Pastor Luke Herche preaches on Psalm 32, teaching us that forgiveness brings joy, silence brings misery, honesty brings forgiveness, and that now is the time for honesty.

From Sunday Evening Worship, May 11, 2025.

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Pastor Luke Herche gives an introduction to the book of Colossians, focusing on Colossians 1:24–28, 2:2–3, 6 and addressing three questions: What is spiritual maturity? How do we (wrongly) pursue it? And where is it found?

Sunday Morning Worship, May 11, 2025

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Want to go deeper? Take some time to reflect on the sermon with the following questions:

Read through the book of Colossians aloud (this will likely take 15–20 minutes). Take note as you read: What themes do you notice? What questions do you have?

Some pursue spiritual maturity through ritual and rule-keeping, others through emotion and experience. How do you see people around you pursuing personal maturity or wholeness? Where does this succeed? Where does it fall short?

Read again Colossians 1:24–2:3, 6–7. Where does Paul suggest spiritual maturity is found? Why do you think that is so?

What do you think spiritual maturity looks like? What steps might you take this week to pursue spiritual maturity as Paul describes it?

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What is the relationship between your faith and your imagination? In this sermon on 1 Corinthians 15:35–58, Pastor Luke Herche encourages us to strengthen our faith by feeding our imagination. Listen as Pastor Luke helps us to consider the future that God has in mind for us--and to see how that helps us to live in the present--via three points: the body will be raised, death will be defeated, and your labor is not in vain.

Sunday Morning Worship, May 4, 2025

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Want to go deeper? Take some time to reflect on the sermon with the following questions:

What are some different ways one might imagine a resurrection body? Which of those ideas are grounded in Scripture and where?

What might be the danger of not believing/confessing the resurrection of the body? How might that shape our view of the body and this present life?

What does Paul emphasize about the resurrection body? What questions are not answered by what Paul says? Can you think of other places in Scripture that might speak to that?

When has your work felt vain, fruitless, meaningless? How does our future resurrection give weight to our present labor? If you believe that, how do you think it would change the way you work? What can you do to get to that point?

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Sometimes we want what God does not give. Often we desire, and sometimes demand, an exhaustive, experiential understanding of our own lives and everybody else’s. But there is a humility in accepting what God has given, in accepting what he has said––which means we first accept God as God. Following Jesus means not demanding what God has not given, but humbly receiving what he has. Listen as Pastor Luke Herche preaches on John 21:18–25, the final verses of John’s gospel, calling us to believe the apostolic testimony, stick to what is written, and follow Jesus where you are.

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Want to go deeper? Take some time to reflect on the sermon with the following questions:

What are some things you would like to know that Scripture doesn’t say? Why do you think God doesn’t tell us those things?

How does Scripture not saying those things shape your discipleship?

Why do you think Peter asked about John? What does it look like to have an unhealthy interest in what happens in another believer’s life?

What will it look like for you to follow Jesus even when you don’t have the answers to all your questions?

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In this Easter Sunday sermon on 1 Corinthians 15:12–23, Pastor Luke Herche preaches on the implications of the resurrection in three points:

If there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ is not raised.

If there is no resurrection of Christ, then Christianity is empty.

But in fact Christ has been raised, so we will rise with him.

From Sunday Worship, April 20, 2025.

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Want to go deeper? Take some time to reflect on the sermon with the following questions:

Why do you think it is hard for people to believe in resurrection? Is it harder or easier than 20, 50, or 100 years ago? Why do you think that?

Explain Paul’s chain of logic: If no resurrection, then no resurrection of Christ. And if no resurrection of Christ, then your faith is futile. Why is this so?

How does Christ’s resurrection imply the resurrection of those who belong to him?

Why is our future resurrection so important? How does the weight of the future resurrection give weight to our present, even in this passing age?

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By the end of John chapter 19, Jesus has been falsely accused, wrongly condemned, beaten, mocked, and nailed to a tree. After hours of suffering he finally cried out “It is finished,” bowed his head, and gave up his spirit. This was no cry of resignation, but rather a cry of victory. Listen as Pastor Luke Herche preaches on this final proclamation of Jesus on the cross, asking three questions: What does it mean? Why does it matter? And how should we respond?

