Vineyard Columbus Sermons

In this section of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus begins to deal with the attitudes of our heart as we do good works. All of us are divided at the heart level and desire to appear better than we are. We are all hypocrites. This message gets at how we...

This message addresses the difficult issue of non-violence and how we can react to the injustice and evil in the world today. Instead of getting into a cycle of reaction, Jesus calls us to something more radical.

Divorce is common outside the church and inside the church. This message takes a different approach from the "what are the grounds for divorce?" sermon. Challenging and fresh, this message hits anyone and everyone no matter what their...

Jesus warns us in the most unmistakable terms about the deadly effect of unhealed, unchecked anger. Jesus always challenges his listeners to something radical and uncompromising. This message breaks down this oft misinterpreted verse and discusses how...

This popular passage is fresh and real as Rich unpacks what the purposes of salt and light are. The message begins with a great story of someone being a light for Christ. Then Rich presses out what it looks like for us to act as salt and light in...

This is certainly a challenging beatitude for us living in America. Rich talks about how we American Christians view our faith and the radical difference it makes when we include persecution in our list of requirements.

There is division everywhere we go, within our cities, our churches and our families. The fundamental problem is that we are even divided within ourselves. In this message, Rich teaches how we can be whole with each other and within ourselves.

In this message, Rich elaborates on the power of righteousness and mercy for changing the world. Righteousness or right-relatedness and mercy consist of more than we first assume. This message explains how Christians can begin to embrace these...

It seems that what Jesus is doing in the Sermon on the Mount is turn our value systems upside down. Things we consider worthless, Jesus puts great honor on. This is especially evident in the Beatitudes. This sermon focuses on some general...

The Christian world is not exempt from experiences of betrayal, conspiracy and dishonesty. What difference does the Gospel actually make in peoples' lives? Are we doomed to live a sinful life while being "forgiven"? Rich begins a series...

Peace on earth was the announcement at Christ's birth, but peace is hardly the state of affairs in our world today. Many of us try unsuccessfully to get peace. In this Christmas message, Rich explores how the source of real peace is found in the...

One picture of Jesus comes from a festival found in the Old Testament book of Leviticus called Yom Kippur or The Day of Atonement. The Day of Atonement was unique in the Hebrew calendar because it was the one day each year when the High Priest had...

Rich discusses the Passover Lamb and the manna the Israelites received from Heaven as pictures that reveal the future Messiah. The connections and insights gained from these typologies are powerful illustrations of the meaning and significance of...

The Old Testament is filled with images and pictures of the coming Messiah. In this series, Rich uses typology (the study of types in the Old Testament and New Testament) to show how rich the message of the Gospel really is. In the first message, Rich...

This sermon starts out with a few stories of extraordinary givers. These people didn't start out as millionaires, but they gave what they had and they gave what they got. Rich gives some really practical teaching from the Bible regarding giving...

We American especially measure our happiness by how much stuff we have. Consumerism has taken a hold of many of us like a disease that we cannot shake. Rich continues his previous message and discusses how we can detect over-consumption in our own...

Most of us live between the jaws of debt and consumerism. We are simply becoming more and more trapped by these two things. In the fist part of this message, Rich addresses the issue of debt from a Christian perspective and gives practical ways we can...

The message of the Bible regarding money comes as a surprise to many. In this message, Rich outlines several biblical themes about money and how we as Christians can begin to think about this difficult topic.

This message is great for parents who want to learn even more ways to improve their parenting. Rich address 5 mistakes that parents often make without realizing it and how we can change our parenting style to bless our kids.

Most books and sermons on parenting make us feel totally inadequate. This series on parenting starts out with a different perspective. Instead of what you should be doing for your kids, Rich teaches us how kids teach us. The message focuses on making...