Vineyard Columbus Sermons

The hope for something better is what fuels us through life when things are hard, and when it feels like we can't go on any more. Rich Nathan paints a vivid picture in this message of biblical hope, which lifts our eyes from the trials of our...

Though therapists often say that the key to moving on from guilt or regret is to forgive yourself, the Bible never teaches self-forgiveness. In this final message on forgiveness, Rich teaches the Christian approach to guilt and gives 5 big ways to...

Does forgiveness mean forgetting about what happened? Is it even good to forget, or should remember offences so that we don't allow them to happen again? Learn what the scriptures teach about remembrance and forgetting, instead of just popular...

C.S. Lewis once said, "forgiveness is a lovely idea until you have someone to forgive." We all struggle with the difficulty of forgiving actual people in real situations. In this message, Rich looks at the forgiveness of the father in the...

Sometimes when we feel that we can't forgive someone who has hurt us, it is because we have wrong ideas of what forgiveness even means. In this message, Rich Nathan clears the ground of the major myths forgiveness, and teaches us what the...

I feel overwhelmingly grateful for the grace that the Lord has shown to this church these past 20 years. When I think about all of the wonderful people who have made a contribution in making the church be what it is, I just end up saying over and over...

One of the main things that Jesus teaches us as we follow him is how to recognize what is truly important instead of blindly following what our culture tells us is important. In this message, Rich shows how God infuses insignificant things with...

Our world is full of injustice with grand examples of corrupt dictators taking whatever they please from innocent people. Yet, as we look at the story of King Ahab taking Naboth's Vineyard, we can begin to recognize the strategies and roles of...

Have you ever felt like an empty teapot boiling on a full flame? The stresses of life today can lead to burnout but the modern lifestyle didn't invent the phenomenon of burnout, the prophet Elijah experienced it as well. Rich Nathan reveals...

Most people hate to commit to anything. We like to keep our options open and sit on the fence for as long as possible without ever choosing one way or the other. In one of the most powerful demonstrations of God's power in scripture...

Have you ever wondered if God was disciplining you in your life? Does God still do that or is discipline an artifact of the Old Testament? In this message, Rich Nathan looks at how God disciplined King Solomon and then Rich describes how God warns and...

Not many people in life finish well, or even know what it would mean for them to finish well. Does finishing life well mean that we have a huge house and lots of money? Or is there another definition of finishing well, another target that we are...

King Solomon had the difficult challenge of taking over the throne after a larger than life legend: his father King David. All of us face new challenges in life when we start a new job or get married or have kids, and there are things in the life of...

The heart of the gospel is the triumph of Jesus Christ over sin on the cross. Hear Rich unfold the sweeping significance of the cross and how through it, God triumphed over Satan.

Oscar Wilde once said that "I can resist anything except temptation." How true that is for most of us. Yet while many of us think that temptation is a surface level urge for something we want, its roots run deeper. In this message, Rich...

We all struggle with addiction, but most of us don't recognize them as readily as some. But most of us suffer from the "just one more" syndrome, whatever that one more might be. This is a form of idolatry and is fertile ground for the...

In a military war treatise written thousands of years ago by Sun Tzu there is the warning to "know your enemy" or else you will lose battles. In the Christian life today, we must know our enemy if we are to win the battle against the evil...

We 20th century Americans have lost all awareness of the unseen spiritual world and we live our lives as if there is no enemy soul that is influencing our lives. The biblical picture is different, however, and in this opening talk Rich explains these...

Many of us are generous sometimes, if the occasions strikes us just right and our heart is moved. But what does it mean to be a generous person and how does one become one? Rich takes a look at the generosity of Barnabas, the "son of...

Do kids matter as much as adults? In this message, Rich contrasts the way that we relate with children in our world today with the way that God values children. He outlines three ways that we can learn to bring value to children and treat them as...