In this episode of The Leader’s Notebook, I continue our series, Also Featured in the Cast, with a look at the Apostle Paul—not as the star of the story, but through the lives of three people who shaped his journey: Ananias, Barnabas, and Stephen. Each of these men was “also mentioned in the cast,” yet each played an indispensable role in God’s plan.

Ananias obeyed a terrifying call to reach out to a persecutor. Barnabas became the encourager who restored others when no one else would. And Stephen’s Christlike suffering sowed the seeds of Paul’s conversion.

Their stories remind us that God often works through ordinary people in unseen moments—and that our obedience, compassion, and faithfulness may change lives in ways we’ll never fully know.

– Dr. Mark Rutland

Chapters

• (00:00:03 ) - The Leaders Notebook
• (00:00:25 ) - The Unfamiliar Margaret Hamilton
• (00:02:18 ) - Acts 4, The Son of Exclamation
• (00:06:30 ) - Three Disciples of Paul the Apostle
• (00:13:24 ) - The crazy old Welshman from Port St. Joe
• (00:16:51 ) - Barnabas and Saul of Tarsus
• (00:22:30 ) - The Life of Barnabas
• (00:26:46 ) - Paul the Apostle and Saul of Tarsus
• (00:32:54 ) - Suffering in the Gospel
• (00:37:59 ) - The Leader's Notebook