Episodes

Reese LeRoy | At the end of Galatians 3 and the beginning of Galatians 4, Paul continues to champion the superiority of the Gospel of Jesus Christ over the Law. He calls us to reflect on who we were under the Law, and who we are because of the Good News of Jesus Christ. Ultimately, those who are in Christ are called to live each day knowing that God loves us just like He loves Jesus!

Rodger Otero | The invitation of Christ is to leave the safety of domesticated religion for freedom and flourishing.

Reese LeRoy | In chapter three of Galatians, Paul focuses on the superiority of the Gospel and the failure of the Law to redeem humanity. This passage also encourages us to examine our own hearts and minds regarding our own spiritual identity. We should ask ourselves, “Is my identity rooted in the cross of Christ and the gift of the Holy Spirit, or is it rooted in works of my flesh?”

Angela Otero | Here we go again! Add-ons and Othering. True faith is remembering what Jesus did for us that we could never do for ourselves.

Rodger Otero | The wise follow Jesus through the fog of life with the help of companions and sages.

Reese LeRoy | In this next section of his letter to the churches of Galatia, Paul defends his apostleship by recalling how Jesus was unveiled to him and called him to preach the gospel to the Gentiles. Paul’s experience reminds us that God wants all of us to have our own personal revelation of the gospel from Jesus Christ so that we can share and live out the good news of His kingdom.

Reese LeRoy | In this series on Paul’s letter to the churches of Galatia, we are reminded that the true Gospel is Jesus Christ and nothing else. Like Paul, we should live each day as members of God’s family sent by our loving Heavenly Father to share the good news of grace, peace, and rescue through His Son Jesus Christ, our Lord.

Reese LeRoy | In this message, we consider the prayer practices of two people who encountered the infant Jesus and see how their routines and rhythms might inspire us in the year ahead. In their examples, we see how prioritizing prayer and other spiritual practices helps us grow closer to God and experience His comforting presence.

Reese LeRoy | On this third Sunday of Advent, our theme is joy, and our focus is Mary’s Song commonly referred to as The Magnificat. Mary’s response to God in Luke 1 reminds us that our “yes” to God expressed in worship and surrender fills our lives with the joy of His kingdom.

Rodger Otero | Learning to pray is like learning a second language.

The Advent stories feature people who were moving through their ordinary, everyday lives – Mary and Joseph were preparing for marriage, the shepherds were keeping their flocks together, and the magi were stargazing – but when God began to move, they allowed themselves to be swept into His story. The Advent Contemplative Prayer service will offer you an opportunity to reflect on your everyday life. Where is God moving? What is His invitation to you? How will you respond? Pause from the busyness o...

Reese LeRoy | On the first Sunday of Advent, we examine Isaiah’s prayer found in Isaiah 64 and consider how we can use it to invite hope rooted in God into our lives and world today. As we wait and pray, we are reminded that Jesus came into the world at a hopeless moment and continues to meet us in our hopeless moments today

Rodger Otero | We need Christ to come like sheep need their shepherd to come.

Thor Colberg | Jesus has called us to take His message to all the world.

Reese LeRoy | Proverbs makes it clear that care and concern for the poor are essential components of living wisely. Proverbs is also very practical and gives us specific instructions – namely, to share our food with the needy (Proverbs 22:9). In this message, we highlight the way Vineyard Church has fed the poor in Jesus’ name in 2023 and look ahead to more opportunities in 2024.

November is Compassion Month for us at Vineyard Church, so our prayers this month will center around this theme: First, God’s compassion for me; then God’s compassion for those I love; then God’s compassion for my neighbor; and finally God’s compassion for the poor. You can do this all at once, or take each movement one by one for four days.

Reese LeRoy | November is Compassion Month at Vineyard Church. It’s a time each year for us to focus on God’s heart for the poor. We continue our study of Proverbs and focus on its teachings on how we should care for those in need. There we clearly see that care and concern for the poor are essential components of living wisely.

Mary-Margaret LeRoy | Proverbs 31 is a picture of what it’s like for men and women to be present to the things God calls each of us to. It’s an invitation to wisdom.

Rodger Otero | Our world needs fewer people who unmake peace, and more people who make peace.

Reese LeRoy | God is love, yet His perfect and protecting love requires Him to hate anything that seeks to harm or diminish those He loves. In this look at Proverbs 6, we will see how the way of wisdom calls us to rid our own lives of the behaviors God opposes and to avoid those who practice them.

Reese LeRoy | Proverbs has a lot to say about the wonderful satisfaction sex can bring when we follow God’s guidelines, and the devastating pain it can bring to us and to those close to us when we choose to ignore them. Proverbs 5 helps us explore the purpose, power, and preciousness of sex.

Angela Otero | Making use of those things that help to bring us closer to God and leaving aside those things that don’t.

Rodger Otero | Particularly when the stakes are high and the path forward is unclear, what we need is spiritual discernment.

Reese LeRoy | In our series on Proverbs, we focus on the introductory talks from a father to his son and the poems of “Lady Wisdom.” These chapters provide the foundation for reading the rest of the book and show us how God invites us to gain wisdom from Him and to express it in our lives for this generation and for future ones.