RUF at New Mexico State University Podcast

In his farewell message to NMSU RUF, Ben shares from 1 Corinthians 3 about how we're to think of the many different people God uses to impact us. Some plant, some water, but it is God himself who'...

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"You are Not the Vine" (Jn 15:1-11) from 2017-11-14T05:00

Justin Edgar from City Pres Albuquerque (and the Rio Grand Presbytery RUF Committee Chairman) joins us tonight to give us the joyful news that Jesus is the Vine--not us. Life-giving power and grac...

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"Our Response to the Kingdom" (Mt. 13:1-9, 18-23) from 2017-11-07T05:00

Just as a beating heart and breathing lungs are the key elements of physical life (if they’re present, life is present; if they’re not, life is not), *hearing* is the key element of spiritual life....

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"Pride, Power, Position and the Kingdom" (Mt 20:20-28) from 2017-10-31T04:00

Pride in our hearts leads to hearts filled with a self-promoting instinct. And this instinct leads to us using the power and positions we have to advance our little kingdoms of Self. When you put...

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"The Language of the Kingdom" (Mt 6:5-13, 25-33) from 2017-10-24T04:00

Are you more prone to worry or to prayer? Worry is the native tongue of the kingdom of self; prayer is the native tongue of the Kingdom of God. So, how do we learn this new language and learn to sp...

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"Kingdom Discipleship" (Mt 13:44, Lk 14:25-33) from 2017-10-17T04:00

A disciple is someone who’s chasing what they love, immersed in what they love, re-ordered by what they love, and surrendered to what they love. And so to be Jesus’ disciple is to be a person who’...

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"The Pace of Kingdom Growth" (Mk 4:26-29) from 2017-10-10T04:00

When we think of God’s Kingdom power and his transforming grace, we all long for it to come to us in a torrential downpour. But Jesus corrects our expectations and tells us his transforming graces...

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"Risk and Reward in the Kingdom" (Mt 25:14-30) from 2017-10-03T04:00

Life for the Christian in the Kingdom of God does not plod along aimlessly or lazily. Instead, it’s an entrepreneurial, risk-taking, envelope-pushing and strategic way of life. In the Parable of ...

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Southwest Fall Conference Talk #4: "Love" (Hosea 11:1-11) from 2017-10-01T04:00

Rev. Chris Horne, RUF campus minister at Appalachian State University, joins us at Southwest Fallco 2017 to talk about the people God is patiently but powerfully making us into by his grace.

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Southwest Fall Conference Talk #3: "Joy" (Ps 84) from 2017-09-30T04:00

Rev. Chris Horne, RUF campus minister at Appalachian State University, joins us at Southwest Fallco 2017 to talk about the people God is patiently but powerfully making us into by his grace.

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Southwest Fall Conference Talk #2: "Faith" (Deut 8) from 2017-09-30T04:00

Rev. Chris Horne, RUF campus minister at Appalachian State University, joins us at Southwest Fallco 2017 to talk about the people God is patiently but powerfully making us into by his grace.

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Southwest Fall Conference Talk #1: "Life" (Jn 3:1-21) from 2017-09-29T04:00

Rev. Chris Horne, RUF campus minister at Appalachian State University, joins us at Southwest Fallco 2017 to talk about the people God is patiently but powerfully making us into by his grace.

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"Entering the Kingdom" (Jn 3:1-21) from 2017-09-26T04:00

In John 3, Jesus explains what is required of a person to enter and be a part of his Kingdom. He shows us how God meets us on our turf but on his terms; that the way into his Kingdom is through me...

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"Where Is Jesus When You Need Him Most?" (Jn 11) from 2017-09-19T04:00

Daniel Davalos joins us as our guest preacher tonight and, from John 11 and Jesus' resurrection of Lazarus, helps us see where Jesus is when we need him most and what it means to enter into our gri...

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"The Kingdom's Law" (Mt 5:17-24) from 2017-09-12T04:00

After talking about the character of his Kingdom disciples and their impact on the world, Jesus starts to clear up misconceptions about the Christian’s new relationship with God’s law. We learn th...

