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Sermons from Refuge Church in Lynnwood WA. Pastor James Harleman and others communicate the unchanging message of Jesus to an ever-changing world. For more information, check out www.findrefuge.com

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    • Feb 20, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
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    Matthew 4:12-25 - The Gospel of Matthew

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2022


    Jesus REX: Pastor James looks at Christ's provocative, declarative adult ministry and how it underscores the imperative nature of the gospel and the absolute monarchy of God.

    John 21:15-19 - SPECIAL message

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2022


    How do we practically love Jesus, who did everything for - and needs nothing from - us? We find a key expression in Jesus' restorative conversation with Peter: to love the HEAD of the church, we must love His BODY.

    Matthew 3:13-17 - The Gospel of Matthew

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2022


    Pastor James examines how John the Baptist relates to Jesus, and how at Jesus' baptism we see an amazing glimpse of the Trinity, opening the door to a conversation about what and who God IS and ISN'T.

    Matthew 3:1-12 - The Gospel of Matthew

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2022


    Lights or Lit... Pastor James looks at the jarring entry of John the Baptist in scripture and what it tells us about the gospel message, God's Kingdom, and our attitude toward "Turn or Burn" preaching.

    Matthew 2:13-23 - The Gospel of Matthew

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2022


    In our year-long series through the Book of Matthew, Pastor James looks at scripture and Shakespeare… how Macbeth and Herod share some ugly traits, and yet God sovereignly uses everything to fulfill his loving promises. Also, we're not as far...

    Matthew 1:18-2:12 - The Gospel of Matthew

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2022


    The birth of Jesus in Matthew shows us an historical event grounded in reality and marked by faithfulness. The visit of the Magi also demonstrates our proper response of prostration before our Lord and Savior.

    Matthew 1:1-17 - The Gospel of Matthew

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2022


    As we begin our year-long series through the Book of Matthew, Pastor James invites us to consider why genealogies in the Bible are actually extremely teachable moments about how God works, interacts with his people, and how we can trust Him.

    Stand, Grow, and Serve...in Love. - SPECIAL message

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2021


    In 1 Peter 4:8-11 Pastor James calls attention to Peter's practical, tangible, actionable definition of "love"... from our hospitality to our words and deeds. Are we going to live these out in 2022?

    Shema Advent: Part 4 - Advent 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2021


    Pastor James finishes our Advent series showing how scripture reforms our view of "soul" and "strength" in terms of how we're called to love and live for Jesus.

    Shema Advent: Part 3 - Advent 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2021


    What does LOVE actually mean according the Word of God? What did "heart" mean to the Jewish hearer in Deuteronomy 6? In our third week of Advent, Ben Keller expands on these keywords in what it means to love our LORD with all our heart.

    Shema Advent: Part 2 - Advent 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2021


    In our second Advent Sermon on the Shema, we look at the term "LORD" and how it's special meaning impacts the manger and magnitude of what happened Christmas Day.

    Shema Advent: Part 1 - Advent 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2021


    All Shema For Christmas part one: Shema means hear... but what does it truly mean to HEAR? Pastor James looks at the Nativity - and our lives today - through God's great and timeless commandment.

    Titus 3 - Titus

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2021


    Paul instructs Titus that loving Christ's people sometimes means cutting ties with toxic persons (as Jesus taught and cautioned). We finish with chapter 3's exhortation and rebuke, wrapped around good news for all who hear and believe.

    Titus 2 - Titus

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2021


    Titus 2 - wherein we look at how our conduct as different demographics of believers directly impacts the world's view of our "doctrine"... a word that sometimes has a strange reception and connotation - even amongst Christians - for which we may...

    Titus 1 - Titus

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2021


    High Calling, Holy Warning - we begin Paul's letter to Titus with a crash course in what it means to be a Christian, a church leader, and how out greatest threat is not from "the world" so much as those within distorting and claiming a false...

