ARCC Sermons

Study Questions:

1. What things stuck out to you from this text? Is there anything in this text that challenges you?

2. Why do you think there have been so many different meanings of baptism across denominations throughout church history?

3. If you have been baptized as a believer and remember it, how would you describe your experience?

4. If not, what has prevented you and would you desire to be baptized?

Additional Scripture References:

Romans 6:3-10; Matthew 28:19; John 6:44; John 6:37; Acts 2:41; Acts 10:47; Acts 18:8; John 3:5; John 3:3-6; Romans 9:6; Psalm 119:104-105; Acts 8:29

Study Questions:

1. What things stuck out to you from this text? Is there anything in this text that challenges you?

2. Share of times when you felt the Holy Spirit calling you to do something. What can you point to that makes you know it was the Spirit in you?

3. What does it look like to love America from a biblical worldview?

4. What does it look like to be in relationship with Jesus? (Recommendation: Read any 10 chapters of the Psalms in succession and discuss what it looked like for David.)

Additional Scripture References:

1 Peter 2:1-3; Romans 8:29

Study Questions:

1. What things stuck out to you from this text? Is there anything in this text that challenges you?

2. Knowing yourself, what are some practical glimpses of you walking and being filled with the Spirit? What are glimpses of you not walking and being filled with the Spirit?

3. How can “community” and “discipleship” foster life lived in step with the Holy Spirit?

4. What does John the Baptist mean by “bear fruit in keeping with repentance”? (Matthew 3:8)

Additional Scripture References:

1 John 2:18; Matthew 3:8; Romans 8:9; Ephesians 4:4-6; Romans 5:18; Luke 11:11-13; 2 Corinthians 1:21-22; Ephesians 1:13; Romans 8:16; Ephesians 5:18; Galatians 5:25

Study Questions:

1. What things stuck out to you from this text? Is there anything in this text that challenges you?

2. “God is always doing 10,000 things in your life, and you may be aware of three of them.” What does this quote by John Piper make you think of with respect to your own life?

3. Can you think of a time in your life where your suffering or loss meant the possibility of joy for another?

4. What does Simon’s experience teach us about the theology of baptism?

5. Read and meditate on Matthew 13:1-9. What does the parable of the sower teach us about salvation?

Additional Scripture References:

1 Corinthians 1:26; Matthew 13:1-9; Hebrews 6:4-8; Revelation 2:7,11,17, 26; 3:5, 12, 21; 21:7; Romans 8:9; Ephesians 4:4-6; Luke 11:11-13

Study Questions:

1. What things stuck out to you from this text? Is there anything in this text that challenges you?

2. If the Holy Spirit is the distinguishing mark of a true Christian then what are the implications for us individually? Does that change the way we view the “Church”?

3. In what ways is God calling you to “witness” to your family, your neighbor, your city, your nation, your world? With this in mind, what fruits of the Siprit (Galatians 5:22-24) seem glaringly missing from your life? This is probably a great place to start with regards to New Year’s resolutions.

Additional Scripture References:

Matthew 24:14

Study Questions:

1. What things stuck out to you from this text? Is there anything in this text that challenges you?

2. Who, in your life, are you looking at that you see as godly? What makes them that way?

Study Questions:

1. What things stuck out to you from this text? Is there anything in this text that challenges you?

2. What false truths do you tend to fall for in daily life? Why do you think that is?

3. How does/would community help fight the lies of satan in our lives? How do we accomplish this kind of community?

Study Questions

1. What things stuck out to you from this text? Is there anything in this text that challenges you?

2. Why is John 3:16 so popular?

3. How do we understand John 3:16 in light of verses 17 through 21?

Additional Scripture References:

Psalm 90:1-2; Nehemiah 9:6; Revelation 7:11-12; 1 Peter 2:9; Psalm 115:3; Psalm 90:8; 139:1-4; 15-16; 33:13-15; Hebrews 4:13; Ephesians 1:3-4; 2:4-5; 5:25; Matthew 5:43-45; Deut. 10:14-15; Romans 5:7-8

Study Questions:

1. What things stuck out to you from this text? Is there anything in this text that challenges you?

2. Why is busyness exalted so highly in our culture? What are the affects (good or bad) of this kind of paradigm?

3. In what area(s) of your life do you have the most difficulty allowing Jesus to be your Savior?

4. What are some practical ways that our Missional Communities can foster a culture of “rest” in us individually?

Additional Scripture References:

John 11:19-23; John 11:2; Matthew 8:24

Study Questions:

1. What things stuck out to you from this text? Is there anything in this text that challenges you?

2. How would you describe the opposite of forgiveness? What does your un-forgiveness tend to look like?

3. What are some cultural norms that make it difficult to live a life characterized by forgiveness?

4. How does doing life in community help with the process of forgiveness?

Additional Scripture References:

Ephesians 4:32; Colossians 3:13; Matthew 6:14; Philippians 3:7-8; Mark 10:29-31; Ephesians 6:12