RUF @ Western Carolina

This week we look at Peter's confession and the Transfiguration. What does it mean that Jesus is the Christ? What does it mean that he is God? And why does he keep telling people not to tell anyone about him?!?

Jesus' conflict with the Pharisees is escalating: why does Jesus call them "hypocrites?"

What do you do when the way God works doesn't make sense? When he seems "late" in giving you what you need?

This week we look at two encounters Jesus had with the Pharisees on the Sabbath.

Continuing in Mark, we look at the surprising things that Jesus says in the healing of the paralytic.

What does it mean to follow Jesus? This week we look at the call of the first disciples, and consider what it means for us when Jesus calls us to follow Him.

Fall '24 - This semester we're looking at the Gospel of Mark, learning what it means to follow the servant king. Listen in to the first large group of the year!

What are we to do about suffering in the Christian life? What encouragement is there in suffering?

What tools does God give us that we might have confidence that we belong to Him?

How do we, as believers, think about our inability to live in the ways we really want to?

This week we look at Paul's discussion on sin and the law: are they the same thing? Opposed? How are Christians to relate to God's law if we're under grace?

This week we look at another angle of Paul's response to the misunderstanding that grace frees us to sin: our conversion. What does it mean that we've chosen a new master?

Paul starts applying our union with Christ to our day-to-day Christian lives, first addressing how we think about ourselves.

Jumping into our series on Romans, we look at how we can know that we are loved by the Father.

This week, we introduce our series on the book of Romans, talking about how Paul gets to the good news of chapter 5 through the long road of chapters 1-4.

If mini-marriage isn't the way we should date, what else is there? This week we imagine what the fruit of the Spirit might look like if they showed up in our dating relationships.

Definitions can be tricky things, especially when it comes to dating. What does it mean to be dating, and what expectations should we bring into that kind of relationship?

What does the Bible have to say about marriage? What is marriage? And how should an understanding of those things impact our relationships now?

From Jan 16, 2024, we kick off our relationship mini-series looking at what the Bible has to say about singleness.

After hearing from our graduating seniors, we had just a few minutes for a quick reflection on Eph 4-5 and Paul's command to "put on the new self."

We wrap up our series on Genesis looking at God's covenant with Abram, and tracing the Covenant of Grace through the story of Genesis so far, and the rest of the OT.

We look this week at the Call of Abram, and on of the purposes of God's blessing in our life. We also talk about God's will, and how to live in wisdom and trust.

This week we look at the Tower of Babel, and the modern ways that we seek to find security or "make a name for ourselves."

This week we continue with the Noah story, looking at Noah's obedience and the introduction of the sacrifice in the Biblical story.

This week we look at the beginning of the Noah story, and meditating on the fact that grace comes first.