Burn the Lifeboats
11/10/24
Pastor Tyler Lemen
Acts 24:1-27:44
We see the truth of what Paul professes in the courtroom by watching what he does in the open seas.
Trusting the King
11/04/24
Pastor Tyler Lemen
Genesis 1:1-2; Psalm 121;
Matthew 14:22-23
Do we really believe that God reigns in complete power and authority and autonomous might? Or do we just say it because it sounds like something a Christian should say?
honest speech
10/27/24
Pastor Tyler Lemen
Acts 23:12-35
The mistake we make is thinking that we can somehow just manage our sin.
truth in love
10/20/24
Pastor Tyler Lemen
Acts 22:23-23:11
Maybe God has Paul in this spot to teach him something more, something deeper. Not about techniques or strategies, but rather something about himself.
Sneaky hatred
10/13/24
Pastor Tyler Lemen
Acts 21:17-22:22
Paul harbored a hatred that he had justified. Until an encounter with Jesus changed everything.
should I stay or should I go
10/06/24
Pastor Darcy Webster
Acts 21:1-16
How do we know that we are being faithful to God's plan, especially in the midst of opposition or warnings? This difficult question needs to be pondered. You need to meditate on it. And ultimately you need to answer it.
Last words
09/29/24
Pastor Tyler Lemen
Acts 20:13-38
May our lives testify to the good news of God's grace.
An Object Lesson
09/22/24
Pastor Tyler Lemen
Acts 20:1-12
Instead of asking, “Why didn’t God perform my miracle?” Maybe a better question to contemplate is this, “Why does God perform any miracles at all?”
Revival or riot
09/15/24
Pastor Darcy Webster
Acts 19:1-41
Like the people in Ephesus, we have a chose to make. Will you choose a life of repentance and faith or a life of stubbornness and fear? One leads to revival and the other, riot.
false Summits
09/08/24
Pastor Tyler Lemen
Acts 18:18-28
Being teachable means not settling for false summits, but rather, continuing to learn and grow.
staying or going
09/01/24
Pastor Tyler Lemen
Acts 18:1-7
Studies have estimated that we make 35,000 decisions in a day. How do you go about navigating all of those?
Isolating or engaging
08/26/24
Pastor Tyler Lemen
Acts 17:16-34
We abandon the world and then wonder why it is getting more godless. What if instead of isolating and insulating we instead engaged?
Stirred Up
08/18/24
Pastor Tyler Lemen
Acts 17:1-15
In what ways has the church fallen into the trappings of a mob mentality?
Called to be faithful
08/11/24
Pastor Darcy Webster
Acts 16:6-40
We are called to be faithful; we are called to be sensitive to the spirit's leading and we are called to share the Good News. And in that God will often use the unexpected to work all things together for the good.
Disagreements
08/04/24
Pastor Tyler Lemen
Acts 15:36-16:5
With every disagreement comes the opportunity to grow in empathy and self-awareness.
Anything Goes?
07/28/24
Pastor Tyler Lemen
Acts 15:1-35
The early church faced a crisis of identity. So they held a family meeting to discern the path forward together.
Nay Sayer or Yay Sayer?
07/21/24
Pastor Darcy Webster
Acts 14:1-28
There will always be nay sayers, but make sure the call of the Lord on your life, the importance of sharing the good news and the encouragement of likeminded people have a greater influence over your ministry than the opinions of the nay sayers.
In God’s Hands
07/14/24
Pastor Tyler Lemen
Acts 13:13-52
God is currently at work in ways that you can’t and wouldn’t even be able to comprehend.
Confrontation
07/07/24
Pastor Larry Girard
Acts 13:6-12
In an unhealthy world what does healthy confrontation look like?
sent
06/30/24
Pastor Tyler Lemen
Acts 12:25-13:5
God is in the habit of bringing us along in the work that he’s doing in this world.
Who is on the throne?
06/23/24
Pastor Tyler Lemen
Acts 12:19-24
Sin is not something to be managed. It is something to be confronted and dealt with and transformed.
