Refuge Church (Utah)

<p>Pastor Brian continues our expository study of Peter's first epistle with 1 Peter 1:13–21, where the Apostle glories in Jesus' redemption, wherein we were ransomed from the futile ways of our forefathers.</p>

<p>Pastor Brian Sauvé continues our expository study of 1 Peter with 1 Peter 1:10–12, where we discover the absolute center of the entire Old Testament and why it matters.</p>

<p>Pastor Brian continues our verse-by-verse study of 1 Peter with 1 Peter 1:6–9, where the Apostle teaches us to rejoice, even in the midst of trial.</p>

<p>Pastor Brian continues our verse-by-verse study of Peter's first epistle with 1 Peter 1:3–5, where we discover 5 reasons to bless the Father.</p>

<p>Pastor Brian begins our expositional series through Peter's first epistle with a look at 1 Peter 1:1–2, where the Apostle presses us into two great paradoxes of the faith.</p>

<p>On Christmas Eve 2018, Pastor Brian preaches on the wonder and glory of Bethlehem's manger—a feeding trough that contained something weightier than worlds.</p>

<p>Pastor Brian wraps up our series through the book of Proverbs with a final look over our shoulder as we leave Solomon and his instruction behind. How do we know we are really walking with Lady Wisdom? How will we know we're on the road of authentic wisdom and not one her many counterfeits?</p>

<p>In this episode of Stump the Pastors, Pastor Brian takes up a touchy subject. What do we do when we think our friends are bad parents? Should we speak up or shut up?<br><br>Have a question of your own? Head over to the Refuge Church app and tap the Q+A button to leave us your question on theology, Bible, faith, philosophy, culture, politics—or whatever's on your mind!</p>

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<p>Pastor Brian continues our study of the book of Proverbs with with Parenting, Part II. In this second part, we look at our children as students to instruct and as sheep to protect.<br><br>Apologies for the lower quality audio and missing video. Our AV system decided to show us that we still live in a cursed world.</p>

<p>In this episode of Stump the Pastors, Pastor Dan and Brian take up the question of Christmas. Is it a pagan holiday, covered only with a thin veneer of Jesus? Are we engaging in idol worship if we decorate a Christmas tree?<br><br>Have a question of your own? Head over to the Refuge Church app and tap the Q+A button to leave us your question on theology, Bible, faith, philosophy, culture, politics—or whatever's on your mind!</p>

<p>Pastor Brian continues our study of Proverbs with Part I of our look at parenting.</p>

<p>In this episode of Stump the Pastors, Pastor Dan and Brian take up the question of free will and predestination. Do humans have free will? Are our decisions like the movement of puppets at the end of a string? <br><br>Have a question of your own? Head over to the Refuge Church app and tap the Q+A button to leave us your question on theology, Bible, faith, philosophy, culture, politics—or whatever's on your mind!</p>

<p>Pastor Brian continues our study of the book of Proverbs with a look at feminine glory.</p>

<p>In this episode of Stump the Pastors, Pastor Dan and Brian take up the question of Wesleyanism and Calvinism. What are the differences between the two? Why does it matter?<br><br>Have a question of your own? Head over to the Refuge Church app and tap the Q+A button to leave us your question on theology, Bible, faith, philosophy, culture, politics—or whatever's on your mind!</p>

<p>The book of Proverbs is many things. But one thing it is fundamentally is a book about making men. A book particularly about making masculine men. About making men with Godward souls, men with God-fearing hearts, men with chests. Making men of thought and wisdom and men of verve and joy. Making tenacious men—men who glory in shouldering weight in the service of the good and the true. <br><br>In this sermon, Pastor Brian continues our verse-by-verse study through the book of Proverbs with a look at masculinity.</p>

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<p>Pastor Brian continues our study of Proverbs with a look at justice. What is it? Where do we get it? Who's responsible to do it? What responsibility does the government, the church, the family, and the individual bear?</p>

<p>In this episode of Stump the Pastors, Pastor Dan and Brian take up the question of homosexuality, our nature at birth, and the justice of God. If I'm born gay, how can God accuse me of sin?<br><br>Have a question of your own? Head over to the Refuge Church app and tap the Q+A button to leave us your question on theology, Bible, faith, philosophy, culture, politics—or whatever's on your mind!</p>

<p>Revelation 20:1–10.<br><br>The text where we get the term Millennium. The battleground between views. And it took us until Part VII of Eschatology to get there, I know.</p>

<p>Pastor Brian continues our study of Solomon's Proverbs with Proverbs 5:15–23. In the first half of the chapter, Solomon told his sons the kind of sex he was to avoid at all costs. In this second half, he instructs his sons in the kind of sex he is to throw himself into wholeheartedly. Yes, there is a bed to flee from. But there is also a bed to flee *to.*</p>

<p>In this episode of Stump the Pastors, Pastor Dan and Brian take up the question Deacons and local church government. Does Refuge have Deacons? What even are Deacons?<br><br>Have a question of your own? Head over to the Refuge Church app and tap the Q+A button to leave us your question on theology, Bible, faith, philosophy, culture, politics—or whatever's on your mind!</p>

<p>Pastor Brian continues our thematic study of the book of Proverbs with Proverbs 15:1–14, a text on sex gone wrong. If those who hate wisdom love death, what happens with those who hate sexual wisdom? In this passage, God sits down with us as a good Father and talks us through the gift and the peril of human sexuality.</p>

<p>In this episode of Stump the Pastors, Pastor Dan and Brian take up the question of altar calls—are they a good idea? How do we land the Gospel proclamation plane?<br><br>Have a question of your own? Head over to the Refuge Church app and tap the Q+A button to leave us your question on theology, Bible, faith, philosophy, culture, politics—or whatever's on your mind!</p>

<p>In Part VI of our Eschatology study, Pastor Brian and Dan walked through the Olivet Discourse. This week, they follow up on a great listener question and give a short expansion on one of the key portions of that important teaching of Jesus.</p>