    Exodus 40:34-38 - Exodus

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2021


    We come to an END of our series in Exodus on the Tabernacle, with the crowning application of God's glory and a look at how he fills and fulfills in Christ the needs of His people for the purposes of His glory.

    Exodus 40:1-33 - Exodus

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2021


    The Big Setup - wherein we see how a moment of space tourism might parallel the gospel, and how the Lord's Servant sets up and accomplishes God's plan for dwelling with his people.

    Exodus 36:8-39:43 - Exodus

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2021


    Meticulous Tent(s) - wherein we look at the precision and care in which God's people worked on his tabernacle of old, and how that may apply to our work on God's "tent" - or tents? - today. What IS God's tent anyway?

    Exodus 35:1-36:7 - Exodus

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2021 155:32


    "You Have Your Orders" - we transition from tabernacle instructions to what God commands and asks from His people, then and now. Some things - like God - never change!

    Exodus 32 - Exodus

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2021 221:13


    We take a break from our journey through the tabernacle design in Exodus to look at creating our own false version of god: both by God's people in Moses' time and a VERY imminent distortion we face in 2021.

    Exodus 31:1-11 - Exodus

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2021 196:08


    God knows our name, has our number, knows what we can do, and has plans for us. Pastor James explores the specific and broad points of being God's crafted craftsmen.

    Exodus 30:22-38 - Exodus

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2021 143:02


    Member/guest preacher Jonathan Schultz shares his personal testimony, and then examines how this passage illuminates a God of order, specificity, provision and more.

    Exodus 30:17-21 - Exodus

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2021 142:54


    The Bronze Basin: Ben Keller reflects on the purpose of symbols - and cymbals - as we understand the significance of being cleansed before a holy and righteous God.

    Sweet Hour of Prayer - SPECIAL message

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2021 212:54


    This Sunday we paused to take spiritual inventory of our prayer lives and see how God would have us grow in this vital Christian discipline.

    Exodus 30:11-16 - Exodus

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2021 146:48


    Pastor James looks at how what seems like a census and an offering in Exodus tie into deep themes of redemption and worship for the people of God.

    Exodus 30:1-10 - Exodus

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2021 146:50


    Pastor James explains how God predates our attempts at multi-sensory learning experience by using all the senses - including smell - in the Book of Exodus to teach important things about how we approach and interact with our Creator and Lord.

    Exodus 29:38-46 - Exodus

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2021 111:12


    From Smelling to Dwelling: Elder Ben Keller looks at the daily offerings detailed for the people of Israel and what it symbolized for them, and us, and should regularly remind us of in terms of our God and salvation.

    Exodus 29:1-37 - Exodus

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2021 164:52


    There Will Be Blood: Pastor James addresses our "bloody Bible" and how we need to understand Old Testament practices, how they point to Jesus, and why we must not downplay the "messy" parts of the Bible

    Exodus 28 - Exodus

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2021 179:09


    We look at what God's High Priests (and priests) wore, with some reflection on CHRIST and what WE wear!

    Exodus 27:20-21 - Exodus

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2021 154:56


    Pastor James talks about how just two short verses and a little thing like olive oil can have rich significance for God's people in relation to God, Jesus, and who we are in Him.

    The Problem with Pride - SPECIAL message

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2021 193:17


    The Problem with #PRIDE Pastor James takes a long, hard look at the biblical problem of building a month, a movement or ANYTHING positive on a foundation of PRIDE, regardless of application, as it stands antithetical to God's Word and the gospel...

    Exodus 27:1-8 - Exodus

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2021 213:47


    Instead of a winking "santa-god" who exists to be nice to us, the altar of the tabernacle depicts the stark reality that we are separated from God and in danger of unending fire... apart from a substitute for the penalty of death hanging over our...

    Exodus 27:9-19 - Exodus

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2021 118:52


    God's Courtyard: in which we discuss the symbolic significance of the Tabernacle Courtyard, and how in Christ God's courtyard has even wider dimensions and sweeping ramifications under the covenant of grace.

