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Each Wednesday we meet to sing, hear from the Bible, ask questions and get to know each other. These are the recordings of the sermons from RUF large group.

Ben Robertson


    • Oct 10, 2019 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 30m AVG DURATION
    • 47 EPISODES


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    John 12: Glory

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2019 24:49


    A sermon from John 12.

    John 6: Should I Stay or Should I Go?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2019 28:57


    Jesus gets offensive and people start to leave.

    Faculty on Faith

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2019 47:54


    William & Mary Professors Alexandra Joosse (Public Policy), Justin Stevens (Physics), and Aaron Griffith (Philosophy) discuss how their Christian faith interacts with their academic discipline and answer student questions.

    John 4: Thirsty

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2019 32:56


    A sermon on John 4 from RUF W&M Large Group.

    John 3: A New Start

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2019 33:19


    John 2: More Wine, Please

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2019 26:27


    RUF Large Group is for everyone: skeptics, believers, the burned-out, the broken, weird people, normal people, hypocrites, strugglers, doubters, slackers, over-achievers, and everyone in between. RUF is here for you.The sermons will inform you about the heart of Christianity if you're here to explore your beliefs and will call you back to the center if you're a long-time believer.

    John 1: Come and See

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2019 26:13


    Matt Terrell A Story of Joy (A Little Help From My Friends 6)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2019 32:40


    Matt is the campus minister of City Campus Ministry in New York.

    SJ Lim Wisdom For Control Freaks (A Little Help From My Friends 5)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2019 36:06


    SJ is the RUF campus minister at Wash U and wears really cool sneakers.

    Joe Dentici #Blessed (A Little Help From My Friends 4)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2019 27:01


    Joe is a former RUF minister at Penn State and UAB, now in Greenville, SC. He unpacks what real blessing is and how when we think we're blessed maybe we're not so much, and when we think we're not, maybe we are more than we realized.

    James Forsyth, Ephesians 3 (A Little Help From My Friends 3)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2019 31:06


    Russ Whitfield, Outcasts (A Little Help From My Friends 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2019 55:36


    Russ Whitfield is lead pastor of Grace Mosaic in Washington DC. This sermon was preached at RUF summer conference in 2017. Russ also serves part time for RUF nationally as the National Coordinator for Cross-Cultural Advancement.

    Living Single, Matt Trexler (A Little Help From My Friends)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2019 29:00


    When we talk about "relationships" we usually stick to marriage and dating and all that, but the Bible has a very high view of singleness. Here's a great sermon by Matt Trexler, RUF minister at UCLA.

    Genesis 22 Final Exam

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2019 31:52


    Abraham is put to the test and passes. Why would God test him this way? What does it mean for us?

    Exploring our Shame: Randy Case

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2019 46:13


    Randy began leading the C12 Group Tidewater in 2007 to help leaders renew their minds, hearts, and vision to better serve God in their business. He began his career in finance working on Wall Street for Merrill Lynch, in M&A for Marshall and Co. in Atlanta, and as Chief Financial Officer for IMG Ltd, an Information Services company based in Switzerland. After turning his life to God in mid-career, Randy moved with his wife and children to Philadelphia to earn a Ph.D. and teach business. He taught Entrepreneurship, Business Strategy, and Leadership for the next 20 years at Wharton, Boston College, and Regent University. As a professor, researcher, and consultant his chief passion was helping leaders take the personal and organizational risk of innovation.

    Genesis 19 Fire and Brimstone

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2019 33:48


    A sermon on judgment. Can God being judging and merciful? What are we supposed to do with the idea that God is judge?

    Genesis 15 Faith and Doubt

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2019 44:14


    Abraham believes God, but still has some questions about all that.

    Genesis 16 Sins of the Fathers

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2019 33:06


    Abraham makes a huge mistake.

    Genesis 17 Name Calling

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2019 29:22


    Abraham gets to be called Abraham for real from now on. (We technically were supposed to call him just "Abram" up till now, but pretty much nobody does that.)

    Genesis 17, 18, 21 The Last Laugh

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2019 26:20


    Faculty on Faith

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2019 50:07


    Leah Shaw, Peter McHenry, and Chris Tucker join RUF to talk about how their faith shapes their vocation and what insights their fields (mathematics, economics, and philosophy) offer to our understanding of the faith, with Q&A from students.

