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Kyle Kauffman 5/18/25 Kyle Kauffman 5/18/25

Sent

Kyle Kauffman

God intends for all Christians to live with a sense of being sent into the world with the gospel. But God also calls the church to send out those who he specifically calls to go across geographic and cultural boundaries with the gospel. In Acts 13 we get a window into the first missionary journey of Paul and Barnabas. We discover that God’s plan to reach the world with the gospel involves using missionaries to advance the gospel in places where it has not been heard before. In this chapter we see not only what is involved in this missionary endeavor, but also what it looks like for us to live with an awareness of being sent by God in our own individual lives.

Acts 13

Kyle Kauffman 5/11/25 Kyle Kauffman 5/11/25

Hope for the Hopeless

Kyle Kauffman

There are areas in our lives or the lives of others that may look or feel hopeless to us on the surface. We may struggle to believe that change is really possible or that things will ever get better. In Acts 12 we read of a time when things may have looked and felt hopeless to the early Christians in Jerusalem. We find God intervening in a powerful and amazing way to bring change. This story can help us in whatever areas we may struggle with hopelessness today by helping us to see that God hears and answers the prayers of his people. And it can help us to see that even when things may feel hopeless to us, God is still good and he can still be trusted.

Acts 12

Kyle Kauffman 5/4/25 Kyle Kauffman 5/4/25

A Church That Changes the World

Kyle Kauffman

God’s mission of making disciples is global. We can see this in the book of Acts. The gospel is spreading all across the known world throughout this book. And sometimes we can become so focused on the Big Names in the book of Acts that we forget God’s mission in Acts involved far more people than Peter, Paul, and Philip. Because God’s mission is so BIG, it’s easy for us to lose or forget what role the local church (and every member in the church) plays in this mission. In Acts 11:19-30 we get a good glimpse into how God intends to use the local church (and every member of the church) as part of the plan to make disciples. As we discover how God used the local church in Antioch to make a big difference, we might be encouraged to hope that God will use the local church in Paradise to make a big difference as well.

Acts 11:19-30; 13:1-3

Keith Rohrer 4/27/25 Keith Rohrer 4/27/25

One Big Obstacle to God Using You

Keith Rohrer

Jesus is not just for one group of people, one type of people, or one country of people. Jesus is the offered Savior for ALL people. In order to save all kinds of people from everywhere and anywhere, God uses people just like us. Regular people. But regular people all have flaws, some of which can be obstacles to God using us for this great work. If He first needs to do some Holy Spirit surgery in us, will it be welcomed, or refused? How we answer that question may depend on our answer to this one: How important is God’s mission? And maybe also to this one: How important is it that God use me for His mission?

Acts 10:1-11:18

Kyle Kauffman 4/20/25 Kyle Kauffman 4/20/25

Jesus Unfiltered

Kyle Kauffman

It’s easy to end up with a watered down, domesticated, tame version of Jesus. Whether that is because of our own assumptions about Jesus, all the different things we have heard about him, or the ways we have simply grown accustomed to Jesus over the years. Jesus can quickly just become a background part of our lives. But the actual Jesus, who rose from the dead and is alive today is anything but tame or domesticated. In Acts 9:1-40, we see several glimpses of who Jesus is and what he does in our lives today. And we find that just as Paul’s life was turned upside down by truly coming to know who Jesus is, so too our lives can be transformed by a true understanding of who Jesus is.

Acts 9:1-40

Kyle Kauffman 4/13/25 Kyle Kauffman 4/13/25

Scattered to Gather

Kyle Kauffman

It’s easier for us to speak about the advancement of the gospel then to actually steps in advancing the gospel. We can all too easily seek comfort in the truth that God will advance the gospel in this world without being challenged by the truth that God wants you to be a part of advancing the gospel in this world. God sends disciples to go out with the message of the gospel and be a part of the spread of the gospel. In Acts 8 we see God using Philip to advance the gospel to the Samaritans and an Ethiopian. As we look together at the story of this early disciple and how God used him to spread the gospel we should be challenged to ask whether our own lives are also being lived in seeking to spread the gospel in our world today.

Acts 8:4-32

Kyle Kauffman 4/6/25 Kyle Kauffman 4/6/25

The Cost of Discipleship

Kyle Kauffman

The history of the church is bloody because the history of the church is full of suffering and persecution. While many people identify Stephen as the first martyr, in many ways he simply displays what was often true throughout the Old Testament: God’s people will be persecuted even to the point of death. Jesus told his disciples to expect that people would treat them the same way they treated him. We should never forget that being a disciple of Jesus throughout history has often meant that you will face persecution. And while the story of Stephen should sober us who live in the West and know very little of this persecution, it should also fill us with hope and fortify us for the day when we may face more severe persecution for our faith. Because in the story of Stephen we find that God rules over the suffering of his saints, uses it to advance the gospel, and reveals the prize that no persecution can ever destroy.

Acts 6:8-8:4

Kyle Kauffman 3/30/25 Kyle Kauffman 3/30/25

The Fear Factor

Kyle Kauffman

Who we fear will shape how we live, what we say and don’t say, and ultimately who we seek to serve and please. The Bible consistently warns against the fear of man in our lives and calls us instead to fear God. We know that fear of many can lead to all sorts of problems in our lives, but sometimes it can feel impossible to fear God instead of man. Fear of man is one of the greatest things that can get in the way of obeying God as we seek to be a part of his mission and make disciples. And on the flip side, fear of God can be one of the greatest sources of help and strength in obeying god. 5:1-42 gives a very powerful picture into the danger of fearing man and the freedom of fearing God. And along the way it gives us reasons why we should place our fear in God and not in man.

Acts 5:1-42

Joel Wood 3/23/25 Joel Wood 3/23/25

Be Bold!

Joel Wood

We all have a desire to be bold and proclaim our faith in Jesus without fear or reservation. And yet we also all likely struggle with fear and can lack boldness many times in our lives. One of the reasons we struggle with fear is because we know that people will reject, resist, or even oppose the gospel as it is preached. This rejection, resistance, and opposition is often aimed at the lives of the disciples who proclaim Jesus and what he’s done. But it is the same Jesus who is opposed by many who is able to fill his disciples with boldness. We get a glimpse into this in Acts 4:1-31 as the disciples face opposition for the first time. We can see not only the boldness they demonstrated but we can also see what might enable us to live with a similar type of boldness today.

Acts 4:1-31

Kyle Kauffman 3/16/25 Kyle Kauffman 3/16/25

The Wonder Working Jesus

Kyle Kauffman

We know that Jesus performed miracles when he was here on this earth, but does he still perform miracles today? In the book of Acts we find Jesus performing miracles through his disciples, but should we expect him to do the same thing today? While we may not see or experience the same miracles we see in the book of Acts, we believe Jesus is still at work in this world working wonders in and through his disciples. God continues to supply and use faith in Jesus Christ to accomplish great things through Jesus’ disciples. And it’s not ultimately the faith or the wonders that are meant to occupy our attention, but rather the One who is behind all the wonders, the one who our faith rests in, that should occupy our attention and worship. It’s through faith in Jesus that we not only experience wonders in this world, but also eagerly anticipate a wonderful future no matter what may happen in this world.

Acts 3:1-26