RUF at TCU (Reformed University Fellowship)
200 episodes - English - Latest episode: 8 months ago - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsPodcasts from our weekly RUF at TCU Large Group Meetings.
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Episodes
Mt 5:4 | "Blessed Are Those Who Mourn"
September 07, 2023 14:00 - 22 minutes - 15.4 MBIn Memory of Wes Smith
Peter Is Restored | John 21:9, 15-19
April 19, 2023 23:00 - 32 minutes - 22.5 MBA guest sermon from TCU RUF's intern Walt Horton
Genesis | The End & Beginning of a Marriage
March 10, 2023 18:00 - 24 minutes - 16.7 MBGen 3:8-24 | After the Fall, Gen 3:15 gives us the first word of the gospel and points us to a greater marriage between Jesus and his Church.
Genesis | The Rise and Fall of Humans
March 01, 2023 23:00 - 29 minutes - 20.6 MBGen 3:1-7 | Because of the Fall, sin has entered the world and death through sin-- leading to shame, fear, and our desperate need to hide from God.
Justification 3 | Ranchopalooza 2023
March 01, 2023 22:00 - 29 minutes - 20.1 MBPart three of a three part series on justification from this year's Ranchopalooza youth retreat.
Genesis | Christ in the Covenants
March 01, 2023 22:00 - 26 minutes - 18.1 MBGen 2:4-25 | God uses covenants to order his relationship with humans, but the fall of Adam creates a need for a new and greater covenant representative: Jesus.
Justification 1 | Ranchopalooza 2023
March 01, 2023 22:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBPart one of a three part series on justification from this year's Ranchopalooza youth retreat.
Justification 2 | Ranchopalooza 2023
March 01, 2023 22:00 - 24 minutes - 16.9 MBPart two of a three part series on justification from this year's Ranchopalooza youth retreat.
Genesis | Sabbath vs. Striving, Resting vs. Crashing
February 10, 2023 19:00 - 25 minutes - 17.4 MBGen 2:1-3 | In creation, God models work and rest for us, and gives us a special kind of rest in the Sabbath.
Genesis | Three Seeds
January 27, 2023 18:00 - 21 minutes - 15 MBGen 1:1-31 | In the first chapter of Genesis, God makes promises-- and he never makes promises that he doesn't intend to keep.
Genesis | Why Does Creation Matter?
January 27, 2023 18:00 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MBA preview of our Spring '23 series in Genesis, based on Gen 1:1-- "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth."
Jesus in the Book of Luke | The Parable of the Unjust Judge
November 08, 2019 21:00 - 26 minutes - 18.5 MBLuke 18:1-8 | Guest Preacher Rev. Brian Davis of Trinity Pres in Fort Worth opens up the story of the unjust judge and the persistent widow.
Jesus in the Book of Luke | The Pharisee and the Tax Collector
October 28, 2019 18:00 - 31 minutes - 21.4 MBLuke 18:9-14 | Through repentance and faith in Jesus, God gives us the verdict of "Justified" for all time.
Jesus in the Book of Luke | The Parable of the Prodigal Son
October 08, 2019 15:00 - 32 minutes - 22.5 MBLuke 15:11-32 | The Prodigal Son and his older brother both find different ways to run from their father.
Jesus in the Book of Luke | The Parable of the Prodigal Son
October 08, 2019 15:00 - 32 minutes - 22.5 MBLuke 15:11-32 | The Prodigal Son and his older brother both find different ways to run from their father.
Jesus in the Book of Luke | Jesus vs. Satan
September 27, 2019 13:00 - 27 minutes - 18.8 MBLuke 11:14-28 | Jesus has overcome the kingdom of darkness for us
Jesus in the Book of Luke | The Transfiguration
September 18, 2019 12:00 - 26 minutes - 18.4 MBLuke 9:28-36 | At the Transfiguration, Jesus cracked open the door to another world.
Awakening Images | Our Thirst Satisfied At Long Last
April 25, 2019 10:00 - 35 minutes - 16.1 MBRev. 22: 1-5, 14-21 | Jesus has not forgotten us. He will come for us soon, swallowing up Death forever.
Awakening Images | All Things New
April 24, 2019 16:00 - 31 minutes - 14.3 MBRev. 21:1-5, 16, 22-27 | God work, all along, has been to put back together "all things."
Awakening Images | THE Wedding Feast
April 23, 2019 16:00 - 32 minutes - 15.1 MBRev. 19:6-10 | Heaven itself is imaged/put on display as a great feast, a wedding feast even. But, we're not just there as *participants*, the people of God are there as *Bride*. How does seeing this about our future shape the way we live now?
Awakening Images | Sex In The City
March 30, 2019 04:00 - 31 minutes - 14.4 MBRev. 17:1-6, 15-18; 18:1-4, 9, 11, 13 | In this selection of verses, we learn of the Symbolic City-Prostitute: Babylon...what she means and where she is headed.