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"The Kingdom's Impact" (Mt 5:10-16) from 2017-09-05T04:00

The Beatitudes describe the character of the Christian and this famous passage on "salt and light" describes the function and impact of the Christian in the world. Christians will have a preservin...

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"The Blessed in the Kingdom" (Mt 5:1-9) from 2017-08-29T04:00

The Beatitudes describe the effect God's grace has on a person. These are the "vital signs" of those Jesus has brought to life in his Kingdom. But these marks of transforming grace are not what you...

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"Preparing for the Kingdom: Repenting vs Pretending" (Mt 3:1-12) from 2017-08-22T04:00

The way we prepare to receive our King and his Kingdom is repentance. Turns out we're not blank slates; we're already allegiant to dozens of lesser kings and tinier, oppressive kingdoms. And so r...

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"The Upside Down Kingdom" (Luke 4:16-24) from 2017-08-16T04:00

We all live for a kingdom, but we were specifically made to live for the expansive, transcendent Kingdom of God. So if that's true, why do we so naturally and easily settle for tiny little kingdom...

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Spring 2017 Senior Speeches from 2017-05-02T04:00

Our graduating seniors share about what God has done in them and through them during their time in RUF these past four years.

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The New World Revealed (Rev 21-22) from 2017-04-25T04:00

The story of the Bible is the story of God turning the broken down, decaying house of this world into a dream home. And not just any dream home... but a home where the Redeeming God will live with...

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Marriage Revealed (Rev 19:1, 6-10) from 2017-04-18T04:00

To be in relationship with God means to be *married* to him. And so it's no surprise that the story of Scripture is the story of God pursuing his bride, ransoming her, cleaning her, and loving her...

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Temptation Revealed (Rev 17-18) from 2017-04-11T04:00

In these chapters, Jesus is pulling back the curtains and helping us see why temptation in this life seems (is) so super-charged and ever-present. It's not just the sin within us that makes us so ...

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The Devil Revealed (Rev 12) from 2017-04-04T04:00

Revelation 12 is a fast-forward summary of God's plan of rescuing his world and how the Devil has opposed him at every point. The devil's opposition has a laser, remarkably disciplined focus to it...

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Judgment Revealed (Rev. 8-11) from 2017-03-28T04:00

We are people who inherently love and demand justice. But do we also love and demand judgment? Justice requires judgment because judgment accomplishes and implements justice. They go hand in han...

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Suffering Revealed (Rev. 6-7) from 2017-03-14T04:00

Suffering is normal for the Christian. It's outside of our control but it's under God's control. And suffering often outruns us (it tires us, cuts us, hurts us, scars us) but we will outlive it a...

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The Lion, the Lamb, and the Priests Revealed (Rev 5) from 2017-03-07T05:00

"Look!" is one of the most repeated commands in Revelation. Tonight, we look again at Revelation 5--and the Lion-Lamb it reveals and the people he ransoms and makes priests to God.

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The Worthy One Revealed (Rev. 5:1-8) from 2017-02-28T05:00

The angel in John's vision recorded in Revelation 5 asks perhaps the most important question that's ever been asked: "Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?" John responds with desp...

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The Command Center Revealed (Rev. 4) from 2017-02-21T05:00

Heaven has an Oval Office too. And much more than the office at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Christ's throne room humbles any who see it. It shrinks you down to size by letting you see the exalted o...

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Endurance Revealed (Rev 2:8-11 and 3:7-13) from 2017-02-14T05:00

In order to patiently endure as a Christian and remain faithful till the end, Jesus says you'll need to know three things in the midst of whatever situations you find yourself in: 1) He knows your...

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Apathy Revealed (Rev. 2:1-7, 3:14-21) from 2017-02-07T05:00

Revelation is a message that screams, "Things aren't as they seem! There's more than meets the eye!" That's true for complacency, apathy, spiritual indifference, or a life style of "meh!". Apath...

