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Sunday nights with RUF at the Barn for Erskine students has been a tradition since the Fall of 2003. We post our sermons for alums, prospective students and current students who are not able to join us. If you want a handout for a particular night, just email paul.patrick@ruf.org

RUF Erskine


    • Apr 26, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 34m AVG DURATION
    • 125 EPISODES


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    The Sword of the Spirit (Which is the Word of God) BARN FINALE

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2021 34:53


    The Last Barn of the semester, the last Barn of the year, the last Barn forever.  Bitter sweet, but super sweet to have some alumni return to honor us and to say farewell.  A truly beautiful evening with Barnadillas and the same sweet setting we've enjoyed with students for 18 years (36 semesters).  That's 360 sermons preached in the Barn!  Well, make that 340, with about 20 preached in the pasture.  Love ya'll.  Paul and Marie.

    Equipped with the Helmet of Salvation ("Cover My Defenseless Head in the Shadow of Your Wing")

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2021 35:07


    70 degrees and Papa John's for the next to the last Barn!  Thankful for the chance to speak Gospel truth into the lives of students and future parents.  #LastLap

    Take up The Shield of Faith: "TESTUDO!" and your Spiritual Friendships

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2021 44:55


    A BEAUTIFUL Spring evening at the Barn!  Barnadillas, some Homerun Derby, background music and decent little crowd made for some good time together as we talked about Faith and Friendship from Ephesians 6.

    "Get on your Boots!" Equipped with Fleet and Sturdy Feet (The Footwear of a Soldier) Ephesians 6:10-20

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2021 39:28


    Better weather than expected for our BBQ Pork Loin cookout!  30+ Erskine students for an important talk on the future and what is needed to be able to "stand" offensively and defensively in the Christian life!

    Equipped with the BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2021 30:59


    70 degrees and Sunny for a DST Tailgate Cookout at the Barn! Barn Burgers, Hot Dogs, Brats, Sausages, Bacon, Chili, Potato Salad, Chips, Cookies, etc. (Thanks to alumni and churches who help to provide this!) Tonight we considered our "Righteousness Problem" and that God has given us his own Breastplate to cover our vulnerable vital organs, which if struck in battle, lead to a quick and bloody death. Some new faces tonight, probably hearing things they have never heard before. Thank God for that!

    Equipped with THE BELT OF TRUTH (Gird Up Your Loins!)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2021 27:02


    A Cold night with fires and propane heaters and blankets and hot chocolate to bring some comfort. Powder Puff football, Soccer games and Volleyball Games on campus on Sunday nights have made it hard to gather our usual crowd, but we press on with 20+ in attendance and overcoming the elements and obstacles to campus ministry as we consider the Belt of TRUTH.

    When the "Day of Evil" Comes (The Importance of Knowing Your Enemy)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2021 37:10


    73 degrees in February? The LORD is good! It is Mid-Term week, but only week 2 of Large Group, thanks to COVID. Students were tired, I was too, but this was time well spent as it is an imperative subject for the Christian life!

    Spiritual Warfare: An Honest Introduction and Orientation to the Christian Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2021 31:36


    February, in the Barn field, due to COVID, but with 4 fires, 3 Patio heaters, blankets, hot drinks and S'mores to make it bearable. It was not bad! Time well spent and students "showed up" really surprised me and really showed up in good number (35-40), for this current state of Erskine. Better than I thought, as usual!

    Synod 2011 and RUF Erskine Official History

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2021 7:31


    This is a recording of the report at Synod 2011 and their action to make RUF Erskine official with an affiliation agreement between Erskine, Synod and RUF.

    It's Hard to be Humble! (But, Grace Changes Us)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2020 32:43


    Next to last Barn for the weird COVID Fall of 2020. Warm, August-like weather for November, but a small, small crowd as tests and papers are due.

    Contrasting Two VERY Different Kinds of Love (Covenant Mercy IS Amazing Grace) Hosea 11

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2020 49:54


    54 degrees, cold and all alone in COVID-19 2020, BUT here is a sermon from 2009 (I think) on the text we would have covered. Hard to realize Savannah is finishing her Frosh year at Clemson now (was drawing pictures of cats then) and Reece is turning 11 (was learning to walk that week!). Miss you all very much, whether students or alums!

