RUF at Boston University Podcast

Date: 4/14/26 Scripture: Song of Solomon 8:6-7, Ephesians 5:15, 21-33We have reached the end of our series on relationships! Thank you for keeping up with our podcast. In this last episode, our pastor Nathan talks about the wonderful blessing that is marriage and how Christians can love each other in marriage like how Christ loves the church. That's a wrap for this semester, and we'll be back in the fall with more!Thanks for listening! If you are a student at Boston University or another college in the Boston area, we would love to welcome you at any of our events. Check out rufbu.com or follow us on instagram @rufbu to learn more.

Date: 4/7/26 Scripture: Genesis 1:26-28, Matthew 5: 27-30, 1 Corinthians 6:9-11In this episode, pastor Nathan talks about a biblical view of sex and sexuality. Sex is a wonderful thing created by God, but our sinfulness has corrupted it and we now need God's grace to recover its original beauty. Listen in to find out how!Thanks for listening! If you are a student at Boston University or another college in the Boston area, we would love to welcome you at any of our events. Check out rufbu.com or follow us on instagram @rufbu to learn more.

Date: 3/31/26 Scripture: John 15:4-5, 1 Thessalonians 4:3-5, Proverbs 19:21This week, our campus staff Serena talks about what a healthy dating relationship looks like and how to keep a biblical marriage in mind as the end goal.Thanks for listening! If you are a student at Boston University or another college in the Boston area, we would love to welcome you at any of our events. Check out rufbu.com or follow us on instagram @rufbu to learn more.

Date: 3/24/26 Scripture: 1 Corinthians 7:25-29, Proverbs 18:22, Song of Solomon 8:4Our pastor Nathan is back to begin another mini-series! For the next few weeks, we will be talking about dating, and in this episode, Nathan gives an overview of what dating is and how it can be done in a biblical way.Thanks for listening! If you are a student at Boston University or another college in the Boston area, check out rufbu.com or follow us on instagram @rufbu to learn more.

Date: 3/17/26 Scripture: Matthew 7:24-27, Titus 2:11-14, Proverbs 27:17We are back from spring break! To close our mini-series on friendships, our intern Mitch teaches about how we can have Christ as the foundation of friendships and what the fruit that these Christ-centered friendships can bear.Thanks for listening! If you are a college student in the Boston area, check out rufbu.com or follow us on instagram @rufbu to learn more.

Date: 3/3/26 Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:12-26This week, we have a special guest speaker! Matt Warren is a licensed mental health counselor who brings a biblical worldview to a clinical setting and has years of experience helping patients be healed by God's love.(Last week's gathering was canceled due to snow. The third and final message on friendship will be given in two weeks, after our spring break.)Thanks for listening! If you are a college student in the Boston area, check out rufbu.com or follow us on instagram @rufbu to learn more.

Date: 2/17/26 Scripture: Proverbs 19:11, Matthew 5:9, 7:1-5, and 18:15-22 We all know that conflict is hard in relationships. This week, our Campus Staff Serena teaches about managing conflict in friendships and learning how to love each other like Jesus.Book Recommendations: Ken Sande - The Peacemaker, Paul David Tripp and Timothy Lane - Relationships. Much of the content in this episode's talk comes from these books.Thanks for listening! If you are a college student in the Boston area, check out rufbu.com or follow us on instagram @rufbu to learn more.

Date: 2/10/26. Scripture: Ecclesiastes 4:9-12, John 15:12-17, Proverbs 18:24This is the first in a three-part series on biblical friendships! In the first week, Pastor Nathan talks about what friendship is and what its purpose is in the lives of Christians.Thanks for listening! If you are a college student in the Boston area, check out rufbu.com or follow us on instagram @rufbu to learn more.

Date: 2/3/26. Scripture: Proverbs 23:22-25, Matthew 10:32-39, Ephesians 6:1-4Welcome back again! This week, Nathan teaches about the good, the difficult, and the potential for redemption in our relationships with our parents.Thanks for listening! If you are a college student in the Boston area, check out rufbu.com or follow us on instagram @rufbu to learn more.

Date: 1/27/26. Scripture: Psalm 8, Proverbs 7:1After the long winter break, we are BACK with more bible teaching and learning! This semester, our theme is relationships and we will be talking about how the bible teaches us to relate to one another. In this episode, Pastor Nathan kicks off our series with a lesson on relating to God. Don't miss it!Thanks for listening! If you are a college student in the Boston area, check out rufbu.com or follow us on instagram @rufbu to learn more.