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Jesus Revealed (Rev. 1:9-20) (Sorry, poor audio quality) from 2017-01-31T05:00

Revelation gives us a "God's-eye-view" of reality. It's a message aimed at powerfully adjusting our perspective and helping us see everything the way it actually is. And of all our perspectives t...

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The Power of Perspective (Rev. 1:1-9) from 2017-01-24T05:00

Oftentimes, to understand what something is really like or to know what is really going on, you must leave it and see it from a whole new perspective. There's a very real sense in which to underst...

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"Watchful Prayers, Wise Relationships, Winsome Words" (Col 4:2-6) from 2016-11-29T05:00

The Apostle Paul begins his letter to these new Colossian Christians with a magnificent prayer for their spiritual growth and love for Jesus. In this passage he ends the letter by reaching out his...

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"Parents and Children" (TIM KELLER SERMON) from 2016-11-16T05:00

In this sermon from Ephesians, Dr. Tim Keller explains the dynamics of love, respect, and nurture that should exist between parents and their kids--and where these dynamics fall off the rails into ...

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"Gospel Relationships at Home and Work" (Colossians 3:14-4:1) from 2016-11-15T05:00

The Gospel changes our relational dynamics at home and at work in profound ways. This message particularly focuses in on how the Gospel changes the ways children and parents relate to one another....

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"Getting to Know the New You... and Them" (Col 3:10-17 from 2016-11-08T05:00

We continue our discussion from last week on "Identity" and the Christian. Earlier in Colossians chapter 3, Paul shows how the Gospel resurrects our identity (who I am), our motivations (what I th...

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"Jesus Died to Make a New You" (Col 3:1-11) from 2016-11-01T04:00

God's work for us and in us (the Gospel) resurrects our Identity (who you are), Intentions (why you do what you do), Actions (what you do), and Individuality (how you do what you do).

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"Discerning God's Will" (GUEST SPEAKER Rev. Merle Messer) from 2016-10-25T04:00

With Ben out sick with Laryngitis, Rev. Merle Messer graciously joined us to talk about God's will--what it is, what it isn't, and how we can discern it.

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"Identity Amnesia" (Colossians 2:16-3:3) from 2016-10-18T04:00

You'd think it would be easy for us to remember who we are. But our grasp of our own identity is actually pretty slippery. We suffer from Identity Amnesia--every day, forgetting who we already ar...

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"Christ's Resurrection and Our Work" (1 Cor 15:50-58 & Col 3:23-24) from 2016-10-11T04:00

Jeff White from Las Tierras Community Church (El Paso) and the Hispanic Leadership Initiative joined us to preach on two things that aren't often associated with one another--Jesus' bodily resurrec...

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"Food for Thought" (Colossians 2:8-15) from 2016-10-04T04:00

G.K. Chesterton famously said, "Merely having an open mind is nothing. The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid.” Our minds were meant to ope...

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Rest 2 of 2: "Sabbath-The Blueprint for Rest and Life" from 2016-10-02T04:00

RUF Southwest Fall Conference 2016. New Mexico State, Colorado State, and Texas Tech RUF students gathered in the mountains of northern New Mexico for a weekend of compelling teaching on the beaut...

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Rest 1 of 2: "The Busy, Overwhelmed, Restless Self" from 2016-10-01T04:00

RUF Southwest Fall Conference 2016. New Mexico State, Colorado State, and Texas Tech RUF students gathered in the mountains of northern New Mexico for a weekend of compelling teaching on the beaut...

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Work 2 of 2: "Finding Your Way" from 2016-10-01T04:00

RUF Southwest Fall Conference 2016. New Mexico State, Colorado State, and Texas Tech RUF students gathered in the mountains of northern New Mexico for a weekend of compelling teaching on the beaut...

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Work 1 of 2: "The Necessity, Calling, and Drudgery of Work" from 2016-09-30T04:00

RUF Southwest Fall Conference 2016. New Mexico State, Colorado State, and Texas Tech RUF students gathered in the mountains of northern New Mexico for a weekend of compelling teaching on the beaut...