    Worry! Don't Be Happy.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2020 43:50


    A replay from 10+ years ago since the COVID-19 has cancelled our semester and ability to meet. What a beautiful day today was! I wish we could have met, BBQ'd and Fellowshipped together. Sad we cannot, but God's will be done, because it is always good! Even when (especially when) we can't see it!

    god sad bbq'd
    How to Live a Worthless, Reckless, Powerless Christian Life (Hosea 7)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2020 37:22


    Lessons from "Flat Cakes, Dumb Birds and Slack Bows" about the Christian life from Hosea 7. This is a replay from 10 years ago due to the COVID-19 cancellation of the semester and inability to meet with students. Go for a walk and listen as you keep up with Hosea! The early reference to Mario and family is who you think it is. Yep, he came out from ARA Mark work on campus and brought a portable clay oven to bake us some flat cake (pita) bread to go with our dinner. It helped to illustrate one of Hosea's points about Israel in Chapter 7!

    The ONE THING God Wants Most of Us (HESED)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2020 35:32


    With COVID-19 cancelling the semester, I am going to attempt to post something from present or past, in an effort to conclude this series. We miss Sunday nights at the Barn, we miss students and we miss RUF! May the Lord end this virus quickly and may the Lord continue RUF at Erskine into the future!

    Meatloaf Religion (God's People Exchange God's Worship and Glory for Baal, and have Boatloads of Shame to show for it)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2020 40:08


    Spring Cookouts are Back! We hosted NC State RUF (who was here for the Widows' Ministry and as our students drove back from Spring Break) with a tailgate cookout of burgers, veggie burgers, hot dogs, sausages and pork loin. Then, we played kickball on the Barn field.

    Covenant Love (Hesed) Runaway Bride, Return to Me! (Chapters 2-3)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2020 32:04


    Week 2, Rainy, Dark and Cold. But we had hot cocoa and RAISIN CAKES to warm the smaller than usual crowd!

    Prosperity Hardens the Heart (Intro to Hosea)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2020 26:24


    First Barn of Spring 2020 and it dropped to 38 degrees by the end of the Barn, so it was Cold, but hot drinks, a fire, blankets and UV heaters helped the crowd of 40+ stay just warm enough as we begin our series in Hosea.

    Stump The Chump (2019) Your Hardest DMS Questions and Issues Addressed

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2019 34:25


    Last Barn of 2019! Cold but good as seniors hung a horseshoe and sang their favorite RUF Hymns and as RUF addressed a top 10 list of questions and issues related to Dating, Marriage and Sexuality.

    Building a Family and Leaving a Legacy of Faithfulness (2019)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2019 35:41


    Last sermon of the Fall DMS series before next week's first ever "Stump the Chump" Q and A on the subject of Dating, Marriage and Series. It was cold and a crowd of 40+, our smallest of the semester, I think. But still good!

    Happily Ever After? Single or Married: Content to the Glory of God (Beware trying to write your own Storybook Story)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2019 40:08


    Cold, but good! Students from Erskine, Anderson and Lander gathered for a lovely Fall Barn with a fire, cocoa and S'mores and an important talk to shape them for the future of marriage or singleness.

    Ultimate Friendship (When to get Married) 2019

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2019 37:41


    45 degrees! DST and no meal at the Barn but a good crowd of 45+ for this Erskine. We enjoyed a fire, marshmallows and hot chocolate before and after the Barn as we heard on the subject of Ultimate Friendship and the "5 Loves" of Marriage.

    Not Fit to be Tied (When to Break Up)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2019 33:55


    A beautiful day of sunny weather after a Saturday full of rain made for a beautiful Sunday setting and, with Barnadillas, made for a good night of ministry to 50+ students from Erskine, Lander and Anderson U.

    Fatal Attraction: Beware the Promiscuous Heart (Proverbs 7)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2019 37:23


    Mid-terms, Homecoming weekend, Choraleers concerts, Football scrimmages and more made for weary students, but we were thankful for about 50 who showed up to hear an important talk for their future marriages.

    A Biblical Portrait of a Godly Woman (Returning to God's Blueprints) In Praise of the Virtuous Woman! (Build Your Lists and Raise Your Bar, Part 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2019 39:02


    70+ which included students from Erskine, Lander, Anderson, Clemson and SWU for Papa John's Pizza and what I think may be our last HOTTT Barn of the year! Fall weather should be present after Fall Conference next week!

    A Biblical Portrait of a Godly Man (God's Blueprints for Masculinity) Raise Your Bar and Build Your List, Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2019 48:13


    Another HOT Barn, with tacos and nachos from Aramark and a smaller crowd, but an important subject.

