Refuge Audio Podcast

Refuge Audio Podcast

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Refuge Audio Podcast episodes

  • Genesis 50
    In his letter to believers in Thessalonica, Paul writes, “I do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, concerning those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who have no hope.” (1 Thessalonians 4:13)
    These believers believed in a God who had defied and defeated death. While they would still grieve when a loved one died, they would not grieve as those “who have no hope.”
    And for us, this is important to remember. It is completely normal, acceptable, and even godly to grieve…but we are not to grieve as those who have no hope—because we have hope…a living hope!
    Just like those believers in Thessalonica, we believe in a living God who defied & defeated death by laying down His own life—then taking up His own life again by rising from the dead. We grieve…but we also believe.
    So what does grieving and believing have to do with Genesis 50? Quite a bit, since we encounter three different burials that involve both grieving and believing.
    34 min
  • Genesis 50 - Grieve…and Believe!
    We hope you’re encouraged by this edition of Strengthened by Grace with Pastor Dominic Dinger of Calvary Chapel Saint Cloud. Learn more and find downloads of messages at CalvaryChapelSaintCloud.org
    34 min
  • Genesis 49
    In Genesis 49, we read the last words of the unlikely man that God chose to be the patriarch of His chosen people—Israel. Aware that his time on earth was coming to an end, he begins the difficult business of putting his house in order—saying what must be said to his sons‚ the patriarchs of the tribes that would come from their families.
    What Israel must say must be said because these prophecies come from God. In fact, what Israel says are the first recorded prophecies spoken by a person in the Bible. Some of the things Israel must say aren’t all that great—but Israel is faithful to the task because he knows they are God’s words, not his.
    Why weren’t these prophecies always wonderful? Because sin has consequences—and Israel’s sons were no strangers to sin. Unfortunately for some of Israel’s sons, their sin would be dealt with on their father’s death bed. Even though sin can be forgiven and relationships can be fully restored, if hidden sin hasn’t been confessed, forsaken, and forgiven it will fester and it will eventually find you out.
    39 min
  • Genesis 49 - The Burden of Blessing
    We hope you’re encouraged by this edition of Strengthened by Grace with Pastor Dominic Dinger of Calvary Chapel Saint Cloud. Learn more and find downloads of messages at CalvaryChapelSaintCloud.org
    39 min
  • Genesis 47:11-48:22
    “This is the history of Jacob…”
    That’s how Genesis 37 began, just before our focus shifted to Joseph. As much as we have marveled at the life of Joseph over these 11 chapters, it is the life and history of Jacob that is the overarching focus of these last few chapters in Genesis.
    Jacob—who would be Israel—a man who wrestled with God…a man who would eventually be governed by God. But it would take him a lifetime to get there. From his birth, he had a reputation for trickery and treachery—trying to be the first born by grabbing his brother’s heel, then buying his brother’s birthright with a bowl of stew, then stealing his brother’s blessing through fraud. He lived up to his namesake—heel catcher.
    That is…until God met him and wrestled him and gave him a new name—Israel, which means wrestles or governed by God. Slowly, this new identity began to work its way out in his life—an identity that determined Jacob’s behavior. From a lying thief to the patriarch of the people of God—“This is the history of Jacob…”
    37 min

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We desire to equip the saints for the work of the ministry as we study God's word together. Join Pastor Dominic Dinger of Refuge in St. Cloud, Minnesota, for a weekly in-depth study of the Bible,…