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"Treasuring Jesus" (Colossians 2:1-7) from 2016-09-27T04:00

We were made to treasure and glorify our God. But sinister and dark sin shipwrecked our original design and we began to treasure what our God made while rejecting our God. In other words, we lost...

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"Endurance in Jesus" (Colossians 1:24-29) from 2016-09-20T04:00

Endurance doesn't come naturally to us. We're people who are experts in starting new things but not finishing what we start. We're prone to flake-out, burn-out, freak-out, or sit-out. Consistenc...

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"It's All About Jesus" (Col 1:15-20) from 2016-09-06T04:00

A pendulum returns to the middle when it stops swinging. That's it's point of equilibrium. Did you know our lives have a point of equilibrium, too? Left to ourselves, we eventually drift back to a ...

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"Do You Know What You Need?" (Col 1:9-14) from 2016-08-30T04:00

Our prayers reveal what we're convinced our true needs are; and our prayers for others reveal what we think their greatest and most urgent needs are. If this holds true, then the Apostle Paul's in...

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"What is RUF?" (Col 1:1-8) from 2016-08-23T04:00

What is RUF all about? Paul's introduction in his letter to the Colossians actually captures it pretty well--we're about the Bible, the Gospel that it proclaims, and the Community in which that Go...

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"The Sound of Faith in the Noise of the World" (Psalm 2) (Guest Speaker: Patrick Tebbano) from 2016-04-26T04:00

If God is God, if he is the rightful King of all, then why are so many opposed to him? Why does he allow himself to be ridiculed and dismissed? Why does it seem Jesus is losing ground in our cultur...

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"The Joy Faith Brings" (Psalm 126) from 2016-04-19T04:00

There a kind of joy that can outlast the adrenaline rush. Can invade even sadness. Survives the endless monotony of life. And soars even when the wind isn't blowing. Few of us know this kind of jo...

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"Faith in the Noise of Depression" (Psalm 88) from 2016-04-12T04:00

Psalm 88 is called the "saddest psalm" because unlike the other 149 psalms, it doesn't resolve. It finishes with no silver lining or happy ending, just "You have made darkness is my closest friend...

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"Faith in the Familiar" (Psalm 19) from 2016-04-05T04:00

We are surrounded by Glory. We're made for Glory. And the world around us preaches to us day and night, testifying of God's glory. But we are also people who are largely blinded to the glories a...

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"Jesus' Faith on the Cross" (Psalm 69) from 2016-03-29T04:00

Psalm 69 is a window through which we see Jesus. In a sense, it provides an "insider account" of his death and suffering on the cross. And so in it, we see the clearest picture of his truest inst...

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"The Sound of Faith in the Noise of Forgetfulness" (Psalm 78) from 2016-03-22T04:00

We're forgetful and distracted people. We're people who forget about God and forget God himself... often. And Psalm 78 helps us see why it's so easy for us to forget God, how He he helps us remem...

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"The Sound of Faith When You Need a Solution" (Sean Troxel: Psalm 33) from 2016-03-08T05:00

Our intern Sean Troxel teaches on Psalm 33 and what Gospel hope looks like in action.

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"The Sound of Faith When You Lose Perspective" (Psalm 73) from 2016-03-01T05:00

When you lose perspective, you lose heart. And when you lose heart, you lose your footing and start slipping. That's the way it goes with school, relationships, and life as a Christian. But Psalm ...

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"The Sound of Faith in the Noise of Hiding" (Psalm 32) from 2016-02-23T05:00

It's interesting how much effort we put into covering up our sins from God and others. And yet God is precisely the One who's invested infinite effort covering up our sins! Psalm 32 invites the f...

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"The Sound of Faith in the Noise of Guilt" (Psalm 51) from 2016-02-16T05:00

Psalm 51 is not just an intimate picture of David coming to the Lord in the noise of his own guilt; it's also a template for how we can approach God with our guilt. That approach begins with compa...

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"The Sound of Faith in the Noise of Stress" (Psalm 131) from 2016-02-09T05:00

Each new 24 hours brings with it a whole host of new stressors and reminders that we're not nearly as in control of our lives as we like to think. Is there any way out of an exhausted, anxious, ov...

