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LIFE vineyard church

The weekly teaching from LIFE vineyard church in Columbus Ohio.

The kickoff sermon for our phrase of the year.

We apologize for the technical error with this recording. Only 2/3 of this sermon was able to be captured.

Baptism Sunday

We hear from Bethany Gleeson how all worship is valid worship in the kingdom of God

We explore how how the kingdom of God appears upside down in the greatest way possible.

We explore how how the kingdom of God appears upside down in the greatest way possible.

We explore how how the kingdom of God appears upside down in the greatest way possible.

We explore how how the kingdom of God appears upside down in the greatest way possible.

We explore how how the kingdom of God appears upside down in the greatest way possible.

We revisit our phrase for the year

We explore how you can find God's Truth in everyday music

We explore how you can find God's Truth in everyday music

We explore how we can find God's Truth in everyday music

We explore how we can find God's Truth in everyday music

We explore how the Holy Spirit is our Source through the lives of members of our congregation.

We Conclude our series on Holy Discontent

Word and spirit united

The already and the not yet

Pentecost Sunday! Tangible, Repeatable Pentecost.

What does more of the holy spirit really mean?

Making room for 'the other' in local church

The stranger is a blessing

The Stranger is our neighbor

God gives hope to the Estranged.

We are all strangers

We explore why the resurrection is the most pivotal point of our faith as followers of Christ.

We explore why the resurrection is the most pivotal point of our faith as followers of Christ.

We explore why the resurrection is the most pivotal point of our faith as followers of Christ.

We explore why the resurrection is the most pivotal point of our faith as followers of Christ.

We explore why the resurrection was important and necessary

We hear the baptism testimony of three individuals from our church

We explore the peace Christ offers through faithful evangelism

We explore Christ and the early church's example in evangelism

We explore Christ's model of healing through prayer

We explore Christ's example of healing and listening

We explore Christ example of hospitality

We explore Christ's example of hospitality

Invitation to evangelism

We dive into Life Church's Vision for the year and explore what it means to be a church that draws and depends on God's Life Giving water.

We dive into Life Church's Vision for the year and explore what it means to be a church that draws and depends on God's Life Giving water.

Life Vineyard Church EVE EVE SERVICE

We explore the message of God's Joy through the popular Charlie Brown Christmas Special

We explore the message of God's Peace through the popular Charlie Brown Christmas Special

We explore the message of God's Hope through the popular Charlie Brown Christmas Special

We explore to book of James and identify different points of wisdom.

We explore to book of James and identify different points of wisdom.

We explore to book of James and identify different points of wisdom.

We Explore God's Truth in the book of James

We Explore God's Truth in the book of James

We explore Gods's Truth in the book of James

We Explore How To Hear From God

We Explore Different Ways To Hear From God

We Explore Different Ways To Hear From God

We explore how to hear from God in different ways

We explore how to hear from God in different ways

We explore how to hear from God in different ways

We explore how to hear from God in different ways

We explore the life of the saints of the past and learn from their example.

We explore how aspects of God can be identified in popular music

We explore how aspects of God can be identified in popular music

We explore how aspects of God can be identified in popular music

We explore how aspects of God can be identified in popular music

We explore how aspects of God can be identified in popular music

We see how aspects of God can be identified in popular music.

We hear from a panel how their experience led to finding God through pain.

We hear from a panel how their experience led to finding God in Service

We hear from a panel how their experience led to finding God in recovery

We hear from a panel how their experience led to finding God in community

We explore how God views and uses us in the final 3rd stage of our Life

We explore how God views and uses us in the second stage of our Life

We explore how God views and uses us in the first stage of our Life

The bible matters because it changes lives: ours and other people

Is the bible able to be understood?

Is the bible trustworthy?

What authority does the bible claim over us

The lie that we can only change by the measure of effort, skill, talent that we bring to our situation.

We examine the life of Saul/Jonathan/David and identify unhealthy Authoritarian behaviors and God's response.

Justice restores equal dignity, equal authority, and equal opportunity to bless others.

Gods response to sexual sin

Envy

No such thing as a [perfect parent. Eli, Hophni , Phinehas

Frankincense

What is your perspective the King

We explore the life of the prophet Joel

We explore the life of the prophet Zechariah

We explore the life of the prophet Hosea

We all question our faith, lets explore this together.

We look at what God is trying to reveal through the prophet Jonah

We conclude our final week of our series "Live No Lies"

The World and deceptive ideas

How we fight against the flesh

We must understand the flesh so that we can live for the things of God and not appease its cravings.

Disordered desires are normalized in a sinful society

The Truth about Lies And Ideas Weaponized

Where you place and who you put trust in matters

God's family is an inclusive community inviting all into love and obedience to Christ.

We discover how we can find God's fingerprint all throughout culture

Are you desperate for the Holy Spirit?

