Vineyard Columbus Sermons

To be human is to ask questions about our existence, our identity, and our destiny. In v. 4 Peter reflects on Jesus' identity first. He was rejected by human begins. He was verbal abused and lied about. But rather than listening to what people said...

It's been observed that the new generation of young adults—those in their twenties and even thirties—are unable to make moral decisions. They do not know how to determine right from wrong. The dominant message this generation has grown up with is...

Pastor Rich began a new series from 1 Peter called Living as Resident Aliens. Peter gives at least 10 strategies for Christians struggling to remain distinct from the forces of culture. One reality of following Jesus is to feel in many situations like...

In this sermon, Pastor Rich shows us how the story of The Good Samaritan is a model for Christians in helping those who are in need. Many times when we are busy or unwilling to help others, we tend to argue with Jesus and come up with excuses as to...

The opening questions in the sermon concern character. Successful leadership long-term requires character. In "Derailed", the author, Tim Irwin cites leader's "dark sides" as the cause for failure long-term, not a lack of intelligence or charisma. The...

This week's sermon is from the story of Jephthah, found in Judges 11. The main point drawn out of this story is the importance of keeping our word. In today's world, truth-telling and commitment keeping is extremely rare and people are surprised when...

In his sermon Pastor Rich began a new series titled Ordinary people, Extraordinary God, and began by looking at why people fail. People often fail because they allow sin to pile up and go unchecked until it becomes something that dominates and...

In this weeks sermon Pastor Rich deals with the issue of how we view Gods will. We often view His will for our lives as railroad tracks that we can't get off of or else we are doomed. There is a perfect will for our lives and we must discover it down...

There are very few teachings in the history of the Christian church that have created more problems then the false belief that God has set up the human race so that woman can not participate in church leadership. Pastor Rich breaks the myth that only...

Pastor Rich preached a response to this belief - "God will grant financial success to all believers who have enough faith". Pastor Rich asked - Is this belief true? Is that what God promises in the Bible? He went on to say, we do want to always affirm...

Pastor Rich posed this question to the church – "have you ever deliberately sinned, deliberately said or did something that you knew was wrong at the time, but you did it anyway, because you said, "It doesn't really matter. God will always forgive...