Guest Pastor, Rev. Ryan Moore
March 30, 2019 04:00 - 35 minutes - 16.5 MBJames 1:26-2:7 | Rev. Ryan Moore shares with us about what lies at the heart of True Religion.
Awakening Images | When Love Warns
March 30, 2019 04:00 - 30 minutes - 14.2 MBRev. 14:6-13 | John "presses into" his readers by encouraging them, no matter what they are facing – threats from without or boredom from within – to persevere. He does this by warning of Judgment and promising Blessing.
Awakening Images | How Christmas Ends A War
March 01, 2019 05:00 - 36 minutes - 16.7 MBRev. 12 | Every Christian is engaged in a war they can't avoid...and, yet, one they can't lose.
Awakening Images | The Good News of God's Justice?
February 20, 2019 05:00 - 34 minutes - 15.8 MBRev 6 & 8:1-5 | The slain Lamb on the Throne begins to open the scroll. The seven seals which He breaks set into action God's redemptive plan for His people. These texts show us that God is utterly sovereign in His rule. And, even through suffering and (apparent) chaos, God is governing all thing for the good of His beloved people and the judgment of His enemies. For more information about and ways you can support RUF at TCU, please click here.
Awakening Images | The Work of the Lamb
February 13, 2019 05:00 - 34 minutes - 15.9 MBRev. 5 | At the center of the Throne, we are show a Lion who is a slain Lamb. John is showing us that Jesus and His work stands at the center of reality itself. This gives our lives profound meaning (as well as all of history), but it also shows us the way that following him will be like.
Awakening Images | The Throne
February 06, 2019 05:00 - 36 minutes - 16.5 MBRev. 4:1-11 | John's next vision takes us to the heart of Reality itself. At the center, we find an occupied Throne. The Throne reminds us that God is in control of all things and this is meant to bring all of creation to its knees in worship.
Awakening Images | When Love Quits
January 30, 2019 05:00 - 34 minutes - 15.6 MBRev. 2:1-7 | Jesus addresses, through John, a church that has much going for it! Right teaching, moral living, and confronting false teachers. In all of this, however, they had lost something critical: Their love for Jesus. Listen in as we learn how Christ confronts this situation and the good news offered, not only to the church at Ephesus, but for us as well.
Awakening Images | What We Need To See
January 26, 2019 05:00 - 32 minutes - 14.7 MBRev. 1: 9-20 | John gives his readers, and us, a picture of Christ as He presently is. Seeing Him, how would this change the way we live our lives in the present?
Awakening Images | Old Things Seen, New Way of Seeing
January 18, 2019 05:00 - 34 minutes - 15.8 MBRev. 1:1-8 | The book of Revelation is meant to show us Jesus. It does so by giving us images to engage our imaginations so that we might see Him.
All You Need Is Love? | Sex
November 20, 2018 20:00 - 24 minutes - 11.2 MB1Cor 6:12-7:5 | In an over-sexualize culture, how does the Bible speak on the topic of Sex? Listen in to how we learn to "Follow Jesus with our bodies." **If you would like to learn more about the ministry of RUF at TCU, including ways to support it, please click here.**
All You Need Is Love? | I Do, With You (Marriage)
November 08, 2018 22:00 - 37 minutes - 17.2 MBEph 5:21-33 | The Christian vision/picture of marriage is one that points to a greater reality — Christ's love for the Church. Learn, here, where we get the power for marriage and how it shapes us as well. **If you would like to learn more about the ministry of RUF at TCU, including ways to support it, please click here.**
Singing Our Sorrows (Psalm 13)
October 30, 2018 04:00 - 29 minutes - 13.5 MBIn the wake of tragedy/death on campus last week, we take a break from our relationship series to look at how God meets us in our sorrow and sadness.
All You Need Is Love? | On Dating
October 23, 2018 04:00 - 28 minutes - 13.2 MBMark 12:28-32 | The Great Command to love God and Neighbor apply to all areas of life. Here, we explore their application to the topic of Dating.
All You Need Is Love? | Singleness & the Christian
October 09, 2018 04:00 - 36 minutes - 16.5 MB1Cor. 7:1, 6-9, 25-28, 32-35 | Paul highlight singleness as a fully human expression of being human. Our singleness is not a less-than-ideal way of being human in God's world. Rather, being a gift, we are to continue to love God and love others even if we are not married.
All You Need Is Love? | The Gospel & Friendships
October 02, 2018 04:00 - 31 minutes - 14.5 MBProverbs 18:24, 27:6, 9, 17; John 15:12-16 | Good friendships are necessary to live well and wisely in this world. In order to make, keep, and be good friends, we'll need to see how we have a Friend "who sticks closer than a brother."