We have finished our series on the book of Philippians! For our last lesson of the semester, our intern Mitch revisits Philippians chapter 2:5-11 and talks about how God has given us the ultimate Christmas gift in Jesus. The semester at BU is now ending, and we will be back in January with more bible teaching. Merry Christmas!Thanks for listening! If you are a college student in the Boston area, check out rufbu.com or follow us on instagram @rufbu to learn more.

This is our last lesson on the book of Philippians! Pastor Nathan closes out our series with a discussion about our needs and how God provides for us. Next week, we will have a Christmas-themed lesson as well! Stay tuned.Thanks for listening! If you are a college student in the Boston area, check out rufbu.com or follow us on instagram @rufbu to learn more.

We have a guest speaker this week! Dr. Erik Lundeen, a professor at Christ Our Redeemer Seminary in Auburn, Alabama is teaching about Christian community.Thanks for listening! If you are a college student in the Boston area, check out rufbu.com or follow us on instagram @rufbu to learn more.

We each have goals, desires, and priorities in life. Sometimes it can be hard to balance them, and often it can be hard to see how Christianity fits into the mix. In this week's message, our Campus Staff Serena teaches on the importance of following Jesus.Thanks for listening! If you are a college student in the Boston area, check out rufbu.com or follow us on instagram @rufbu to learn more.

What does the gospel mean to you? Nathan's message this week is about how the gospel changes the way we view our lives - our lives might look accomplished and be full of "outwards signs" of goodness, but the gospel exchanges all of that for something much better.Thanks for listening! If you are a college student in the Boston area, check out rufbu.com or follow us on instagram @rufbu to learn more.

Welcome back to the Podcast! This week's message from Pastor Nathan is about Timothy and Epaphroditus, Paul's companions in his missionary journeys in Greece.Thanks for listening! If you are a college student in the Boston area, check out rufbu.com or follow us on instagram @rufbu to learn more.

This week, our campus staff Serena teaches about how God works in us! Learn all about what it means for God to be active in our lives, and how his presence changes us.Thanks for listening! If you are a college student in the Boston area, check out rufbu.com or follow us on instagram @rufbu to learn more.

This week's passage from the book of Philippians talks about humility and how Christ humbled himself to save us.Thanks for listening! If you are a college student in the Boston area, check out rufbu.com or follow us on instagram @rufbu to learn more.

Where do you find your sense of security? This week, Pastor Nathan talks about the security and safety that we can find in the gospel.Thanks for listening! If you are a college student in the Boston area, check out rufbu.com or follow us on instagram @rufbu to learn more.

As a culture, how do we think about the idea of death? In this week's talk, Pastor Nathan teaches about how Christians can view mortality and eternity in response to the good news of Christ's death and resurrection.Thanks for listening! If you are a college student in the Boston area, check out rufbu.com or follow us on instagram @rufbu to learn more.

This week, Pastor Nathan continues through the book of Philippians and teaches about how we can rely on God and how message of the Gospel is a transformative force in our lives.Thanks for listening! If you are a college student in the Boston area, check out rufbu.com or follow us on instagram @rufbu to learn more.

The semester is in full swing! In our second sermon in this series, Pastor Nathan preaches from the book of Philippians on the topic of love, and specifically Christ's love for us.Thanks for listening! If you are a college student in the Boston area, check out rufbu.com or follow us on instagram @rufbu to learn more.

Welcome back everyone! We have started a new semester at BU at we're back with a sermon series from the book of Philippians. This week, Pastor Nathan talks about what the Gospel is and how Paul presented it to the church in Philippi.Thanks for listening! If you are a college student in the Boston area, check out rufbu.com or follow us on instagram @rufbu to learn more.

We have now reached the end of our sermon series on the Apostles' Creed! Thank you for following along as we have taught about this ancient summary of Christianity and how we can apply it to our lives today. In this last episode, pastor Nathan talks about heaven and the promise of eternal life with Christ given to all Christians.Thanks for listening! We will be back this fall with more biblical teaching. If you are a college student in the Boston area, check out rufbu.com or follow us on instagram @rufbu to learn more.

We are nearing the end of the semester! In this week's talk, Nathan teaches about the great gift that we are offered by God: Forgiveness for our sins.Thanks for listening! If you are a college student in the Boston area, check out rufbu.com or follow us on instagram @rufbu to learn more.

This week, Pastor Nathan talks about the presence and purpose of the church, and the reality of the invisible church in this world, which is the community that all Christians share. Church is much more than just a building!Thanks for listening! If you are a college student in the Boston area, check out rufbu.com or follow us on instagram @rufbu to learn more.

