RUF at Kentucky

From RUF’s Summer Conference, this is Campus Minister Nick Bratcher’s four day seminar on Christian ethics. This portion of the seminar borrows heavily from Glen Scrivener’s book The Air We Breathe and is heartily recommended for a better and fuller treatment of the subject.

From RUF’s Summer Conference, this is Campus Minister Nick Bratcher’s four day seminar on Christian ethics. This portion of the seminar borrows heavily from Glen Scrivener’s book The Air We Breathe and is heartily recommended for better and fuller treatment of the subject.

Each year we hear from our seniors how the Lord has worked through RUF in their lives. These are their stories.

Campus Minister Nick Bratcher teaches the eleventh sermon in our series, “Leviticus: The King Has Come.” It centers around the question, “What reason do we have to party?”

Campus Minister Nick Bratcher teaches the tenth sermon in our series, “Leviticus: The King Has Come.” It centers on a paradox: God is not concerned with your sex life, yet he is also deeply concerned with your sex life.

UK is on Spring Break this week, but Campus Minister Nick Bratcher was still teaching on Wednesday! He joined the women’s Bible study at Tates Creek Presbyterian Church, a partner church to RUF at the University of Kentucky, to conclude their study on the book of Matthew.

Campus Minister Nick Bratcher teaches the ninth sermon in our series, “Leviticus: The King Has Come.”

Campus Minister Nick Bratcher teaches the eighth sermon in our series, “Leviticus: The King Has Come.” In it, we seek an answer to the question, “How does God deal with rebellion?”

Campus Minister Nick Bratcher teaches the seventh sermon in our series, “Leviticus: The King Has Come.” In it, we answer three burning questions about the purity laws of Leviticus 12-15.

Campus Minister Nick Bratcher teaches the sixth sermon in our series, “Leviticus: The King Has Come.” In it, we answer three burning questions about the food laws of Leviticus 11.

Campus Minister Nick Bratcher teaches the fifth sermon in our series, “Leviticus: The King Has Come.” In it, we answer the question, “What are the dangers of our disobedience to God?”

Our normal large group was on pause this week to cheer on the Cats, but Campus Minister Nick Bratcher still taught a halftime devotional for the fourth installment of our series, “Leviticus: The King Has Come.” In it, we learn that Jesus is a greater high priest to truly wash away our sin, and we are set apart to follow his example for the world to see.

Campus Minister Nick Bratcher teaches the third sermon in our series, “Leviticus: The King Has Come.” In it, we learn that our sin is grave and great, but God’s grace is greater.

Campus Minister Nick Bratcher teaches the second sermon in our series, “Leviticus: The King Has Come.” In it, we learn three ways a whole burnt offering presents God’s people with a path forward together: a whole burnt offering is complete, costly, and continual.

Campus Minister Nick Bratcher teaches the first sermon in our series, “Leviticus: The King Has Come.” This one centers around the question, “To what story do the laws of Leviticus belong?” Many thanks to the various commentaries that contributed to this series: "Leviticus" from the ZECOT series by Jay Sklar, "Teaching Leviticus: From Text to Message" by G. Geoffrey Harper, "Leviticus" from the Anc...

Campus Minister Nick Bratcher teaches at our twelfth large group of the semester as part of our “Life of Peter” series. It centers around one big idea: we have been born again into a new family with a glorious inheritance.

Campus Minister Nick Bratcher teaches at our eleventh large group of the semester as part of our “Life of Peter” series. It presents us with three options to seek our justification: the allure of opinions, the allure of obedience, and the apprehension of grace.

Campus Minister Nick Bratcher teaches at our ninth large group of the semester as part of our “Life of Peter” series. It centers around one big question, “How does Jesus restore us into right relationship with himself?”

Campus Minister Nick Bratcher teaches at our eighth large group of the semester. It centers around one big question, “How does one fall away from Jesus?”

Campus Minister Nick Bratcher teaches at our seventh large group of the semester. It centers around a big question: how do we forgive people? We first need to see our own forgiveness from God. And then, if we see and truly accept that forgiveness, forgiven people ought to forgive people.

There is no greater good than to see God in his glory and to enjoy him in it. To support that idea, Campus Minister Nick Bratcher made three points from Mark 9–that we are designed for glory, distracted to death, and destined for resurrection.

Because Jesus graciously died to gather us to himself, we must invite those whom he loves into that gathering. To do that, we’re going to need to do three things: say what Jesus said, love those whom Jesus loved, and suffer as Jesus suffered.

Campus Minister Nick Bratcher teaches the fourth sermon in our “Life of Peter” series. It centers around the question, “Who do you want to be?”

Campus Minister Nick Bratcher teaches the third message in our “Life of Peter” series. It seeks to answer the question: how does God’s compassion meet us in our faltering faith and doubt?

Campus Minister Nick Bratcher teaches the second message in our series, The Life of Peter. It explores how we minimize Jesus, meet Jesus, and maintain relationship with Jesus.