Vineyard Columbus Sermons

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This weekend, Pastor Rich Nathan spoke about building the beloved community by avoiding "food fights" - those violent, defensive conflicts that we get into that destroy our relationships. This is a continuation of the previous week's sermon when we...

Within God's intention for our relationships, there is room for disagreement - even strong disagreement. The question is this: Are you more concerned about being right or about being righteous?

Most of us grew up learning that the way we treat others should be based upon the Golden Rule: Do to others what you would have them do to you. Jesus and Paul make it even clearer when they tell us to "love your neighbor as yourself." In...

What is love? From the earliest ages, we all begin to form an understanding of what genuine love is all about. In this sermon, Rich talks about four characteristics of genuine love that are essential to building the Beloved Community, the Church.

As Rich begins this series, he takes a look at three essential building blocks to building The Beloved Community, the Church.  First, we have to learn how to think about ourselves. Second, the Beloved Community is built by how we think about the...

Pastor Rich Nathan continued in his series, Vineyard Columbus - The Next 25 Years, by speaking about Vineyard Columbus' commitment to evangelism. Using 1 Cor 9:19-22 as spring board, he emphasized the notion that we will win people to Christ "using...

In this sermon, Rich speaks of our vision to be a church that is committed to showing mercy - "compassion in action" - to those who are in need in our community. In addition, we are equally committed to the vision of being a church that...

In this sermon, Pastor Rich Nathan answers the question, "Who is in charge here?" as we begin our sermon series "Vineyard Columbus - The Next 25 Years." As a church, we have consistenly answered: "God is in charge.

This weekend, Pastor Rich Nathan spoke about the kind of church Vineyard Columbus seeks to be.  Along with the churches in Philippi and Antioch, the church mentioned in John 3 was an impactful church.  While no church is perfect (vv. 8-14), this...

Rich Nathan preached this weekend on the importance of church discipline and how to properly restore a fallen brother or sister, particularly, a fallen leader. In the verses from 1 Corinthians 5, Paul confronts the church of existing sexual sin...