Vineyard Columbus Sermons

In this week's sermon, Pastor Rich debunks the myth that "I Don't Need Church." Despite all sorts of excuses for limited to zero involvement in church – Paul reveals in Romans 12 the only way for real life change to occur, is when we're deeply...

In our current culture we are constantly at risk of becoming overly tolerant in some cases and overly judgmental in other cases. So how can we exercise judgment with grace and sensitivity? Looking at chapter 7 in the gospel of Matthew pastor Rich...

In this week's Easter sermon, Pastor Rich spoke about 3 witnesses to the resurrection of Jesus. The first, was the witness we see in scripture by those who knew Jesus and the revelation of fulfilled OT prophesy. The next witness was the profound...

In this week's sermon, Pastor Rich spoke about the mystery of Christ. There are some mysteries we can't plummet entirely, like the Trinity, and we encounter similar mysteries in the passage of Jesus' triumphant entry into Jerusalem. The first thing we...

In this week's sermon, Pastor Rich spoke about 4 ways Jesus' Kingdom surprises us. Using 4 stories from Luke 18, each vignette revealed something new. In the story of the widow, we're surprised by - who gets heard by God. She's weak...

The sermon this week began by holding up the mirror to the way most Americans view themselves. We learned that virtually every writer of the New Testament saw himself as a "doulos", as a servant, a slave of Jesus Christ. Christ wants all of us, and...

In this week's sermon, pastor Rich emphasizes again that Vineyard Columbus is a "both-and" church. Vineyard reaches out on one hand with the Gospel and a call to conversion and transformation, and with the other hand in practical love and mercy toward...

In this weekend's service, Pastor Rich preached on the topic of triumphing over temptation. As followers of Jesus we are constantly tempted by the enemy to exist for ourselves instead of for Christ and the world around us. Drawing from Luke chapter 4...

Pastor Rich preached a sermon in response to Peter's question of Jesus – (paraphrase) "how far must I go in my forgiveness of others?" How far do we push this Christian forgiveness theme? How bad do things have to get before we say, "Enough, no more...

In this week's sermon, Pastor Rich talked about caring for and being tender-hearted towards immigrants, and those who are poor and needy. When we experience God's grace, it changes who we are and how we view others. Our care for others is evidence of...

In this week's sermon, "The Grace of Communion", Pastor Rich talked about the meaning of the Passover and the Lord's Supper, and how the grace of God is reflected in the communion meal. Christ's blood sacrifice saved us from God's judgment and paid...

In this message Pastor Rich teaches that generosity should be one of the defining characteristics of life and the goal for every one of us. As Christians being generous not only is good for us, but it is should also define who we are. Oftentimes our...

Pastor Rich opened the sermon by describing that Romans 3 is like looking "…inside The Father's Photo Album." Paul makes it clear in the first 3 chapters of Romans that no one, whether religious or irreligious, is free from humanity's terminal...

In today's society we often find ourselves wondering, "What's wrong with the world?" This question has been asked generation after generation as humanity attempts to return the world to "the way things should be". In this...

This week Pastor Rich began a new sermon series entitled, "Amazing Grace." In Romans 8:1, Paul asserts that "there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus." In the lives of Adam, Abraham, Moses, and David, God gives us a picture of...