Heroes Archives - Refuge.Church https://refuge.church/tag/heroes/ Open and Affirming Wed, 10 Sep 2025 18:20:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://refuge.church/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/title-image.png Heroes Archives - Refuge.Church https://refuge.church/tag/heroes/ 32 32 244110223 Heroes // Shiphrah & Puah https://refuge.church/2025/09/10/shiphrah-and-puah/ Wed, 10 Sep 2025 18:20:16 +0000 https://refuge.church/?p=12907 Two midwives, and their defiance that changed history, The story of Shiphrah and Pugh in Exodus 1 is one of the most powerful acts of resistance in the Bible. It begins with fear. Pharaoh feared the growing strength of the Hebrew people. Fear turning into oppression. Laws were written. Families enslaved. Lives were being crushed. […]

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]]> 12907 Heroes // Two Tamars. One Gospel. https://refuge.church/2025/09/10/heroes-two-tamars-one-gospel/ Wed, 10 Sep 2025 14:31:25 +0000 https://refuge.church/?p=12898 Two stories. Two Tamars. One gospel. Most people don’t even realize there are two Tamars in the Bible. One in Genesis. One in 2 Samuel. Their stories are wildly different, yet both reveal something powerful about God’s justice and mercy. Pastor Nicole believes scripture isn’t polished or sanitized. It’s raw, messy, and sometimes painful. And […]

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]]> 12898 Heroes // Phoebe https://refuge.church/2025/09/03/heroes-phoebe-the-deacon/ Wed, 03 Sep 2025 20:56:19 +0000 https://refuge.church/?p=12894 She’s rarely in the spotlight.You may never have heard her name.Yet she was essential. This is Phoebe the deacon. Paul didn’t just call her a helper. He used the same word he used for his closest leaders. She carried letters, led with courage, and modeled faithful service. This sermon brings Phoebe the deacon out of the margins. It […]

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]]> 12894 Heroes // Baptisms https://refuge.church/2025/09/02/heroes-baptism-as-protest/ Tue, 02 Sep 2025 20:54:17 +0000 https://refuge.church/?p=12905 Let’s be honest… when you hear the word “baptism,” you probably think of white robes or tearful testimonies. You probably don’t think of baptism as protest. But the truth is; baptisms were never meant to be about performance or perfect. In this sermon, Pastor Nicole flips the script and dives deep (pun intended) into the […]

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]]> 12905 Heroes // The Invisible Women https://refuge.church/2025/09/02/heroes-invisible-women-of-the-bible/ Tue, 02 Sep 2025 19:33:34 +0000 https://refuge.church/?p=12864 What if the greatest stories in the Bible weren’t just about the men we always hear about… but ALSO the invisible women in scripture? These are the women who cooked the meals, nurtured he prophets, raised the leaders, and set their names were never recorded. In this powerful kick off to our series Heroes: The […]

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