    Exodus 26 - Exodus

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2021 138:09


    Curtains for You: Where we look at the tabernacle tent itself and how it's construction shows us a microcosm of the kingdom and how God dwells with and relates to His people.

    Exodus 25:31-40 - Exodus

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2021 237:06


    The Tabernacle Lampstand The lampstand shed literal light in the otherwise dark tabernacle tent, but shed even more important figurative light on the identity and work and mission of Israel's future Messiah.

    Exodus 25:23-30 - Exodus

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2021 133:34


    Bread of the Presence: in which we look at a table design and a bread recipe that points to God's saving work in Jesus Christ and the sacrament we partake of in remembrance.

    Exodus 25:10-22 - Exodus

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2021 151:24


    The Over/Under: God's design of the Ark of the Covenant visually illustrates what grace will look like when our Savior comes, and precisely where and how... and yet before and after Christ, we keep placing our bets above and below that perfect place...

    Exodus 25:1-9 - Exodus

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2021 167:54


    The Shape of Things to Come: we begin our study of The Tabernacle in Exodus, looking at how it foreshadows the Savior we love, and in this first passage how God's people - then and now - are called to radical generosity.

    Solus Christus - The Five Solas

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2021


    Pastor James looks at myths, metaphors, and mistakes when it comes to understanding the biblical reality of "Christ Alone".

    Sola Gratia - The Five Solas

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2021


    More than one famous Christian has tried to earn their salvation. Ben Keller explains why their efforts failed in his explanation of Sola Gratia - salvation by grace alone.

    Sola Fide - The Five Solas

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2021


    Why is it important that faith is alone? Pastor James explores how God is both the just, and the justifier, in our salvation.

    Sola Scriptura - The Five Solas

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2021


    Pastor James shares how a courtroom drama, the Protestant Reformation, or a fictional hero's journey can help us understand why we need Holy Scripture as our foundation, but that ultimately how and why we rely on it comes from the fact that God's...

    Easter Message - SPECIAL message

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2021


    In our Easter message, we back up to the Passover meal and see what was on Jesus' plate, both in terms of Exodus symbolism but how it fed meaning into what Christ did for us that glorious weekend.

    The Gospel & Risk - SPECIAL message

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2021


    A timely discussion for the Church (and our church) as we emerge from the last year of pandemic dread, and escalating fears of talking and living like a Christian.

    A Time to Renew - SPECIAL message

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2021


    What Fears, False Identities, dividing lines, earthly entanglements and sin are keeping you from growth in Christ and godly transformation? As we emerge from a year of pandemic, it's time to assess and renew.

    Psalm 99 - Back To The 90s

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2021


    Holy, Holy, Holy: what do a wedding, Y2K, and a blockbuster movie have to do with our Lord's reign? And when we say God is "set apart" what does that mean? Set apart from what exactly? And what does that mean for us? We finish our Psalms series by...

    Psalm 98 - Back To The 90s

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2021


    Choral Commands and Poetic Postulates... in which we see God's desire for his people to sing, and how this psalm inspired one of my most-sung joy-filled hymns in the world.

    Psalm 97 - Back To The 90s

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2021


    1997 serves up a hot plate of molten, mountainous imagery that bears careful consideration because, as we learn from Psalm 97: it really happened.

    Psalm 96 - Back To The 90s

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2021


    Ark De Triumph - this uplifting psalm connects us to a triumphal entry and the corresponding, undeniable public passion that should be part of a believer's life.

    Psalm 95 - Back To The 90s

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2021


    Not only is this psalm strange to our poetic senses by going from good to worse, its content directs us back into Old Testament history and then pulls us forward to see New Testament repercussions: it's an incredible journey one song takes us across...

    Whatabout Jesus? - SPECIAL message

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2021


    Whatabout Jesus? In an era of dismissive debate tactics in everything from politics to personal relationships, Christians must be careful not to jump on bandwagon terms and outright denunciations. Pastor James looks at "whataboutism" and how we...

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