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"The Sound of Faith in the Noise of Panic" (Psalm 3) from 2016-02-02T05:00

True faith in the Lord can thrive even in moments of panic when life is falling apart, when circumstances are getting worse not better, when the sky is falling. Psalm 3 shows us that it sounds lik...

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"The Sound of Faith in the Noise of Life" (Psalm 1) from 2016-01-26T05:00

Psalm 1 holds before us two pictures--spiritual decay and spiritual resurrection. But it's not painting these vivid pictures so that we can get our life in order and do better at "choosing the rig...

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"A Brief Introduction to the Psalms" from 2016-01-25T05:00

We briefly introduce our new series on The Psalms: The Sound of Faith in the Noise of Life.

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"Sexuality Redeemed: Part II" (1 Corinthians 6:9-20) from 2015-11-17T05:00

We conclude our message from last week on sexuality and talk about how God painstakingly promises to redeem, renovate, and re-purpose our broken sexuality.

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"Sexuality Reimagined: Part I" (1 Corinthians 6:9-20) from 2015-11-10T05:00

Why does the Bible talk so much about "sexual immorality"? Because sexual brokenness is where we all do life. And the Bible doesn't pretend we live in a fairytale land of ideals... but meets us ri...

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"Singleness Reimagined" (1 Corinthians 7:25-35) (Intern Sean Troxel) from 2015-11-03T05:00

Most of us think of singleness just as a temporary holding pattern until we find someone to pair off with. Just waiting. But what if singleness is a positive calling from God? What if it has a spe...

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"Marriage Reimagined" (Ephesians 5_22-33).m4a from 2015-10-27T04:00

It's an ironic time for marriage. Never before has such a wide variety of people pursued marriage. And never before have such large numbers of people run away from their marriages. It seems like ha...

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"Community Reimagined" (Ephesians 4:1-16) from 2015-10-20T04:00

Before Christian community is ever a command or an ideal, it's a gift. And before it's something you're called to give, its something you're allowed to enjoy. But let's be honest... there's a lot o...

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"Dating Reimagined" (Romans 13:8-14) from 2015-10-13T04:00

Legalism is just as spiritually fatal as licentiousness. And legalistic dating is just as spiritually and relationally harmful as licentious dating. Each of us leans more toward one of these than t...

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"The Dating Game" (Proverbs 9) from 2015-10-06T04:00

Dating's always been tricky to figure out; but in a digital age when even using the word "dating" seems antiquated and formal, it can be almost impossible to know what you're doing. Modern dating ...

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"Scripted Friendships: Besties & Bromance" (1 Samuel 18:1-5) from 2015-09-29T04:00

Intimacy with friends of our own gender is something we crave and feel weird about at the same time. In an uber-eroticized culture, even expressing innocent love for a friend seems to set off alarm...

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"Unscripted Friendships" (Luke 10:25-37) from 2015-09-22T04:00

The key question in every friendship is this: "Knowing what I know about this person, what will I do?" Knowing her inconvenient habits and my lack of time, will I back away? Noticing his awkward p...

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"Conflict and Collisions" (James 4:1-10) from 2015-09-15T04:00

It'd be easy to doubt that God's even on the scene of our worst relationship collisions and conflicts... and even easier to doubt he's specifically using *those* moments to set our hearts back on t...

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"Ruined Relationships" (Genesis 3:1-13, 21-22) from 2015-09-08T04:00

When talking about "falls", distance is crucial. If I fall off a chair the damage is minor and fixable. If I fall off the top of a skyscraper the damage is fatal and irreparable. How far did hum...

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"Made to Relate" (Genesis 1:26-28, 2:7,18) from 2015-09-02T04:00

Who gets to tell you what your relationships should or could look like? Parents? Pop psychologists? A culture constantly evolving? Other friends' experiences? Our own gut instincts? Figuring out w...

