Luke 15:11-32
Toby follows on from Jim last week giving a part 2 on Jesus’ parable on the prodigal son and what it has to tell us about God.
The Parable of the Scandalously Forgiving Father - Part 1
Luke 15:11-32
Jesus tells a story about “what God is like” that is deeply challenging. God’s forgiveness and grace is outrageous, scandalous, and means that any of us can come back to Him without having to jump through hoops.
Jesus, Friend of Sinners
Luke 15:1-10
As a seasonal exercise, this passage calls us not to resolutions as to what we will and will not do in the coming year. I call us to change our mindset:-radically.
Go Tell it on the Mountain: How God gave His Good News to the Shepherds
Luke 2:8-20
Jim takes us through the angels' appearing to the shepherds, what it tells us about how God wanted to share His good news of Christmas, and what we can learn from it for sharing God's good news with those in our lives.
Go Tell it on the Mountain: Mary's Story
Luke 1:26-38, 46-55
God shares His good news by inviting a young women of low social standing to play her part in bringing in His Kingdom. Mary's response is staggeringly obedient and powerfully tender. What can we learn from this story as we look to share the good news with those around us?
Go Tell it on the Mountain: Zechariah and Elizabeth
Luke 1:5-25, 57-66
God uses two faithful but ordinary people to share the news that His rescue mission is about to begin, He shows us how He cares for both His big-picture plan and Zechariah and Elizabeth's personal story. We see how they respond to God on the move and ask what we can learn from those responses.
Go Tell it on the Mountain: The Word and the Witness
John 1:1-18
To kick off our Advent series, we look at how God shares his plan with his people in John 1 by sending his divine Word into the world, and what it looks like for us to join him in witnessing about his plan.
A church that enjoys favour with all the people, and the Lord adding daily those who are being saved
Acts 2:42-47
Jim brings the "Holy Spirit Empowered Church" series to a close with a look at the final line of our Acts 2 passage, and asks what it would look like for Kingdom Vineyard to enjoy the favour of all the people, and for the Lord to be adding to our number those who are being saved.
Worship
Acts 2:42-47
Worship encompasses everything that we do in our lives, but it comes into focus in acts of liturgical celebration. This is an outline of the values that underlie the particular liturgies of our particular expression of church.
Spirit Empowered Generosity
Acts 2:45
What it looks like to live generously, what might prevent us and what steps to take to be more like our generous God.