    Genesis 13 Responding to Grace

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2019 34:31


    Genesis 12:10-20 Abraham's Exodus

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2019 24:37


    Abraham makes a huge mistake, with horrible consequences, and yet God rescues him and Sarah.

    Genesis 12:1-10 Intro to Abraham

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2019 29:33


    RUF is a ministry to the College of William & Mary.

    Philippians 1:1-5 What We're All About

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2018 17:07


    RUF is a campus ministry for the College of William and Mary. Here you can listen to sermons from our weekly Large Group meetings, Tuesdays at 7:30 in McGlothlin 020.

    Mark 5 Q&A

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2017 3:48


    Was Jesus Confused? Why some miracles but not others? Is wrong to pray to do well in school?

    Peter McHenry on God and Money

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2017 35:31


    Special guest Peter McHenry, professor of Economics here at W&M, takes a look a what the Bible has to say about how we relate to God and each other through money.

    Mark 4:35-41 Why are you so afraid?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2017 31:52


    Jesus takes his disciples into a frightening situation.

    Q&A for Mark 4:35-41

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2017 4:20


    Is anxiety a sin? Is Jesus comforting or rebuking? What does it mean to fear God?

    Mark 4:1-34 Stories Jesus Told

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2017 36:25


    Q&A for Mark 4 Parables

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2017 6:31


    Is wealth always deceitful? How do I know if I have Rocky Soil? How should Christians respond to the Las Vegas shooting?

    Mark 3:13-35 Reacting to Jesus

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2017 27:31


    Jesus is a polarizing figure. Here we explore various reactions to Jesus portrayed in the Gospel of Mark and what Jesus offers to us.

    Q&A from Mark 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2017 3:33


    Each week at RUF we do Q&A via anonymous texts. If you'd like to text a question text Ben at 757.741.8527

    Mark 2:18-3:6 Stress and Rest

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2017 36:29


    Three episodes from Mark in which the Pharisees missed the point. How does missing the point add undue stress from our lives and keep us from resting? Rest is a gift of God, it's not a burden, it's liberating.

    Mark 1:16-39 Follow Me

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2017 31:40


    Mark 1:40-2:17 Unhealthy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2017 32:03


    Zephaniah: Reliance

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2015 24:29


    RUF Intern Jacob Roberts unpacks the Old Testament "offices" of Prophet, Priest, and King from the writings of Zephaniah, points us to Christ, and towards reliance on God rather than self. Listen.

    Micah: Doing Justice

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2015 32:40


    We all want to see justice done in the world, but why? And what should that look like from a Christian perspective? The prophet Micah calls us to justice joined to love and humility.

    Scott Ickes: Deconstructing Perfectionism

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2015 36:57


    Professor Scott Ickes joins RUF to speak on the topic of perfectionism.Society places a high value on performance, and success-oriented people often have a high intrinsic value on "getting things right" or "knocking it out of the park." While our quest towards excellence has noble roots, the false promises of perfectionism rob us of freedom to take risks and to be ourselves. Through personal narrative and Biblical texts, Kinesiology Professor Scott Ickes will explore the hope for living life outside of the impossible pursuit of doing it perfectly.

    Jonah: A Study in Self-Righteousness

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2015 29:25


    It's not really about the fish (though the fish part is interesting). Give a listen.

    Obadiah: Judgment Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2015 31:31


    God's judgment isn't a popular subject. We don't like the idea of a judging God. Or do we? Do we actually need a God who judges? Can he be both judging and merciful? Listen for a intro to these questions and more, from the oft ignored prophet Obadiah.

    Amos: Hypocrisy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2015 36:20


    The not-so-famous Amos gets in our grill about our inconsistency and false motives in the practice of religion.

    Joel: How to Repent

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2015 32:05


    a sermon on Joel 2. Locusts are coming to eat everything and this prophet tells God's people to repent.

    Hosea: Unfaithful Bride

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2015 32:47


    Oddly, God tells his prophet Hosea to marry "a woman of whoredom." What on earth? Give a listen.

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