Vineyard Altoona Podcast

As we begin a new year, it’s a great time to consider how you want the future to be different. People everywhere are making resolutions to live differently this year than they did last year. What if there was a resolution that you could live into this year that would change the rest of your life? Today, Derek offers the resolution you should consider for 2023.

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So many of us struggle to trust God. In fact, the Bible says this is what has been the problem for humans since the beginning. In spite of our struggle to trust God, he continues to be faithful to us. The Good News of Christmas is that God keeps his promises, and you can trust him. Listen as Derek shares this word on Christmas Eve.

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Today, Evan looks at the story of King Ahaz in Isaiah chapter 7, as well as the angels appearance to Joseph in Matthew 1. In both passages God promises to be "Immanuel" God with us. The two appearances however, are very different, and force us to look long and hard at our hearts as we prepare to receive "Immanuel" in the form of Jesus.

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For so many of us, peace is an ideal that we struggle to find, especially this time of year. Jesus invites us into a life of peace, but we're not even sure how that works. How do we find the life of peace Jesus offers in the midst of the world that is pressing in around us? Today, Derek will continue our Advent series with a message called "Peace in the Tension".

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The Christmas season has become very commercialized. Americans this year are expected to have higher retail spending in the Christmas season than ever before…by a lot. But all of this can come at a greater cost than just the price tag. How do we live through the Christmas season without losing our souls? Today Derek talks about this in a message called "How Can I Resist Being Greedy?"

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This week begins the Advent season, which is a season that puts us intentionally in touch with the reality that we are a longing people. All around us things are not as they should be. Relationships are broken. Work is broken. Families are broken. Our bodies and our health are broken. The temptation for all of us is toward cynicism or resignation. But for those who would dare to hope for a better way, scripture gives us a path to walk. Today Derek begins our Advent series called "Silent Night: Longing for the King".

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What would it take to be justice and mercy people in our whole lives? Is it something that we should even consider? Today Derek talks about how living a life of justice and mercy is not just a good thing to do, but it is a matter of life and death.

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In a world that is broken, where so many are hurting and in need of help, it can be hard for us to know what to do. As we think about how followers of Jesus should interact with the marginalized, we can look to Jesus as our example. Today Jeri talks about what Jesus taught about who God helps and how God helps.

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In our culture is common for us to separate the spiritual things we do from the other things we do. We have a tendency, then, to put some things in the spiritual category while other things we would put in a secular category. We would put church and church activities in the spiritual category. When it comes to caring for the poor and marginalized, we assign those activities to the realm of social non-profits, government agencies, or politics while we hold tight to the belief that the Church should stick to spiritual matters. Because of this separation, we find it challenging to hear and obey the clear teaching of scripture that God's people are to care for the poor and marginalized. Today Derek will continue our series with a message called "It's All Spiritual".

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What lengths would you go to in order to keep someone from making a mistake? What if that mistake had eternal implications? The way the Church engages in issues of justice, mercy, and marginalized people is something with eternal implications, but increasingly these things have been abandoned to the realm of politics and non-profit work. Today, Derek talks about how justice and mercy ministry is central to the Gospel.

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