctors, psych wards, and eventually spiritual freedom. We talk through breaking...
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Temitope Peters- Missed Opportunities
What do you do when it feels like you have done everything you can, and yet you still get passed over? How do you cope with feeling un seen? I have the pleasure of processing through this with Temitope. we talk about some opportunities we felt left out of, and how we handled the confrontation and...
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Sophia Elizabeth- my journey out of guilt and shame
What are you to believe about yourself when all the cards seem stacked against you? Adoption, abuse, divorce, single parenting, lack, and the list goes on. The destiny you believed God had for you isn't on a road that is straight and narrow, but rather full of twists and turns. Sophia and I…
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Jacob Hale - the year of the great dip
Jacob and I sit down and share our various stories behind staying and leaving church. I felt it was a topic that needed to be addressed especially in 2020 due to the mass exodus of people for organized church. we talk about the pitfalls, and the freedom to make decisions to go in an honorable…
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Ruth
I take this time to share with you the new format moving forward for my the Podcast, I share my thought process and my why for this podcast as well, and thank listeners for tuning in and sticking with me as I have taken the year to experiment with and discover how to work it all out.
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The Truth about late term abortion- with Melissa Kirk
Melissa and I talk through her experience as a young single woman having to make the tough decision to terminate a pregnancy. She walks us through the process, and the journey of healing she later went through to process the loss of her baby.
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Attempted suicide, the truth behind it and life after.
I sit down with my friend Wendy Walsh and we discuss suicide, and how it cam about as an option for her in life, the why behind it, and how isolation, depression and loneliness can lead you down this deadly path.
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The ugly truth about porn- With Bethany Phillips
Bethany and I sit down and talk abut her addiction to porn, and how it almost tore her marriage apart. she shares how she became addicted, the side effects of it, and the misconceptions around women and porn addiction. she shares her journey and process to step out of her addiction and into...
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Quarantine Life (with Julie Fry)
Julie and I hang out talking about the current events, and being stuck inside. we laugh, address concerns, and enjoy each others company in a time where connection is slim.....
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Down With Fear
My friend Julie stopped by the compound, and we sat down and talked about fear. We get into our first response to all the manufactured madness goin onion the last month with COVID19 and how it has impacted us personally.
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Betrayal pt.2 with Debbie Kitterman
My friend Debbie and I finish up our conversation on betrayal. We talk about how we navigate through it, and the lessons we learn from it.
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Betrayal Pt.1 - With Debbie Kitterman
My friend Debbie and I sit down and chat about betrayal. we talk about our own experiences with it, and how they have changed and shaped who we are. We discuss how with the right heart and perspective betrayal can catapult you into great destiny. We also process through how we both stayed out of...
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Transitions PT.2 with Gifty Edwards
Gifty and I finish up our conversation about audacious living, transitioning into new seasons of life, and ministry Join us for some real talk around life, moving forward and having fun in the process.
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Transitions Pt. 1
My friend Gifty joins me to talk about Abide, and the transitions life throws at you. we talk candidly about our relationship, how we are connected, the circumstances around how we started our ministry and her connection in all of it. its real talk around our journey from ordinary to…
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Peace, Love, and Gifty
Melissa and I finish out the first three with and impromptu phone call to another bestie of mine up in Sacramento. Gifty joins us as we finish up our chats about who am I, and why listen? we touch on kids, the messiness of our identity, random thoughts on life, friendship, how we became friends…
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Getting to know Ruth part 2
Melissa and I continue on our journey of who is Ruth and why listen. we talk about losing friendships, learning how to love people well despite pain and disappointment. We also touch on the topic of Identity and how that played a role in my personal freedom from the judgments of others. We finish...
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Getting to know Ruth part 1
We talk about and answer the question who am I, and why would you want to tune into this podcast? I sit down and chat with my friend Melissa Kirk and give a brief history on who I am, and the decisions and life events that have shaped me over the last decade of life, and made me who I am today.…
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series trailer
The purpose of this podcast is to have conversations with guests around every day controversial topics to provoke thought and gain perspective about things we don’t discuss publicly. My desire for you is ultimately to begin thinking from a place of freedom.
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