All You Need Is Love? | "Let it go!"
September 25, 2018 04:00 - 33 minutes - 15.2 MBMatt. 18:21-35 | Here in this parable, Jesus teaches us that those who follow Him must have their lives characterized by forgiveness. Not only TO us, but THROUGH us. This, in turn, gives us profound resources to bring healing to our relationships.
All You Need Is Love? | Love's Surprising Heart
September 11, 2018 04:00 - 31 minutes - 14.4 MB1 Jn 4:7-12 | The healing/mending of all our relationships begins with God first reconciling us to Himself through Jesus, an act that John calls a demonstration of Love.
All You Need Is Love? | What You Were Made For
August 28, 2018 04:00 - 31 minutes - 14.6 MBGenesis 1:26-28, 31; 2:18-25; John 17:3 | From the beginning, the we were made for relationships. We bear the image of a communal God who has made us and therefore we too were made for relationships!
All You Need Is Love? | Making Us Whole
August 21, 2018 04:00 - 30 minutes - 14 MBMark 2:1-12 | Here we see how Jesus makes us whole, in community with others, for the good of the world around us.
Proverbs | Seeing Red: Anger
April 18, 2018 04:00 - 31 minutes - 14.7 MBProv 14:25; 15:1, 18; 16:32; 19:11, 19; 22:24; 25:21-22; 29:9, 22 | Is there a more disintegrating (to our relationship, ourselves, and the way we see the world) emotion than anger? While created as emotional persons, the Proverbs tells us that we'll never become wise unless we learn to understand and get a handle on our anger.
Proverbs | Vain Fame
April 04, 2018 04:00 - 30 minutes - 14.1 MBProverbs 3:35, 4:8, 15:33, 21:21, 22:4, 25:27, 27:2, 29:23 | Vainglory. Not a word we use much these days. Yet, the reality (the empty praise of others) is something very much present in our lives. What is vainglory and what do the Proverbs tells us about its dangers and healing? Listen here for more.
Proverbs | Our Work
March 21, 2018 04:00 - 34 minutes - 15.8 MBProverbs 6:6-9, 12:11, 13:4, 21:5, 26:15, 28:19 | Man was made to work and to work well. The Proverbs move us from sluggardliness to diligence and wisdom.
Proverbs | How To Rot Your Bones
March 07, 2018 05:00 - 34 minutes - 15.7 MBProverbs 3:31, 14:30, 19:23, 23:17, 24:1, 27:4, 27:20 | Most of us downplay the vice of Envy in our lives. But Proverbs holds it out as something terribly destructive to us and our relationships. Even still, it is not beyond being healed by the Gospel.
Proverbs | Words, Words, Words
February 28, 2018 05:00 - 34 minutes - 15.8 MBProverbs 10:11, 18, 19; 12:17-18; 13:3; 15:1, 23; 18:2, 21; 24:26; 27:19; 29:11 | Nearly 13% of all the Proverbs deal with our words. In other 'words' (sorry), the Proverbs talk a lot about talking. Listen here to what our words are for and practical ways to use them in light of the gospel.
Proverbs | Planned Ways & Established Steps
February 21, 2018 05:00 - 35 minutes - 16.4 MB(NOTE: Poor audio quality halfway through)Proverbs 5:21; 15:22; 16:1,3,9,25,33; 19:21; 20:24; 21:2; 21:30 | Proverbs seeks to give us an understanding about how our choices and God's plan co-exist at the same time.
Proverbs | Dividing Spoil (Pride & Humility)
February 07, 2018 05:00 - 34 minutes - 15.9 MBProverbs 3:34; 11:2; 13:10; 15:25; 16:18-19; 18:12, 21:4; 22:4; 29:23; 30:13 | Here, we take a look at what author Dorothy Sayers calls "the sin of trying to be...God." What is pride and how do we find healing for our pride before Jesus?
Proverbs | The Source
January 31, 2018 05:00 - 31 minutes - 14.4 MBProv 3:5; 4:20-23; 12:20, 25; 15:13-14; 15:30; 16:1; 17:3; 20:9 | The book of Proverbs understands human beings in a unique way. It says that our hearts shape our entire lives. And even though they direct the "springs of life", the heart, too, is directed. We are most wise when we understand our hearts.
Proverbs | Becoming Wise
January 24, 2018 05:00 - 31 minutes - 14.7 MBProv. 2 | Wisdom is gift to us from God himself. Even so, it must be sought out. How do we gain it and what the promises it gives us?
Proverbs | Getting Wisdom
January 17, 2018 05:00 - 29 minutes - 13.4 MBPv. 1:1-7, 22-23, 32-33; 4:7 | In this introductory sermon, we see that the book of Proverbs puts on offer something we desperately need. It seeks to give us wisdom that we might become wise, from Him who is the Wisdom of God.