Spiritual Gifts are for everyone

God Speaks To All Of Us

Jesus is Lord not because He said it, or even believed it. He is Lord because He proved it through the resurrection.

We should focus on the separation that sin causes instead of the wrath of God

Worship will always need to be reevaluated and reformed. Jesus came to purify our worship expressions, not burn them down.

Jesus demonstrates what it means to suffer well

What does the judgment of God look like?

Jesus, Unity, Equality, is CHURCH WORK

Jesus knows shame well, and He is he one who delivers us from it

This is the fourth message in our series on the book of Romans

Justification by faith is at the center of God's plan to redeem all things.

We need to have a healthy understanding of sin, how it works and affects us.

Transformation requires a change of mind, heart, and perspective.

Teacher, what is the greatest commandment?

Ways we went wrong and an invitation to a different way

Conclusion of our Christmas at the movies series

As the local church, we must act in ways of social justice.

Redemption is possible.

God uses weakness, humility, and self-sacrifice to display His greatness.

The Spirit of Christmas through the lens of the movie "ELF."

Continuing in our series Im Fine, Its Fine, Everything's Fine

How and why we observe the Sabbath

How to recognize and navigate "The Wall"

We often understate the deep, unconscious imprint our families of origin leave on us

Know yourself that you may know God

How emotions and spirituality coexist

Gods heart is about redemption. He not only loves us, but pursues us and desires to show mercy.

New Wine Skins

Ordinary people who glorify God and desire the kingdom above all else.

Discipline of Solitude

Why did he go through with the vow?

Remembrance is Vital!

God can use anyone if they are willing

The gravity of sin is all around us, will we engage, or push back.

While everyone is slinging mud, Jesus calls us to be like him and to reflect his love

Because we exist means we have purpose.

We don't have souls, we are souls.

Humanity was given dominion, but we have exerted dominance over creation

God's original intent was equality between male and female.

How shame in our lives can conflict with the Shalom of God.

God crosses time and space to create peace between himself and mankind, blessing all creation.

How good is YOUR Gospel?

Only love can move the stone of sorrow, AND bring about the resurrection.

Do we want to see parade Jesus, or Crucified Lamb of God?

Forgiveness opens a door to a new tomorrow

It's important to be transparent in your feelings when we are suffering

How can we learn from Jesus how to suffer well and have faith in the midst of it?

Community helps us endure suffering

How did Jesus act in his suffering?

How the fruit of the spirit plays out in our lives and a body of believers

Exploring the gifts given to each of us.

How do you relate to God as a Father?

How do you define the Spirit of God?

Are you being led by the Spirit?

What is your solid ground?

Is your "gospel" good news for everyone?

How do you handle conflict in a godly way?

What is at the heart of the Gospel of Jesus?

Is there any pain associated with Christmas?

What kind of success do you want?

How can you have peace in this season?

What does persecution look like in our current culture?

What areas in your life do you struggle to extend mercy?

Are you hungering and thirsting for the right kind of righteousness?

How do you react to the powerlessness of the last 2 years?

Have you avoided mourning in your life?

Are you having trouble seeing God at work in your life?

How can you recognize your need for God?

How can community sustain and nourish renewal in our lives?

What God-given needs lie underneath your bad habits?

What does it look like to contend for the church?

Have you come to the end of yourself?

Is your discontent driving you to cynicism or renewal?

What do you do when you have a problem?

What is the new mercy that you are experiencing with God right now?

What part of your story has been stolen away?

What does it mean to belong in God's Kingdom?

How has God revealed His nature to you in wilderness seasons?

Why does God lead us into the wilderness?

What is God's plan to save and redeem the world?

Where are you struggling with grace today?

How do christians live in a secular society?

What does superstition do to our perspective of God?

What are you going to do with your freedom?

What does it look like to open your heart again to love?

God loves us, so he brings hidden things into the light so he can deal with them.

Do you use recreation as a place to refresh and find peace so you can fulfill your purpose or do you use it to escape the pressures of life?

What does work represent to you personally?

Have you lost your appetite for spiritual things?

Has the busyness of life pushed Jesus to the margins?

Do you read the Bible for information or transformation? How has God gifted you?

Do you know that God empowered us to participate in creating alongside of Him? How do you respond to this?

What kind of justice do you pursue?

Where are you hiding today?

Do you know the God of hope?

What do you do with doubt?

Are you being generous with your life?

How are you allowing Jesus to produce humility in your life?

How have trials produced patience in your life?

How do you handle the topic of death?

How can you be honest about your shortcomings?

Is it possible that we could forgive those who've sinned against us before they repent?

How do we embrace others in a world so divided?

How do we as Christians react to the raw feeling of wanting revenge on those that wrong us?

How do you view repentance?

Am I my brother's keeper?

What does it mean to live a life of embrace, humility, and love?

