Ruf At New Mexico State University

Patrick Tebbano joined us tonight to teach on what it means to participate in Jesus' mission here at NMSU and around the world. It is Jesus's mission, not our little missions, that give our lives purpose, significance, and joy. Freedom comes in...

Just as plants are finely tuned to only thrive in certain soil, we are finely tuned by our Redeemer to only thrive in the soil of the church. It's only when we sink our roots deep into this soil that the Spirit of Jesus brings to us all the nutrients...

For some of us, we grew up "close to Jesus" in the church and perhaps grew so familiar with him that we don't really see him as anything beyond "ordinary" anymore. For others, maybe we're "flying under the radar" of our parents' faith without ever...

Jesus shows us what lies beneath and drives our anxieties. But Jesus doesn't just diagnose what causes us to be afraid, he shows us how anxiety and panic don't "fit" our new surroundings, our new place--the Kingdom of God. As Christians, we live in a ...

Zacchaeus is a guy who had repeatedly burned bridges between himself and God. But he began to hear about a Jesus who seemed particularly interested in his kind... the kind of person who tends to burn bridges with God. And so he began to seek out Jesus...

Rev. Justin Edgar of Crossroads Fellowship PCA in Albuquerque came down and preached on Luke 7 and the day when Jesus' parade of life collided with a grieving mother's funeral parade of death. What happens in that collision? Jesus steps into this...

When Jesus takes three of his disciples up on a mountain to pray, they see him as they've never seen him before--glowing in raw, jaw-dropping, mind-bending glory. They might have been tempted to think that they'd finally reached the "mountain top exper...

Oftentimes Jesus' parable on the Good Samaritan is taught as if it's sole point is to tell us, "Love better! Be like the Samaritan!" But if that's all we get out of this passage, we miss the Gospel. Read carefully enough and you'll see that Jesus is ...

Following Jesus will certainly cost you your life. But it will also give you the only life actually worth living. In other words, the return on the investment is exponential! This is what Luke 9 is getting at. And Jesus' words also put some probing...

At first glance, it seems just about impossible for us to relate to a guy who's "possessed by demons" and has clearly lost his mind. But as you can imagine, if we look a little more closely at this guy we will see ourselves in him. Have you ever...

Does it ever seem like God is asleep at the wheel when you most need him? Do you ever doubt where he is when life gets chaotic and stormy? What do you do in those moments? Well, a lot of us panic and go into damage-control mode. But we can get so...

No matter who or where you are, if you look closely enough Jesus will show you yourself right on the pages of this scandalous story in Luke 7. He'll show you how his love sets you free to see God, your friends, and yourself in an entirely new light! ...

Don't deny or distract yourself from your desperation! It can be a powerful catalyst that points you to your need for Jesus. But as helpful as it may be, desperation must give way to faith if we are ever to move towards Jesus. And not a mushy,...

Where do your beliefs about Jesus come from? Your experiences? Or emotions? Or maybe they're a mish-mash of things you've heard and picked up over the years? It's essential that our beliefs about WHO Jesus is and WHY he came come from Jesus himself....

Where do your beliefs about God come from? Sure, some probably come from the Bible... but how do things like your gut, your experiences, your conscience, your opinions, your friends shape (or misshape) your ideas about who Jesus is and what he came to...

This is the message from our 2013 RUF Lessons and Carols service.

The church isn't merely an afterthought or 'take it or leave it' epilogue to God's Story. Not at all! The church is woven through God's Story from beginning to end. And so, we are made to be "church people." Only inside the church--the people of God...