RUF @ Western Carolina

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.

This week we look at the story of Cain and Abel, looking for signs of grace even as humanity moves further and further from God.

The week we look at the effects of the Fall: "there is a crack, a crack in everything."

This week we start our look at the Fall, focusing on the ways that temptation works and God's pursuit of his people, even in their sin.

Last week we looked at what humanity is for . This week we're still on the topic of humanity, but asking a more fundamental question: who are we? How has God made us? What does it mean to be human?

This week we look at the Creation Mandate and ask what it means to be human.

We kick off our series on Genesis looking at chapter 1 and what creation reveals about our God.

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Drawing the series to a close, we look at the choice that Jesus sets before us. What does it mean to be Gospel people?