    Sex, by the Book is "Old Fashioned Hooey!?" (Returning to God's Blueprints for Sexuality)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2019 40:05


    85+ on a 90 degree hot (but beautiful) Barn that included 5 from Lander and 5 from Anderson. A hard topic for a first time visitor to the Barn! But, since this is the point of so much pain for so many people, it would be irresponsible to not speak to and apply the Gospel to it.

    Modern Love and Modern Family? Returning to God's Blue Prints for Marriage

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2019 31:09


    Week 1 of RUF at Erskine, Fall 2019 version. We had a great tailgate cookout in the heat and 110 gathered for a new year of fellowship, including most of the men's soccer team and 10 from Anderson University who came with Hamilton.

    If the Gospel is True, then Why are so many Christians easily Defeated and Discouraged? How the Doctrine of Glorification Propels Us through the Hardest of Times

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2019 36:12


    Tornado Watch! So the Barn-K was canceled due to the threat of Tornado, but we through together a 7PM Barn with dessert and our music, Bible study conclusion of our series, and to hang the Horseshoe anyway! Sad and anticlimactic finish to the year, but a good one still! Thankful to have several alumni there and more people than I expected!

    If the Gospel is True, then Why are so Many Christians Apathetic and Lethargic, Aimless and Fruitless? Beware the Bearhug of Mediocrity! (How Sanctification Reveals Sheep from Goats)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2019 40:41


    Spring Weather! Heidi made a creamy chicken pasta dinner and a small but good crowd heard a hard but good message on our Call to Change, our Power to Change and our Hope for Change. One more week and we are done, hard to believe.

    power change spring weather
    Longing to Belong: How the Doctrine of Adoptions Resolves Our Deepest Longing

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2019 38:54


    Chilly Spring night for Barnadillas and an important talk on The Good News of Adoption as we turn the busy corner and hit the home stretch of the Semester. 2 More large groups, 3 more small groups, a Pig Jig, Barn-K and Low-Country Boil before Baccalaureate and Graduation, leading into Edisto Beach Week. Much to do, but it is all good stuff!

    If the Gospel is True, then Why are We Always Trying to Prove Ourselves to Everyone about Everything?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2019 39:58


    Great Spring weather and a good crowd for this era at Erskine with some guests and visitors for an important talk on Justification from the Rich Young Ruler in Mark 10.

    If the Gospel is True, then Why are so Many Christians Blindsided by Bad news? Good News for those Jolted by Accident, Diagnosis and Disease)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2019 37:30


    Spring weather and St. Patrick's Day Home run Derby and Cookout! A good crowd for this Erskine and a tough message that will hopefully be remembered down the road, when students will need it most.

    If the Gospel is True, then Why are we so Timid and Reluctant to Share Jesus with Others? (Good News for Introverted Personalities)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2019 42:34


    Windy Spring weather, but dry and comfortable so we are thankful after days and Sundays filled with rain! A good night for a hard but encouraging word on sharing Jesus with others through normal, relational, conversational efforts for the rest of your life. We don't have to be weird. Faithful and enduring breadcrumbs will do.

    If the Gospel is True, then why are so many of our Families Broken?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2019 38:07


    Cold 39 degrees in the Barn, but the propane heaters and the UV heaters were both working, so we were ok even though it was rainy and wet! Several visitors tonight, including a second ARP visitor from Lander, which makes me hope and pray that the Lord might open a doorway to that campus for us! A difficult and painful subject tonight, but hopefully a strong dose of Gospel Hope as well as we address the Brokenness of the Family.

    If the Gospel is True, then why do so many Christians suffer from Depression?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2019 33:44


    35 degrees and we are talking about Depression in the Barn. Seriously? Only at Erskine and in Due West do people do this, and we had about 40 show up, which was great.

    If the Gospel is True, then why do my Christian Friendships and Community Seem to Fail Me?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2019 30:20


    Cold, but Good! Talking about serious things in the Barn this January....

    If the Gospel is True, then why do we Stress, Worry, Fear and Freak Out so much? Good News for the Anxious and Fearful Heart

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2019 34:34


    First Barn of Spring 2019 in cold weather, our first January re-start with no J-Term. A good crowd of 45, given the demographics and dynamics at Erskine!

    Two Ways to be Lost, One Way to be Found (The Parable of the Lost Sons)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2018 37:19


    Last Barn of Fall 2018! Cold but comfortable as we hung the horseshoe and made another memory in the Barn.

    Jesus and the Cost of the Kingdom ("All or Nothing" The Parable of Hidden Treasure and the Pearl of great price)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2018 26:09


    Cold Barn! 45 degrees, but Boiled Peanuts, Hot Cocoa, Cider and Hand Warmers (first time!) and a Big Fire helped us stay warm!