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"Reimagining Relationships" (2 Cor 5:14-21) from 2015-08-25T04:00

Relationships populate our worst nightmares, our brightest dreams, and everything in between. It's not a stretch to say that all of life is relational. God suggests as much in 2 Corinthians 5 whe...

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RUF Senior Speeches (Spring 2015) from 2015-04-28T04:00

Each December and April, we have the privilege hearing of God's powerful work--even in places or seasons of weakness--from our graduating seniors. Their stories and lives are proof positive of Jes...

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"A New Ministry" (Rom 15:1-13) from 2015-04-21T04:00

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"A New Response to Weakness" (Rom 14:1-4, 15:1-7) from 2015-04-14T04:00

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"How Do You Respond to Rejection?" (Luke 9:51-56) from 2015-04-07T04:00

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"A New Response to Evil" (Rom 12:17-13:14) from 2015-03-31T04:00

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"New Relationships" (Rom 12:9-18) from 2015-03-24T04:00

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"A New Sacrifice" (Rom 12:1-8) from 2015-03-10T04:00

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"A New Invitation" (Rom 10:1-21) from 2015-03-03T05:00

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"Give Me Your Son" (1 Kings 17:17-24) from 2015-02-24T05:00

Our great friend, Rev. Chuck Isaac from Christ the King PCA in El Paso, joined us this week to share the word of God from 1 Kings. He talked about 1) how God is often amazingly difficult to unders...

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"A New Sovereignty" (Rom 9:6-24, 11:5-6) from 2015-02-17T05:00

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"A New Security" (Rom 8:28-39) from 2015-02-10T05:00

The Gospel of Grace gives us confidence to face anything because it perfectly secures us in Jesus. In this passage, Paul also shows us our insecurities in life come from building on shaky foundati...

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"A New Hope" (Rom 8:18-30) from 2015-02-03T05:00

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"A New Family" (Rom 8:12-17) from 2015-01-27T05:00

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"A New Power" (Rom 8:1-11) from 2015-01-20T05:00

The Christian life is a life of *resting* because of what Jesus has done for you... and it's also a life of *fighting* because of what the Spirit is doing in you. It's a deliverance out of condemn...

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"Senior Speeches" (Rom 16:1-9) from 2014-12-02T05:00

During the last large group of each semester, we take time to give thanks to God for our graduating seniors and we listen as they share stories of gospel transformation during their time at RUF.

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"A New Struggle" (Rom 7:14-25) from 2014-11-18T05:00

* We apologize for a technical error that caused a loss of about 3 minutes of the sermon beginning around minute 20.

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"A New Freedom" (Rom 6:15-7:6) from 2014-11-11T05:00

What has mastered you? What “thirsts” do you consistently obey? Self, Sex, Productivity, Grades, Comfort, Attention from guys/girls, or… Jesus? In Romans 6, we hear God speak into our lives and see...

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"A New Life" (Rom 6:1-14) from 2014-11-04T05:00

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"God Is Love" (1 Jn 4:7-19) from 2014-10-28T04:00

Rev. Doug Coyle, Pastor of Grace Covenant Church here in Las Cruces, preached on what God's love is, what it's not, how it's a reflection of Him, and how it becomes the life-changing, life-motivati...

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"The New Man" (Rom 5:12-21) from 2014-10-21T04:00

* Our apologies for some minor microphone problems during the first few minutes of the recording. We've remedied the issue for future weeks!

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"A New Normal" (Rom 5:1-11) from 2014-10-14T04:00

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"The Rejoicing Campus" from 2014-10-12T04:00

In his final message, Justin walks us through Proverbs 11:10-11 and shows us how much God cares about bringing flourishing and rejoicing to our campuses. But how does he intend to bring about this...

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"Knowing and Loving the Campus" from 2014-10-11T04:00

In his opening message, Justin suggests that the key question facing each of us in our relationships and on our campus is this: "Can I KNOW these people and still LOVE them?" We look at Jonah 4 fo...

