
Refuge Church (Utah)
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The Inexorable Hour
<p>Pastor Brian continues our sentence-by-sentence study of John's Gospel with John 5:25–29, wherein we come face to face with two looming realities: our own freight-train mortality and Jesus' soon-coming, resurrecting cry.</p>

The Wisest Idiot
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The Wisest Idiot
God in the Gallows

God in the Gallows
<p>Pastor Brian continues our verse-by-verse study through the Gospel of John with John 5:1–24, where Jesus reveals not only his unique relationship to God the Father, but also his absolute determination to die for sinners.</p>

38 Years
<p>Tom Jones continues our verse-by-verse study through John's Gospel with John 5:1–18, where Jesus heals a man who has been paralyzed for 38 years.</p>
38 Years
Netflix Catechesis & Parental Malpractice

Netflix Catechesis & Parental Malpractice
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Empty Honor & Damning Decisionism

Empty Honor & Damning Decisionism
<p>Pastor Dan continues in our verse-by-verse study through the Gospel of John with John 4:43–54, where Jesus performs his second of seven signs in the book.</p>

LGBTQ, Transgenderism, & Fighting at the Front
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LGBTQ, Transgenderism, & Fighting at the Front

His Work in Our Witness
<p>Pastor Brian continues our verse-by-verse study through John's Gospel with John 4:27–42, where we find that Jesus is the decisive worker behind all of our witness.</p>
His Work in Our Witness
The Lies We Tell Her

The Lies We Tell Her
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The Anatomy of a Longing
<p>Pastor Brian continues our verse-by-verse study through the Gospel of John with John 4:1–26, where Jesus meets the Samaritan woman at the well and infiltrates her greatest need and deepest longings with his love.</p>
The Anatomy of a Longing
In Praise of Her

In Praise of Her
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Ascendant Descending
<p>Pastor Brian continues our verse-by-verse study through John's Gospel with John 3:31–36, where John wraps up his contrast of Nicodemus and John the Baptist with an extended exultation of the preeminence of Christ.</p>
Ascendant Descending
Pornography & Stubborn Synapses

Pornography & Stubborn Synapses
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In My Best Oprah

In My Best Oprah
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Pastoral Discernment & Shacking Up With Wolves

Pastoral Discernment & Shacking Up With Wolves
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In Which I Hate Myself But Write Anyway
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In Which I Hate Myself But Write Anyway
Apathy, Babel-Building, & Godly Ambition

Apathy, Babel-Building, & Godly Ambition
<p>Pastor Brian continues our verse-by-verse study through the Gospel according to John. Here in John 3:22–30, we witness our last substantive encounter with John the Baptist and learn that the best life is one lived for Christ's increase.<br><br>Pastor Brian instructed you to go through a series of questions to evaluate your life. Be sure to check your answers with someone who knows you well (your wife, best friend, etc.). Here are those questions:<br><br>1. Why do I exist? <br><br>2. In which areas has God particularly gifted me? In which areas has he not? (Asking questions like “What do I like to do?” can help you get at this one)<br><br>3. Do I tend more towards apathetic pride (squandering God’s gifts) or Babel-building pride (misappropriating God’s gifts to build a kingdom for my own glory)?<br><br>4. Is there a particular area of sin that needs to be repented of that would keep me from living for Christ's increase?<br><br>5. Are there habits or disciplines that are not in place in my life that I will need to live for Christ’s increase? What obstacles are keeping me from walking in these things?</p>
On Being a (Generous) Seven

On Being a (Generous) Seven
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The Plundering of Hell
<p>Pastor Brian preaches the resurrection of Jesus from Revelation 1:17-18 on Easter Sunday, 2017, the vindication and exaltation of the Serpent-crushing Seed of the Woman, the one with the keys of Death and plunders Hell.</p>
The Plundering of Hell

Cataclysm! Eucatastrophe!
<p>Pastor Brian preaches the cross on Good Friday, 2017, the cataclysm that proved eucatastrophic—the dark that turned back the dark, the death that trampled down death, the Son who breaks the Serpent's back.</p>
Cataclysm! Eucatastrophe!
Sun/Wax/Clay

Sun/Wax/Clay
<p>Pastor Brian continues our verse-by-verse study through the Gospel of John, closing out Jesus' conversation with Nicodemus in John 3:16-21.</p>

What Was Given
<p>Pastor Brian continues our verse-by-verse study through John's Gospel with John 3:16-18, a section containing the most famous verse in the entire Bible.</p>
What Was Given

When the Son Was a Serpent
<p>Pastor Brian continues our sentence-by-sentence study through John's Gospel with part two of John 3:1-15. In this passage, Jesus shockingly compares himself to a snake, illuminating a curious text from Numbers 21 in the process and flinging open the door of our understanding of the cross.</p>
When the Son Was a Serpent
A Stiff & Narnian Breeze

A Stiff & Narnian Breeze
<p>Pastor Brian continues our verse-by-verse study through the Gospel According to John with John 3:1-15, a section we will be in for two weeks. This week, John gives us a theology of the New Birth as Jesus converses with Nicodemus the Pharisee.</p>
The Faith That isn't Faith

The Faith That isn't Faith
<p>Pastor Brian continues our verse-by-verse study through the Gospel according to John with John 2:23-25, where Jesus reveals his godlike knowledge of the human heart and the unsettling reality that there is a kind of faith that is not faith.</p>

Jesus, Enraged
<p>Pastor Brian continues our verse-by-verse study through the Gospel of John with John 2:12-22. In this section, we find out what it takes to make the God who is slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love really, really mad, and why that matters for us all.</p>