Refuge Fellowship Sunday Morning

This is the second in a series of sermons over the book of 1 Samuel. In this session, Tad covers chapter two by beginning with some context for the story. He describes what is found in the book of Judges to communicate the wicked, wicked spiritual climate of Israel leading up to Samuel's time. Then, Tad focus on Hannah and the many positives about her spiritual state and also goes through Hannah's...

Kicking off a new sermon series over 1 Samuel, Pastor Jason Reilly covers the first chapter of the book in this message. He begins with a look at the context and an overview of the book, then, walks through the chapter, discussing points along the way. A primary focus of the sermon is on Hannah's prayer to the Lord, fueled by deep anguish and positively answered by God. Hannah poured out her soul...

In this message, Tad preaches on a section of Psalm 119. He gives an overview of verses 97-104 and then presents two points: the devil, your enemy until you die, is a lion looking to devour you and, if you don't know 1000 Bible verses by heart, you are a spiritual baby. Tad emphasizes the importance of knowing the Word and encourages the church to hunger for knowing it, saying, "Get the dog in you...

In this message, Jason Reilly speaks about God's Presence. He looks at the questions: "What is the Presence of the Lord?," "Why don't many experience the Presence of the Lord?," and "How do you get more of the Presence of the Lord in your life?"

After attending the memorial service of Dick Eastman, author of "The Hour That Changes the World," Tad speaks to the church on the subject of prayer. He emphasizes the importance of spending time praying each day, saying that a lack of prayer will mean a lack of supernatural in your life. However, engaging in prayer will bring about supernatural acts of God. Tad describes his own experiences in pu...

Inspired by "Absolute Surrender" by Andrew Murray, Pastor Jason Reilly looks at the life of Peter for a lesson on dying to self. He looks at several passages of Scripture to show Peter's initial surrender, growing pride, and major face plant. The recovery from this face plant, and how we can recover from our own, comes through humility, seeing the risen Christ, and being restored by Jesus. Jason c...

This week, Tim McKibbin, an elder of the church, speaks on the subject of seeking the Kingdom of God, looking at passages primarily from Matthew. Tim explains what "Kingdom of God" means as well as what it looks like to be a citizen of that kingdom. He also touches on dying to self and presents a few verses from Romans, speaking about our relationship with our own sinful nature.

This week, Jason describes to the church his meditations on Isaiah 55. He begins with a quick review of the book of Isaiah up to chapter 55 and then walks through the chapter a few verses at a time. Jason emphasizes the words "come", "buy", and "eat," saying that the hole in our hearts can be filled by Christ if we admit our need, accept the gift, and continue to love and desire him. Jason closes...

After being reminded of God's heart for those who are seen as "lowest and least," Tad visits James 2:1-7 and talks about the importance of loving and valuing people that are typically passed over. He discusses the instruction James gives about not valuing some people over others and also emphasizes that every human, regardless of race, wealth, etc., is valuable.

Jason looks at 2 Timothy 2:20-22 and challenges the church to be clean, to deal with sin so that members may be useable by God. He clarifies some things about what sins to deal with, as well as the relationship between dealing with sin and salvation. Jason also says that the way to walk in holiness is to adopt, by faith, a new identity as a saint and provides some strategies for how to keep from s...

Pastor Tad Trapp shares an idea that has been on his heart that aligns with the recent focus of the church on surrender and real discipleship. Tad describes a sketch he has drawn of a mountain with a wall and a gate in front of it. He uses the imagery to communicate that fear of the Lord is a prerequisite for knowing His glory and being in perfect peace. He encourages the congregation to obey God...

Tad continues with the theme of total surrender to Jesus and being a real disciple, this time looking at Matthew 6:33 and emphasizing the area of finances.

In this sermon, Tad shares more in relation to the idea of being real disciples of Christ. He speaks against the idea that everything in the world is exactly as God has dictated and presents the challenge to the audience that real disciples are the solution to the chaos in the world. Tad talks about a few men who were influential during his early Christian days and support the idea that what we do...

In this sermon, Pastor Jason Reilly shares his thoughts on grief, which are especially applicable after some recent tragedies in the church. Jason looks at the question, "What does it mean to grieve?" He also points out some wrong ways to handle grief before walking through the passage in John where Jesus weeps. Then, he mentions Revelation 21, makes some points from C.S. Lewis' "A Grief Observed,...

This is message number thirteen in the Ephesians sermon series. Here, Jason Reilly covers a small passage at the beginning of Ephesians chapter six, discussing how to honor your father and mother. He acknowledges that each situation is different, and that it is difficult to give clear solutions/ideas on what honoring parents will look like in every situation for each individual. He talks about how...

In this sermon, Tad addresses the tension between the reality of God's goodness and the real suffering in this world. He presents that God's goal for us is to become more like Christ, suffering is the way we are formed to be more like him, and bitterness will hinder us from the growth. He says that the suffering we encounter can largely be attributed to the misuse of freewill, rather than God. As...

In this sermon, Jason follows the Holy Spirit's leading and changes his plan just before service. Instead of covering subjects from Ephesians, he walks through the parable of the prodigal son found in Luke 15. Jason reads small portions of the passage and discuss them, covering the story from the younger son's rebellion to the father's loving heart and to the older son's refusal to join the celebr...

This is session twelve in the Ephesians sermon series. In this sermon, Tad preaches on Ephesians 6:10-24, the famous passage about putting on the armor of God. He begins with reading the first verse and points out the idea of power seen there. Then, Tad emphasizes that prayer is what releases the power and how we put on the armor. Tad walks through the rest of the verses, touching on our battle no...

This is the eleventh sermon in the Ephesians sermon series. In this message, Jason walks through Ephesians 5:21-33 and discusses the passage's teaching on gender roles. He reviews previous ideas in the text and reads the passage along with a relevant portion of chapter six. Ideas discussed include wives submitting to their husbands, as well as husbands loving and leading their wives and families.

This is the tenth sermon in the Ephesians sermon series. Tad begins with giving a recap of ideas found in the previous chapters and hits on the first few verses of this sermon's focus passage. He talks about how we already have God's love and are now called to go and lover others in cooperation with the Spirit. Tad then goes on to address sexual immorality, saying that sex is a good thing but gets...

This is session nine in the Ephesians sermon series. In this teaching, Pastor Jason Reilly walks through Ephesians 4:17-32, emphasizing the new life we receive in Christ. He begins with a review of the text already covered in the series and then describes the human condition with the first section of the passage. Jason then talks about the key focus of identity in Christ, which is followed by disc...

This is session eight in the Ephesians sermon series. In this segment of teaching, Tad addresses Ephesians 4:1-16 calling out the keywords learn, discern, grow, and love. Tad points out that this section of Scripture is in response to the truths already described. Paul now tells his audience how they should live. Points covered include unity in the church at large, discerning teachers and members...

In this sermon, Tad talks about his recent trip to Uganda. The trip revolved around getting three men that he is discipling together and was especially focused on helping children. In the message, Tad emphasizes themes of compassion and helping those in need.

In response to sending off some dear friends for mission work, Jason teaches on friendship and community in light of the Kingdom. He also discusses being willing to accept high costs for the gospel and Jesus' worthiness of those costs. Tim then follows with teaching on how God values us and chooses to dwell within us.