    Jesus and Perseverance in the Kingdom (The Widow, the Wheat and the Weeds)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2018 29:34


    DST gave us a dark Barn, but it was not cold as we hosted 60 from Southlake for Pizza, cider, cocoa, boiled peanuts and large group in the Barn.

    How's Your Heart? (Jesus on the 4 Soils of the Human Heart)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2018 34:13


    Brisk Fall Night! Italian night from ARAMark (Baked Spaghetti, Bread Sticks and Caesar Salad), which was an "old Barn meal" that hasn't been served since about 2009. And, a firm Word from Jesus as he reveals the 4 kinds of heart response to the Kingdom/Gospel, 3 of which are bad.

    Jesus, Our Rest (Lord of the Sabbath)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2018 27:10


    Beautiful weather for a Fall BBQ! Fantastic butts, great loins, hot cajun sausages and beautiful sunsets! RUF Erskine: Making Sundays Great Again!

    Jesus, The Restorer (Man of the Tombs: Ransomed, Healed, Restored, Forgiven Who LIKE ME His Praise should sing?)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2018 44:48


    Week 5, another hot and sweaty Barn, but with a Fiesta of tacos and nachos from ARAMark! Be sure to check out Bob Bennett's "Man of the Tombs." A GREAT 90's Christian music masterpiece!

    Jesus, The Calmer of Storms

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2018 34:30


    Jesus said "Let's go to the other side." So, there was no question that they would get to the other side, therefore, the boat would not sink in any storm! Jesus has authority, even over creation as he "muzzles" the storm, as he does demons (same word used).

    Jesus, The Washer of Sin ("Big Party!" Jesus, the True Master of the Banquet, Re-purposes Clay Pots)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2018 37:47


    Week 3 of Year 15 at the Barn as we celebrate our 15th anniversary on this Sunday night of the Barn! Also, my 28th Birthday (for the 20th time?). 50+ students and Papa John's Pizza makes for a big party in sweltering heat!

    Jesus, The Healer (Mt. 8:1-17)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2018 36:09


    Week 2 of RUF at the Barn Fall 2018. Hot again! But, a Labor Day Hamburger, Hot Dog, Sausage cookout with a good enough crowd for large group!

    The Big Reveal: Who Jesus Is and Kingdom Power

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2018 23:22


    First Barn of the year (and 15th First Barn of the Year!). Beautiful but HOT day with a Mexican Fiesta provided by ARAMark. Off to a good start, but the first talk -and the busy opening night filled with announcements and freshmen not knowing what is going on- is always the worst!

    aramark mexican fiesta
    Discerning God's Will, According to Scripture (Day 2, RUF SuCo Seminar 2018)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2018 61:16


    Pursuing God’s Will (Paul Patrick, Erskine)- Does the Bible really say, "God has a specific plan for your personal life and that your job is to figure out what it is?” Will it be fairytale-perfect, or maybe not? How can I know if to marry, whom to marry, which job to take, where to live and what to buy? Can I mess up God's will? Is it possible that I won't like God's plan for my life? If I don't follow God's revealed will does that mean I will be miserable? What about smaller decisions in life - does God even care? What about divine sovereignty and human responsibility? What about the role of prayer in all this?

    Discerning God's Will, According to Scripture (Day 1, RUF SuCo Seminar 2018)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2018 55:03


    Pursuing God’s Will (Paul Patrick, Erskine)- Does the Bible really say, "God has a specific plan for your personal life and that your job is to figure out what it is?” Will it be fairytale-perfect, or maybe not? How can I know if to marry, whom to marry, which job to take, where to live and what to buy? Can I mess up God's will? Is it possible that I won't like God's plan for my life? If I don't follow God's revealed will does that mean I will be miserable? What about smaller decisions in life - does God even care? What about divine sovereignty and human responsibility? What about the role of prayer in all this?

    Be Thou My Vision: Clear Eyes. Full Hearts. Can't Lose!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2018 26:58


    Senior night and last RUF at the Barn for Spring 2018 on a beautiful evening! This was my 6th talk delivered this weekend, so don't judge me. I'm pooped!

    Unreciprocated Love: How Deep the Father's Love for Us! (But How Shallow Ours for Him?) Barn-K for JOY!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2018 16:32


    A good crowd of 115 signed up for the Barn-K and we had beautifully perfect weather! Many left before the Barn started, but still a good crowd, the majority of which were unfamiliar with RUF. A lot of distractions and a hard context to speak to especially tired (exhausted) people, but a great evening together in the Barn!

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