How has your hope changed after enduring a hard season?

Where has your hope been buried or planted this year?

Have you experienced fellowship with God in your life?

Where does your allegiance lie?

Can judgement change the heart?

Do you have a testimony to share?

What is God's perspective?

How do we strive for peace in such a divided world?

Can you see Jesus in your situation and struggle?

Is it better to give than to receive?

Do you desire to walk in connection to Jesus?

When you make a mistake how do you recover?

What does it look like to be a welcoming community?

What does baptism symbolize in our spiritual life?

How do we find our way back to the good life?

What drives us to form our habits?

Is there power in an ordinary life?

What roadblocks are in your life to be used in the Kingdom?

What opportunities are in front of you?

What were the marks of the "Elect Lady" in second John?

How are you glorifying God in your life?

Do you know how to fight in the spiritual realm?

How do we hear the voice of the Lord?

How do we pray without words?

Are unanswered prayers invitations in your life?

How do we intercede on behalf of others?

How do we ask God in our prayer?

Adoration is communal.

Why pray?

What does it look like to worship God when we are constrained?

What is your view of God?

How do you react to conflict?

Do you know your role?

What do I do when everything around me has changed?

Do I believe what I think I believe?

Where is Jesus in this season?

Do you believe that Jesus is the resurrection?

Darkness is an ever present reality. . .how does Jesus speak into that fact?

How do you live an abundant life during this pandemic?

Jesus said I am the good that inspires! I am the King.

What was the most outrageous statement Jesus made?

How are you feasting on the relationship of Jesus?

Are you connected to the Vine?

Why is worship so important?

Are you unifying yourself with Christ through the Word?

Hophni, Phinehas, and Samuel.

Do you see and hear others?

Do you wrestle with God?

Do you seek out justice?

Do you remember the mercy of the Lord in your life?

Do you run back to God when you're prone to get lost?

Are we leaning into the Love of God often enough?

What are you being invited into today that could bring Joy?

Do you feel peace?

Where does our Hope come from?

What is to be said of the years of Jesus' obscurity.

What can we learn from Abram about commitment?

Could you imagine?

How does your plan look compared to God's?

How are we loving others?

Do we know Jesus as a human body or only as a story?

Are we content?

Are you seeing conformity in your life?

Are we continually exhibiting Implicit Doubt or Blind Certainty?

Are we seeking pleasure or are we seeking joy?

How much do we pour into personal freedom?

How do we function as Christians in a secular society?

Is suffering good for us?

Do you know what a Cynic, Sage, & a Fool act like?

Pride

What can we learn from the friendship of Jonathan and David?

Are you prepared to let go of life as it is so that you can embrace life as it could be?

What group do you find yourself in?

How are you participating in your faith?

Do use the map to get to the treasure or so you worship the map?

What are we reflecting back?

What does Center Set mean?

Are you spiritually desolate or spiritually proud?

Mold me and make me after Thy will.

What lens do we use to see?

Galatians 2:11-21

Genesis 4:1-10

2 Kings 4:8-37

Testimonies from 2018

John 1

Are we able to look at the season with neither Cynicism nor Sentimentality?

Simon Forsythe lived an impactful, God-driven, life who touched so many others through his obedience and love which always made him relatable and comforting. This is his 'Celebration of Life' funeral service.

What does LIFE Church look like going forward and what are the traits of Simon that we can learn from?

Hebrews 6

Jesus is greater than our heavenly helpers.

Idolatry is trusting in created things rather than the Creator for our hope and happiness, significance and security.

Do you know how good it is to have God as your cornerstone?

Do we allow God to move in our lives?

Is your fear keeping you from going the extra mile?

Are we a welcoming Christian community?

Do you let yourself die so that you can be rescued? *there were technical difficulties with the recording of the 2nd service

Are you enough of a loser to be found?

Who's your neighbor?

Where is the kingdom of God?

Are you full of spiritual pride or spiritual confidence and how can you tell the difference?

How is the soil of your heart?

Have you ever felt like you can't see Jesus?

How far will we go to confront truths?

In what ways are you betraying Jesus?

How does Jesus put us on mission?

Do you know what your Hero's Journey is?

Are we the Pharisee, the woman, or both?

Do you have enough faith to let Christ offend you?

The Kingdom of God is longing to break into our everyday, ordinary lives. Can you see it, can you feel it?

What does the Kingdom of Peace look like in your life?

Is it possible you don't have every interpretation of the Scripture right? Are you open to Jesus, and the Kingdom of God, disrupting your status quo for the sake of God moving more mightily in the world today?

What are you filled with? What are you lead by?

The important thing about disruption isn’t that it happens to you; It’s about how you respond to what happens to you.

What is the spiritual legacy of your life?

What does life look like when it is filled with HOPE? Righteousness grows in our hearts and minds. Our lives are purposeful and pleasing to God.