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"A New Faith" (Rom 4:1-8, 16-25) from 2014-10-07T04:00

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"A New Righteousness" (Rom 3:21-31) from 2014-09-30T04:00

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"A New Defense" (Rom 3:9-24) from 2014-09-23T04:00

How well do you take criticism from others? How defensive of a person are you? Or, how hard do you try to please people so that you won't have to risk being criticized and seen as falling short? A...

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"Following Jesus On His Mission" (Luke 9:51-10:20) from 2014-09-16T04:00

Patrick Tebbano joined us tonight to teach on what it means to participate in Jesus' mission here at NMSU and around the world. It is Jesus's mission, not our little missions, that give our lives ...

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"A New Vision of Judgment" (Romans 2:1-16) from 2014-09-09T04:00

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"A New Diagnosis" (Rom 1:16-32) from 2014-09-02T04:00

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"A New Message" (Rom 1:1-17) from 2014-08-26T04:00

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"Finding Jesus in His Church" (Acts 2:36-47) from 2014-04-29T04:00

Just as plants are finely tuned to only thrive in certain soil, we are finely tuned by our Redeemer to only thrive in the soil of the church. It's only when we sink our roots deep into this soil t...

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"Taking Jesus Seriously" (Lk 13:22-30) from 2014-04-22T04:00

For some of us, we grew up "close to Jesus" in the church and perhaps grew so familiar with him that we don't really see him as anything beyond "ordinary" anymore. For others, maybe we're "flying ...

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"Waking Up to the Kingdom" (Lk 12:13-34) from 2014-04-16T04:00

Jesus shows us what lies beneath and drives our anxieties. But Jesus doesn't just diagnose what causes us to be afraid, he shows us how anxiety and panic don't "fit" our new surroundings, our new ...

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"Who's Seeking Who?" (Lk 19:1-10) from 2014-04-08T04:00

Zacchaeus is a guy who had repeatedly burned bridges between himself and God. But he began to hear about a Jesus who seemed particularly interested in his kind... the kind of person who tends to b...

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"The Black Parade" (Lk 7:11-17) from 2014-04-01T04:00

Rev. Justin Edgar of Crossroads Fellowship PCA in Albuquerque came down and preached on Luke 7 and the day when Jesus' parade of life collided with a grieving mother's funeral parade of death. Wha...

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"Fixing Our Eyes: Jesus on the Mountain" (Lk 9:25-36) from 2014-03-18T04:00

When Jesus takes three of his disciples up on a mountain to pray, they see him as they've never seen him before--glowing in raw, jaw-dropping, mind-bending glory. They might have been tempted to t...

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"Jesus Our Neighbor" (Lk 10:25-37) from 2014-03-11T04:00

Oftentimes Jesus' parable on the Good Samaritan is taught as if it's sole point is to tell us, "Love better! Be like the Samaritan!" But if that's all we get out of this passage, we miss the Gosp...

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"Where You Invest Your Love, You Invest Your Life" (Lk 9:51-62) from 2014-03-04T05:00

Following Jesus will certainly cost you your life. But it will also give you the only life actually worth living. In other words, the return on the investment is exponential! This is what Luke 9...

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"Breaking Bad" (Mk 5:1-20) from 2014-02-25T05:00

At first glance, it seems just about impossible for us to relate to a guy who's "possessed by demons" and has clearly lost his mind. But as you can imagine, if we look a little more closely at thi...

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"When Jesus Sleeps Through Your Storms" (Lk 8:22-25) from 2014-02-18T05:00

Does it ever seem like God is asleep at the wheel when you most need him? Do you ever doubt where he is when life gets chaotic and stormy? What do you do in those moments? Well, a lot of us pani...

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"Coming Out of Our Closets... to Jesus" (Lk 7:34-50) from 2014-02-11T05:00

No matter who or where you are, if you look closely enough Jesus will show you yourself right on the pages of this scandalous story in Luke 7. He'll show you how his love sets you free to see God,...

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"Desperate before Jesus" (Lk 5:17-26) from 2014-02-04T05:00

Don't deny or distract yourself from your desperation! It can be a powerful catalyst that points you to your need for Jesus. But as helpful as it may be, desperation must give way to faith if we ...

