RUF Michigan

Are you distracted? If so, join a club that goes back to the advent of time! The more applicable question for you might be: what do I do with the fact that I'm distracted? Scroll less on Instagram? Become more disciplined? Or something else entirely? In this sermon, campus minister Robert Knuth unpacks Luke 10:38-42 and two distinct ways of dealing with our distraction.

The scandal of Christianity is that Jesus is BOTH 100% human AND 100% God. But how? Why does it matter? Join campus minister Robert Knuth as we dive into Matthew 4:1-11 and the relevance of what theologians refer to as "Christology." 

This semester we're deep-diving into conversations the person of Jesus has with different types of people. Join campus minister Robert Knuth as we open up Luke 7:36-50 to see how Jesus views forgiveness and love. It might surprise you. Special thanks to Derek Bates for illustration help.

How does what you believe (or not believe) about the future affect your present day reality? Spoiler alert: it does in SOME way. It's impossible for the future to not affect the present in SOME way. The problem? We're all inconsistent in how we apply what we believe the future into our present lives. Join campus minister Robert Knuth as we conclude our Revelation series by looking at Revelation 21 and the hope of healing found in the last chapter of the Bible.

"Don't be on the wrong side of history." It's said about everything today. We shape our ethics around it. But have you ever stopped to consider what this phrase presumes? That history is, indeed, marching forward? Join campus minister Robert Knuth as we look at Revelation 20 and see that true justice, the justice we long for, is only found by considering the destination that time is ultimately marching toward.

Theologian Taylor Swift declares in her billboard top song, "Anti-Hero," that she is the problem in her relationships. It's a problem so bad and so deep-seated that it only drives people away. It's a narrative played over and over in the course of her life. Can you relate? What does this narrative have to say about your identity--about who you fundamentally are as a person? Join campus minister Robert Knuth as he unpacks Revelation 14 and the better narrative that the Bible gives to our identities. 

Midterm elections are less than 2 weeks away! Question: why do you care so much? Or not at all? How do politics and the political system give us insight into evil? Join campus minister Robert Knuth as we unpack Revelation 13 and the infamous "mark of the beast."  

The book of Revelation reaches a climax in chapter 12. It's a confusing scene that leaves us with a lot of questions about God's sovereignty, the power of evil, and how we should respond to suffering. At the center of all of it is the beauty and brokenness of the Church. Join campus minister Robert Knuth as we try to understand the blessing and pain that comes from interacting with God's people.

Who are your people? A question all of us are trying to figure out. Regardless of how you might answer that question, there are good things and bad things we absorb from our people. How do we know how to make sense of all of it? Join campus minister Robert Knuth as he opens up Revelation 7 to try and answer this question.

How do you think about the judgment of God? For most of us, it's pretty scary. Join campus minister Robert Knuth as he opens up Rev 6, 8:1-5 to explore the idea that judgment is actually something any Christian should desire from God. And it doesn't show up in ways that we often think.