How often do we face the facts and know where we stand?

Are you giving out of abundance or out of substance?

Whose rules are you playing by when it comes to generosity?

Generous people give more than they are asked to give.

Do people matter in the strengthening of your faith?

Whose head is your voice in and what is it saying?

How do you respond to the love of God?

What do you value? Where are the real spaces in your life?

Do you use your emotions as a gauge or to dictate?

Who do you have on the throne?

Why is it hard to say the things that matter most to those who matter the most?

Is the Son's light enough, for you, to block out this present darkness?

Are you submitting yourself, and if so, to whom?

Who are you a prisoner to?

Do you know AND experience God's love and power?

Do you feel at peace with God?

Do you have an escapist eschatology?

Have you found it hard to accept the status quo religion?

Are there things in your life that you've turned from good into God?

Are you looking for revival?

Are you either legalistic or a freedom fighter?

Having begun by the spirit, are you being perfected by the flesh?

Are we wired to have desires of approval?

Are you on the side of grace or works? Where does the Gospel land?

Can we learn to love the struggle?

God's view of money.

So, if God is with you, who actually can be against you?

How do we embrace the Giver of Truth rather than just defending the truth itself?

What's your pattern of deception you're prone to wonder?

When people look at your life who do they see?

Do you take advantage of death, doubt, and darkness?

Has God become a 'thing' in your life?

Are you more concerned about who you are or 'Whose' you are?

Are you acknowledging the promises that God has made and is keeping to His word?

Do we know where our faith comes from so that we know what sustains us?

What is the secret to being content in all circumstances?

Have you had an encounter with Jesus? How did it change you?

What's to come in 2017 and how does it involve you? It's time to see things from a different perspective.

What is the treasure of your life?

Do you see the will of God as a GPS or a Compass?

What does it mean to live as Citizens of the Gospel?

How satisfied are you?

How do you react when God speaks?

If we want to see/serve and love our city we need to be prepared to see ALL OF IT. We need to see today, remember yesterday and have hope for tomorrow.

How do our agendas blind us from seeing with the eyes of Love?

Can you love your neighbor if you don't love yourself?

Have you ever had something spoken over you that attempted to define your life?

What laws are at work in our life?

What's the conflict between your plan and your prayer life?

Could you do away with the theology of the Trinity and it wouldn't change your relationship with God?

Conflict and tension cannot be avoided. How can we navigate these seasons without killing ourselves or someone else!

Is God always active in your life?

What are you holding on to?

How do we with honesty and authenticity wrestle with the seemed absence of God?

The crew who went to India share their stories and experiences.

What happens when you feel the absence of God's presence?

If there is a fool to be, this is the one.

Does criticism, gossip, and negativity have a place in your life?

Are you, or is someone in your life, toxic to others?

Do you experience accountability through sustainability?

How do we get obtain direction and understanding when it comes to what's wrong or right?

Which fool are you?

Where is God when there is injustice?

What role does prayer play in our life?

How long will we worship God with our mouths but betray Him with our hearts?

Where is your security being challenged?

Are you losing your life?

How do you respond when everything is taken from you?

How important is Godly, challenging council to you and how do you position yourself to receive it?

The resurrection of Jesus changes everything.

Have things in your life slowly become unraveled?

When was the last time Jesus took your breath away?

How does the gospel disrupt your plans?

What do you look to as a guide in your life?

What's the center point for your life?

Where does your king lead you?

What best describes the way you live your life?

Do you need to sit at the table and if so, with who?

Who will you live life with?

Are you stuck in a glitch?

Are you trying to hide your cracks or let their beauty enhance you?

Do you feel like a lost sheep?

What was the last question God asked you?

Are we so caught up in the day that we miss the sunrise and sunset?

Is Christmas fiction to you?

Do you know who the Samaritan really is?

What would God do to have you?

Can the ordinary be extraordinary?

Does your generosity hurt?

Sticks and stones may break our bones but what authority do His words hold?

Who is Worship Really For?

What is Ethos ?, why is it so important ? What shapes the Ethos of LIFE vineyard church ? These questions are answered in this sermon series.

Does the church have purpose with material and a strong foundation?

What's holding you back? What's driving your decisions?

Are you trusting in something that you know?

Do you know the power of Obedience, Christian Community, Love, Call, and Knowing Your Season?

What happens when things don't go quite as you expected?

If you've stopped feeling joy have you stopped asking questions of God? "Faith seeks to understand and understanding brings joy."

When it gets messy, will you run towards it or away from it?

There is a purpose for your life. It pulls at your heart and beckons you to dream bigger, to risk again, and that God created you to bring glory to Him.

Is Jesus in your boat or are you comfortably numb?

Are you placing ultimate value on fleeting things?

Do I jump in, do I wait, or do I walk away? The answer is yes. Some of the time.