Vineyard Church Maryville

We all generally fall into one of two temperaments: fixers and feelers. Our natural bent really shows up when we’re with people who are hurting and works FOR or AGAINST us. But Jesus was able to respond to people with balance. He was equally interested in the ministry of truth and the ministry of tears.

Scripture: John 11:17-37, Ephesians 4:11-16

Jesus can make a way when there seems to be no way. God has a track record of meeting needs in ways that no one could ever have asked or imagined. Because of that, our faith should be strong whenever we face our next hurdle. However, because God’s people have always struggled with spiritual amnesia, forgetting all that He has done, we tend to walk in fear rather than faith.

When Jesus encountered a woman he was supposed to politely ignore, he chose to go way beyond tolerance, he demonstrated love.

Scripture: John 4:5-42

If the doctrine of the incarnation is true, human beings have the ultimate reason to celebrate. In a world full of selfishness, the Bible says that God became like us. Christianity claims that God does not wait for people to clean themselves up before they approach him. Instead, he came in the form of Jesus to prove his great and mysterious love for us.

Scripture: John 1:1-18, Colossians 1:15-20

In the face of a world that is wild, where else would we go but to the One who is our hope and rescue?

Scripture: John 6:66-69

Tongues and prophecy are both powerful and practical spiritual gifts. They are, however, commonly misunderstood. This message will define those gifts, show their value, and help us understand how we can obey the commandment to pursue them.

The gifts of the Spirit aren’t magic tricks for super holy people, they are God expressing his love through us.

Scripture: John 14:25-27

Sunday, May 15 is, according to the church calendar, Pentecost Sunday – the culmination of the Easter season and the celebration of resurrection life. Today we’ll explore what it means for the Spirit to come, from Genesis, through Acts 2, to today – and how we can more fully become people who are led by the Spirit. Just as the Spirit brought creative life and order into the chaos of creation, so too the Church has a mission to bring God’s creative life into the chaos of every age.

Scripture: Genesis 1:1-2 (The Message); Luke 3:21-22; Acts 2:1-4; Revelation 22:17

The two sides of the debate on the baptism in the Holy Spirit have made equal and opposite errors. One has said far too much, the other has said far too little. Let’s try to find the balance.

Scripture: Acts 2:1-4, 1:4-5, John 20:20-22, Acts 8:14-17

A.W. TOZER WROTE: If we truly want to follow God we must seek to be other-worldly. This I say knowing well that that word has been used with scorn and applied to the Christian as a badge of reproach. So be it. Every man must choose his world.

Scripture: John 14:12-26