Mark 4:26-29 - How God Grows His Kingdom

In this sermon, Rev. Jon Talley brings us to Mark 4:26-29. Jon is presently RUF pastor at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, VA. He has accepted a call to come to Milwaukee’s eastside to plant a church there, completing our search for a teammate to Mike Wenzler (RUF-UWM) and Dan Quakkelaar (Brewer’s Hill-Downtown-Inner City).

Listen Online: Mark 4:26-29

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1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 - Resurrection Hope

In this sermon, Rev. Chris Vogel looks at 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 which reminds us that our resurrection is assured because Christ is raised. While many fear death and others are hopeless regarding the grave, we celebrate Christ’s coming for us in a fashion that is both public and personal.

Listen Online: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

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Mark 11:1-11 - Triumph and Tragedy

In this sermon, Rev. Ben Sinnard looks at Mark 11:1-11 where we see the triumphal approach and entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. This opens the passion week, which will culminate with the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus. In Mark 11:1-11 there is great triumph as the King of Kings, the rescuer, enters Jerusalem, but there is also great tragedy in the road ahead, foreshadowed in Jesus’ brief visit to the temple in verse 11.


Listen Online: Mark 11:1-11

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John 5:30-40 - Evidences

In this sermon, Rev. Chris Vogel looks at John 5:30-40. Jesus continues his defense, calling to witness the testimony of John the Baptizer, His own works and words and finally the testimony of Scripture. Despite all that is put before them, the people will not believe. Although people may go to God’s Word for help and hope, if they do not see Christ in them, they will not have eternal life.

Listen Online: John 5:30-40

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John 5:18-29 - Jesus: The Son of God

In this sermon, Rev. Chris Vogel looks at John 5:18-29, where Jesus clearly states His deity claiming His actions are one with the Father and that He has the power both to give life and to judge.


Listen Online: John 5:18-29

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John 5:1-16 Jesus, The Law-Breaker

In this sermon, Rev. Mike Wenzler shows that John 5:1-16 outlines the healing of a crippled man, the confrontation the healed man has with the Jewish leaders, and finally the call that Jesus issues on the healed man's life. Jesus perfectly demonstrates care for both the body and the soul of man, while also challenging the sin and brokenness in the world.

Listen Online: John 5:1-16

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John 4:27-42 - A Community of Worship

In this sermon, Rev. Ben Sinnard looks at the conclusion to Jesus' encounter with the woman at Jacob's well in John 4:27-42. The reality that Jesus is the Messiah catapults the outcast woman into the public light of the town of Sychar sharing about her findings. We are confronted with our need to do the will of the Father, which is to seek those who will worship Him in spirit and in truth. Sowing and reaping are now brought together under the revealing of the Savior of the World.


Listen Online: John 4:27-42

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John 4:16-26 - Worship in Spirit and Truth

In this sermon, Rev. Chris Vogel looks at John 4:16-26 where Jesus directs the Samaritan woman’s attention to the living waters, God’s gracious gift of the Holy Spirit. It is by means of God’s wonderful gift are we able to worship, in spirit and in truth. This passage calls us to examine our own worship and the kind of worshippers our Father seeks.


Listen Online: John 4:16-26

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John 4:1-15 - Finding Satisfaction in the Living Waters of Grace

In this sermon, Rev. Chris Vogel looks at John 4:1-15. Jesus requests a drink of water from the woman at Jacob’s Well in Samaria and offers her living water which well up to eternal life. This first glimpse in John 4 reminds us of God’s offer of free grace to all and the benefits we have before us when we takes the promise of the Gospel for ourselves.


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John 3:31-36 - The Testimony of Jesus

In this sermon, Rev. Chris Vogel looks at the final words of John the Baptist in the Gospel of John (John 1:31-36). As the last of the prophets fades from the scene his farewell address calls us to a faithful obedience to Christ. To believe in the Son is to have eternal life, to not obey the Son is not to see life, but the wrath of God remains on him (v36).

Listen Online: John 3:31-36

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John 3:22-30 - The Answer to a Competitive Christianity

In this sermon, Rev. Chris Vogel takes a look at how John the Baptizer instructs his disciples as to the supremacy of Christ in all things. In John 3:22-30, John’s disciples bemoan the loss of influence as Jesus attracts more attention, to which John utters the great response: “He must increase, but I must decrease.” What we are given is not on the basis of what we think we deserve, but only by God’s gracious hand. This allows us to hold lightly His gifts and to point others to the work of His Son.

Listen Online: John 3:22-30

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John 3:16-21 - The Heart of the Gospel

In this sermon, Rev. Ben Sinnard looks at John 3:16-21 where we see the heart of the Gospel, the love of the Father to the world. Nicodemus asked in 3:9, "How can these things be?" and Jesus later in 3:15 states, "that whoever believes in him (the Son of Man) may have eternal life." We see in our text further explanation of how these things can be, that in the giving of the Son of Man those who believe in him can have eternal life. We revisit the theme of light and darkness as this gift of the Son divides those who are entrusting themselves to the light with those who want to stay in the darkness fearing the exposure of the light.

Listen Online: John 3:16-21

Read Online: John 3:16-21