RUF Alabama Podcast

**So many of the words in this sermon are wither from Mike Ford or John Bourgeois** Do you ever wander what you are made for? How are Christians called to be in this world? Listen for more on God's purpose and your purpose.

Kate Fountain joins Wyatt and Caleb on this episode of the RUF Podcast!

RUF worship leader Sarah Hydinger joins Wyatt and Caleb on this episode of the RUF weekly podcast.

**Thanks so much to my friend Simon Stokes for many of these words are his** Do we experience persecution in America? What is persecution? What does it mean for college students in Bama? Listen for more.

This week, RUF's Andrew Dunlap joins Wyatt on the podcast.  To learn more about Dunlap's trip to Israel, check out https://passagesisrael.org.

Faith is not about us, how much we have, it is about empty hands and clinging to Christ. Listen for more from Kevin Teasley.

RUF intern Lizzie Smith joins Caleb and Wyatt to talk about her move from Texas to Tuscaloosa and her role on the RUF Alabama staff.

  **Special thanks to Scott Sauls, Scot McKnight, Tanner Crum, and Simon Stokes for a lot of the words I say belong first to them** We desperately crave peace. But do we really know what it is? What does it mean to be a peacemaker in our times of uncertainty? Listen for more.

RUF Intern Katie Halsey joins Wyatt this week to discuss the life of an intern, the top Christian authors, and a road trip gone horribly wrong. 

September 30, 2020. Week 6 of our series, "Hope in a Pandemic: Where is God?" What if purity is more about union than separation? Listen for more.

Caleb and Wyatt sit down to speak with Sam Johnson, one of RUF Alabama's new interns! 

Who are the merciful, what blocks us from mercy, and how do we become merciful? Listen for more! **Many words in this sermon belong to Simon Stokes, Tim Keller, and Scott Sauls**

What do you hunger and thirst for? Why are our lives poorer off when we look to anyone or anything but God for our righteousness? Listen for more. Thanks to Simon Stokes and Sinclair Ferguson for the help on this one.

September 14, 2020 The first episode of RUF Alabama's bonus podcast content. This week features a Question and Response from Stewart as he delves deeper into the topics from Week 3's sermon. Make sure to stay tune for more sermons and exclusive bonus content!

September 9, 2020   Week 3 of our series, "Hope in a Pandemic: Where is God?"    What does meekness mean and what does it mean for a college student for me? Come and listen.

September 2, 2020 Week 2 of our "Hope in a Pandemic: Where is God?" series. Jesus blesses those who mourn and promises comfort through sadness. So why do we resist it and how can we participate in what Jesus is doing? Listen to find out more.

From August 26, 2020 Week 1 of Series: "Hope in a Pandemic: Where is God?" What does it mean to be poor in Spirit? What does it mean to be blessed? And what does all this have to do with UA students living in 2020? Listen to find out.

Stewart Swain welcomes his area coordinator, Britton Wood, to talk about meekness and ambition, looking at The Sermon on the Mount, and specifically the Beatitudes.

Stewart talks with John Bourgeois, the RUF Wake Forest campus minister, about "a rule of life" and ordering our days.

Stewart goes live on Instagram during this time of quarantine, preaching from Jonah 4 and asking the question, "Does God Exist or Do We Exist for God?

Stewart Swain talks with Jamie Spradley, one of the Samford RUF interns, who contracted coronavirus.

In our first virtual large group, Stewart preaches from Jonah 3, and specifically relates it to our lives in the time of COVID-19.

Stewart preaches from Jonah 1:17-2:10, distinguishing between the false, cheap grace we try to cling to and the costly grace that God gives to us.

Stewart preaches from Jonah 1:4-16 on the storm that comes upon the ship Jonah boarded as he ran away from Ninevah and God's call. Stewart considers the character and actions of God in this story and the character and actions of God in this story.

Chris Ammen talks about biblical manhood and Carrie Jussely shares on biblical womanhood.