Good Friday | April 18, 2025.

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Preaching on Psalm 88, a weighty psalm that famously ends with the words “darkness is my closest friend,” Pastor Luke Herche teaches us to be honest, feel the tension, and cry out for help.

Part of a series, Praying through the Psalms.

From Sunday Evening Worship, April 13, 2025.

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In this sermon on John 21:1–19, in which Jesus meets his disciples on the shore following his resurrection, Pastor Josué Pernillo shows us that Jesus meets the disciples where they are and he confronts and restores them directly.

Part of a series on The Gospel of John.

From Sunday Worship, April 13, 2025.

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Want to go deeper? Take some time to reflect on the sermon with the following questions:

What do you notice about the disciples and their interaction with Jesus?

How do you see Jesus meeting the disciples where they are? What do you learn from their reaction? How has God met you where you are in your life?

What do you notice about the way in which Jesus challenges Peter? What do we learn about Jesus from this? Where is a place that you need to be challenged by the word of truth?

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Do you struggle to believe? Whether big or small, everyone has doubts. But what do you do with them? Where do you go with them? And when you get to the bottom, on what is your faith grounded? In John 20:24–31 we read the account of the apostle often dubbed “doubting Thomas” first disbelieving the resurrection and then personally encountering the risen Christ. Listen as Pastor Luke Herche preaches on this passage, highlighting the doubts we have, the grace Jesus shows, and the way of true faith.

Part of a series on The Gospel of John.

From Sunday Worship, April 6, 2025.

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Want to go deeper? Take some time to reflect on the sermon with the following questions:

Describe the story of Thomas. Why did Thomas doubt? How was Jesus patient?

What doubts do you have? What makes it hard to believe what the Bible says about these things?

Why do we think seeing is believing? Is that true? How might we qualify that “truism”?

In what ways do we and will we see Jesus according to Scripture? (Consider

2 Corinthians 3:18 in context; Galatians 3:1; 1 John 1:1–3; Acts 1:10–11; and Revelation 1:7.) How is that enough? What can we do if we are struggling with doubts in the meantime?

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Think of a person who seems least likely to come to faith in Jesus—perhaps someone from another faith, or someone habitually lukewarm toward God—and then think of what it would look like for God’s grace to break into their story. In Acts chapter 9 we see God’s grace breaking in to the life of a man who is a religious terrorist. Saul of Tarsus used his power and influence to enact violence against Christians. He hated Jesus and hated his people. So what happens when a man like that encounters Christ?

In this sermon on Saul on the road to Damascus from Acts 9:1–19, RUF Campus Minister Ethan Brown helps us to discover, along with Saul, a Jesus who is bigger and better and stronger and sweeter than we often allow ourselves to hope, and that the answer for our sin and sadness if found in the holiness of Jesus Christ. Listen as Pastor Ethan shows us three facets of Christ’s holiness: Jesus takes your suffering personally, Jesus takes his mission seriously, and Jesus can change you completely.

From Sunday Worship, March 30, 2025.

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Want to go deeper? Take some time to reflect on the sermon with the following questions:

When you think of the holiness of Christ, what other words, images, or ideas come to mind? In what ways did the sermon help you to think differently about the holiness of Christ?

“There is no one who is so good to be beyond the need of God’s grace; and there is no one so bad to be beyond the reach of God’s grace.” Which part of this statement do you find yourself slower to believe? What difference would it make in your life this week if you lived in light of this truth? Try to be specific.

What are you typically anxious about or focused on when you wake up in the morning or have a quiet moment to yourself? How do you hope Jesus will transform your preoccupations this week? Spend some time asking Jesus to do just that.

Not everyone has a “Damascus Road experience” like Saul did. But can you remember a time when God’s grace broke in and began a new trajectory in your life? Consider sharing about that moment with a family member or friend this week.

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