At full stretch
06/16/24
Pastor Tyler Lemen
Acts 12:1-19
When the church gets serious about prayer walls crumble, shackles fall off, and previously shut doors fling wide open.
God uses ordinary people to do new things
06/09/24
Pastor Larry Girard
Acts 11:19-30
God is in the midst of doing a new thing. What is your place in it?
We are all his favorites
06/02/24
Pastor Darcy Webster
Acts 10:1-11:18
God uses His people to share His Good News! Both Cornelius and Peter were faithful and the Lord used them to fulfill His promise to His people, Jews and Gentiles
Being a miracle
05/26/24
Pastor Tyler Lemen
Acts 9:32-43
What if instead of being focused on receiving a miracle, we were more focused on being a miracle.
Sharing Who You Are
05/19/24
Pastor Tyler Lemen
Acts 9:19b-31
Paul started right where he was at with the people God had intentionally placed him in the midst of.
stopping the spiral
05/12/24
Pastor Tyler Lemen
Acts 9:1-19a
Jesus didn't rescue Saul out of the river of sin so that he could just sit on the shore and beat himself up for being caught in the current.
Evangelism and Enthusiasm
05/05/24
Pastor Darcy Webster
Acts 8:26-40
If we pay close enough attention we will soon find plenty of opportunities to enthusiastically share the good news.
Conformed or Transformed?
04/28/24
Pastor Tyler Lemen
Acts 8:5-25
Sometimes we hold tightly to the emptiness because it gives us the illusion of control. Until we are confronted with the fullness and power of Jesus.
Gracious Boldness
04/21/24
Pastor Tyler Lemen
Acts 6:8-8:4
The Holy Spirit will fill us with the attitude and mind of Jesus as we face frustrating people, situations, and conversations.
neglected Communities
04/14/24
Pastor Tyler Lemen
Acts 6:1-7
Exponential ownership will lead to exponential growth.
New Life
03/31/24
Pastor Tyler Lemen
Acts 5:17-24
Will you grab a hold of it for the first time? It’s there for you. Will you go and tell? The amount to which you experience it will be the amount in which you tell.
Nothing but the blood
03/29/24
Pastor Darcy Webster
Blood is vital for each one of us. Not only is it vital for our physical health, but it is crucial for our spiritual life as well!
a Full Commitment
03/24/24
Pastor Tyler Lemen
Acts 5:12-16
When fully submitting to Jesus’ lordship over your life, you give up a lot…but you gain everything!
a Generous community
03/17/24
Pastor Tyler Lemen
Acts 4:32-5:11
What are some things we can be generous with?
a Courageous prayer
03/10/24
Pastor Tyler Lemen
Acts 4:23-31
Through their prayer we see a pattern for our own.
being with Jesus
03/04/24
Pastor Tyler Lemen
Acts 4:1-22
What does your facial expression say about Jesus?
Waiting on a miracle
02/18/24
Pastor Darcy Webster
Acts 3:1-26
Are you waiting expectantly for God to do a miracle in your life?
A Devoted Life
02/11/24
Pastor Tyler Lemen
Acts 2:40-47
As the early church grew, they devoted themselves to keeping the main thing the main thing.
What does this Mean?
02/04/24
Pastor Tyler Lemen
Acts 2:14-41
A crowd begins by asking, “What does this mean?” And by the end, the question turns to, “What shall we do?”
Outworking evidence
01/28/24
Pastor Tyler Lemen
Acts 2:1-13
The outworking evidence of God’s inward presence takes many shapes over our lives. But it’s all meant to do the same thing, point to who God is and what he can do with a life submitted to him.
apostles and Disciples
01/21/24
Pastor Darcy Webster
Acts 1:15-26
We are being SENT- with authority given to us by Jesus through his Spirit!
In all we do, in all we say, wherever we are, and whoever we are with, we must realize and embrace the fact that we are on MISSION!
Waiting Well
01/14/24
Pastor Tyler Lemen
Acts 1:4-14
Jesus doesn’t just want us to wait, he wants us to wait well.
from knowledge to understanding
01/07/24
Pastor Tyler Lemen
Acts 1:1-3 and Luke 24
Experience takes knowledge and turns it into understanding.