In this week's talk, Nathan teaches about the Holy Spirit and how it is present throughout scripture, what it does, and why it is important.Thanks for listening! If you are a college student in the Boston area, check out rufbu.com or follow us on instagram @rufbu to learn more.

We are back from spring break! In this episode, pastor Nathan discusses one the of the most difficult lines of the Apostles' Creed: Jesus's coming return and the future judgment of mankind. Thanks for listening! If you are a college student in the Boston area, check out rufbu.com or follow us on instagram @rufbu to learn more.

This week we come to the most important part of the story of Christianity: Christ's resurrection. Pastor Nathan preaches on how we can know this really happened, and why it is so important.Thanks for listening! If you are a college student in the Boston area, check out rufbu.com or follow us on instagram @rufbu to learn more.

This week, our campus pastor Nathan Dicks is back, and he is teaching on the crucifixion , death, and burial of Jesus Christ.Thanks for listening! If you are a college student in the Boston area, check out rufbu.com or follow us on instagram @rufbu to learn more.

What does it mean that God became man, and why is this truth at the foundation of our Christian hope? This week, our Campus Staff Serena Bergfors teaches about Jesus' conception and birth of the Virgin Mary.Thanks for listening! If you are a college student in the Boston area, check out rufbu.com or follow us on instagram @rufbu to learn more.

As we continue through our semester's series on this Apostles' Creed, this week pastor Nathan talks about Jesus, the Son of God.Thanks for listening! For more info, check out rufbu.com or follow us on instagram @rufbu.

This week's sermon continues through the Apostles' creed, and Pastor Nathan talks about the attributes of God: His might and power, and the fact that he is our father.Thanks for listening! For more info, check out rufbu.com or follow us on instagram @rufbu.

Welcome back to a new year with RUF at BU! This semester, our large group sermon series will walk through the Apostles' Creed. Tonight, our campus minister Nathan preaches on what it means to believe and how Christ can help our unbelief.Thanks for listening! For more info, check out rufbu.com or follow us on instagram @rufbu.

In the last week of this series, pastor Nathan preaches on Jesus' resurrection, its truth and historicity, and what this good news means for us today. Thanks for following along with our series! We'll be back in the spring with more.

Pastor Nathan discusses Jesus' death and what this means for Christians. To hear more, visit rufbu.com

Pastor Nathan discusses our relationship to God the Father as children, and how we can live as children of God by faith. Thanks for tuning in! To find out more about us, visit rufbu.com or find us on social media.

This week, we talk about our will, Jesus' will, and the costs of following him. Thanks for listening, and don't forget to follow/subscribe to us! For more info, check out rufbu.com or find us on social media.

Pastor Nathan Dicks talks about how Jesus healed a blind man and how he continues to heal us and give us clear spiritual sight. Thanks for listening! To learn more, check out rufbu.com

Serena Bergfors, RUF campus staff at BU, talks about the law and our relationship with God. God wants more than just our heads and hands to be in service of him; he wants our hearts to be aligned with his. Thanks for listening in! To hear more, check out rufbu.com.

We talk about Jesus's miracle of the feeding of the five thousand and how we can rely on God in all things. Thanks for tuning in! To learn more, check out rufbu.com

This week we discuss the stories of the healing of Jairus's daughter and the sick woman, and how we can regard Jesus with faith. Thanks for listening! To learn more about RUF at BU, check out our website: rufbu.com

This week, we talk about the parable of the sower and how we can respond to the good news that Jesus brings us. Thanks for listening! To learn more, check out rufbu.com.

This week, we discuss Jesus's nature, his divinity, and his relationship with God the Father. Thanks for listening! For more info, check out rufbu.com

We continue our series in the gospel of Mark with one of Jesus's miracles. Thanks for listening! For more info, visit rufbu.com

We begin our series on the gospel of Mark with an introduction to the gospel and the life of Jesus Christ. Thanks for listening! For more info, go to rufbu.com.

We wrap up our series on the Church with a talk on God's call on his people to be witnesses of/to himself and his work. Thanks for following! More info on our ministry can be found at www.rufbu.com.

How should the Church interact with the world? In this talk, Nathan explores how the concept of living as Kingdom Exiles helps us think through what it looks like to live as the Church in our age. Thanks for listening! For more info, checkout rufbu.com.

Jesus came not to call the righteous, but sinners. This has massive implications for the Church and how we see ourselves in it. Thanks for listening!

We explore the meaning of the Church as God's family, with God as our father and Jesus, the brother who paid the price for our adoption. Thanks for listening!