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Y(our) Spiritual Biography
Kyle Kauffman
Although every single Christian has a unique and individual story to their life, we also have an identical and collective story to our lives. The details of how we came to faith in Christ may be different, but the true story that lies behind every one of our conversions is the exact same. As we understand our collective story, we better understand who we were, what God did to save us, and who we are called to be now. We find that God’s grace is the power that saved each of us and it is the engine that now drives our lives forward. As we understand our collective story it also helps us to see each other in the church in the right way. We are led to look at each other and see a miracle of God’s grace rather than looking at each other and seeing all the flaws and imperfections. And we are led to see those outside the church as those who are in need of God’s grace, just as we are.
Ephesians 2:1-10
A Passion for Generosity
Kyle Kauffman
God is an incredibly generous God. He owes us nothing and yet he gives us life, and breath, and all that we have. All that we truly deserve is judgment for our sin, yet God regularly displays his grace in how he generously provides for us. We glorify God not only by acknowledging His generosity, but also in being generous with all that he’s given us. We want to be a people who joyfully worship God by giving freely to meet the needs of others and see the gospel advance. We want to be a people who give generously so that in our generosity people might come to know the generous God who is behind all we have.
Psalm 112
Hope for Fallen & Failing Followers of Jesus
Joel Wood
It’s all too easy for us to live discouraged in the present because we are haunted by the guilt and condemnation of our sinfulness. We are all too aware of all the ways that we have let God down and failed to obey him or of how we have wronged others. And Satan is all too happy to accuse us and play the record of wrongs over and over in our heads. We respond by beating ourselves up, trying to do better, and feeling discouraged when our best efforts don’t seem to be enough. We have a sneaking suspicion that God is forever disappointed by us at best and angry at us at worst. We desperately need a solution for the condemnation that we rightfully deserve and often live under.
Zechariah 3:1-10
Hope in Odd Places
Kyle Kauffman
We long for second chances. We all know the feeling of having blown it… whether in the immediate past or distant past. How can we get back on track after our failures? Where do we find hope in the face of screwing up yet again? Can I really get another chance at life after I’ve really messed up? Zechariah is written to a people desperately in need of a restart and a second chance. And his initial charge to them is to repent and seek God’s favor. This is the soil that hope grows in when we are discouraged with our own failures. It’s also the soil that the Christian life grows and thrives from.
Zechariah 1:1-6
Pause to Rejoice
Kyle Kauffman
Rest is intricately connected to the gospel. God sets his people free from slavery so that they can rest. Jesus invites his people to come to him so that they can find rest. The future we are promised in Christ is a future of eternal rest. Our failure to rest well is in many ways a failure to believe the gospel. When we don’t believe the gospel we look to other false gods to save us. But these gods just end up enslaving us and robbing us of rest. But when we believe in the gospel we are free to rest today because God has finished the work to save us in Christ. And we are free to rest today because God’s promises to us are secured in Christ. We rest well when we believe the gospel and rejoice in all that God has done and promises to do for us.
Deuteronomy 5:12-15; Matthew 11:25-30; Luke 10:17-20; Hebrew 4:1-11
Live Out the Love of God
Joel Wood
Jesus has shown us what God is really like. Jesus as also shown us what love is really like. If we want to know God, we look to Jesus. If we want to know love, we look to Jesus. We live in a time where God is love has been turned into love is God. We assume that we are able to discover love on our own and then our view of love should be universally acceptable. The Christian worldview instead says we look to God to discover what love looks like and to find the love we truly long for. And then we reflect him by demonstrating that same love in our relationships with others. As we see how unlovely we are and yet how great God’s love is for us, we find power to love when loving each other is difficult.
1 John 4:7-12
The Joy of Assurance
Kyle Kauffman
So many of us live with a constant low-level sense of condemnation. We are painfully aware of our sinfulness. We are painfully aware of all the ways that we have failed God or other people. We are painfully aware of the fact that we don’t measure up in some area where we feel like we should measure up. Whether it’s because of what other people have said to us, what Satan has whispered into our ears, or just simply what we tell ourselves over and over again, we live feeling condemned and defeated. The gospel should be the end of all condemnation in our lives. It should crush every voice that leaves us feeling condemned. And the gospel as a result frees us to live a live that is really pleasing to God.
1 John 3:19-24
Hide and Seek
Kyle Kauffman
We find joy in knowing that we are loved despite our sin. We find support in others who can pray for us and encourage us. We feel less alone in our struggles with sin. We get a fresh taste of God’s grace and forgiveness. And we become transformed into compassionate and gracious people to others around us.
1 John 1:5-10