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"Salvation: Don't Try This at Home" (Jn 3:1-21) from 2014-01-28T05:00

Where do your beliefs about Jesus come from? Your experiences? Or emotions? Or maybe they're a mish-mash of things you've heard and picked up over the years? It's essential that our beliefs abo...

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"Taking a Closer Look at Jesus" (Lk 4:14-30) from 2014-01-21T05:00

Where do your beliefs about God come from? Sure, some probably come from the Bible... but how do things like your gut, your experiences, your conscience, your opinions, your friends shape (or miss...

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"Emmanuel Forever" (Revelation 21:1-8) from 2013-12-05T05:00

This is the message from our 2013 RUF Lessons and Carols service.

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"Made to be Church People" (Revelation 7:9-17) from 2013-11-19T05:00

The church isn't merely an afterthought or 'take it or leave it' epilogue to God's Story. Not at all! The church is woven through God's Story from beginning to end. And so, we are made to be "ch...

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"Spreading God's Story" (Matthew 28:11-20) from 2013-11-12T05:00

All of our lives are driven by deeper stories and loves. Our allegiance to these other stories and loves often causes us to silence God's story or turn the volume down on it. But Jesus sends his ...

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"Attached to Jesus at the Hip" (John 15:1-15) from 2013-11-05T05:00

Christians don't just "walk with Jesus" or "follow him". It's much more than that; we are one with him... united to him... attached to him like a branch abides in a vine. Only by abiding in Jesu...

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"God's Righteousness: Here and Now" (Romans 3:19-27) from 2013-10-29T04:00

If we're honest with ourselves, we have to admit we're defensive people who like to argue. But what exactly are we defending when we argue and justify our actions? Paul says in Romans 3 that we a...

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"Jesus' Battle with Temptation and Ours" (Matthew 3:16-4:11).mp3 from 2013-10-22T04:00

The Christian doesn't battle temptation on his or her own. We battle them (losing some and winning some) in light of Jesus' victorious battle against temptation. The result? We are free to stru...

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"Jesus Interrupts Everything" (Matthew 1:18-2:6) from 2013-10-15T04:00

The Christmas story is not as tranquil as our carols make it out to be. Jesus didn't land into a world wiped clean of suffering and chaos. Instead, he landed right into the middle of real life wi...

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"The 10 Commandments: The Track Love Rides On" (Exodus 20:1-17) from 2013-10-08T04:00

Of all the pieces of God's story in Scripture, perhaps the most misunderstood and misapplied pieces is the Ten Commandments. Few of us know how they fit in his story or especially how they fit int...

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"Saved by the Seed" (Gen 3:14-15) from 2013-10-02T04:00

The devil turned God's world upside down through the woman, Eve... but God promises to turn everything in his world right-side-up again through the woman's seed (or offspring). A rescuer will come...

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"Everyone Fell But God" (Genesis 3) from 2013-09-24T04:00

The world was utterly different before the fall and after sin turned everything upside down. And so, everything broke. And everyone broke. Everyone but God. And he is a God who doesn't turn awa...

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"Made for More" (Genesis 2) from 2013-09-17T04:00

"What is normal when it comes to my heart? What was I supposed to be like before I broke?" God shows us in Genesis 2 in high definition. He tells us who we are, what we were made for, and how th...

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"Home is Wherever I'm With You" (Genesis 1) from 2013-09-10T04:00

When most of us read Genesis 1, we actually miss God altogether. We use it as fodder for our arguments about evolution, creationism, dinosaurs, or the age of the earth. But standing tall in the m...

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"Finding and Losing Yourself in God's Story" (Psalm 139) from 2013-09-03T04:00

Our lives are an open book before God. But God has also opened up his life to us as an open book. Jesus is the one who delights to make such face-to-face intimacy with our God possible.

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"Myths that Deprive and the Story that Revives" (2 Tim 3:14-14:5) from 2013-08-27T04:00

We are people who are prone to wander into lifeless myths. But God is a god who is prone to chase wanderers down to draw them back to himself through Jesus. The Bible is the story of this "chase"...

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