Vineyard Columbus Sermons

You don't know what your life is built on until you face a crisis and there will be a curve in the road for every single one of us. In the times of trial, what we have invested in the church and in community will pay off. This message addresses...

No realm of life is squeezed out by the Kingdom that Jesus inaugurated in his coming. One of the ways you can measure a church is to ask yourself if some aspect of life is squeezed out. In this message, Rich talks about how big the message of Jesus is.

We live in a society right now that is ruled by fear. What we are proposing in building a community enter that reaches out to our city and in sending out missionaries is the rejection of fear-based thinking. This message talks about the struggle to...

Fasting takes deadly aim at one of the primary idols in America - food. We fast in order to create a little more room for God, and to unhook from the world. In this message, Rich addresses how to fast in a way that is pleasing to God.

God is spreading his kingdom through ordinary and broken people. In this message, Rich talks about how we can be used to advance God's kingdom. Many of us need to be enrolled in the "University of Jesus" as we strive for more effectiveness.

This message continues the teaching that there is a biblical principle that says we are blessed in order to be a blessing to others. Abraham is given a four-fold promise of blessing by God. Rich teaches how we can apply these blessings to our lives today.

This church has been blessed. There is a biblical principle that states that blessing is not meant to be kept. When we are blessed, we are meant to give it away. This message launches our giving campaign to give away to build a community center and...

One of the most striking things about the celebration of Christmas is the contrast that scripture draws between what people thought of Jesus at his birth, during his life, and particularly at his death, and what actually was the case. In this message...

One of the questions that has fascinated the church for at least the last 1700 years was what Jesus looked like. Throughout history, Jesus has been portrayed in millions of different ways to fit a particular ethnicity, or a political, religious, or...

21st century America has all but eliminated the concept of servant as a positive thing from contemporary life. But Jesus Christ saw his fundamental task on earth as being the servant of the Lord. This powerful message talks about what Jesus came to be...

We try so hard to be pleasing to God, but nothing seems to work very long. The secret is that as we are connected to Jesus, but how can we know if we are really connected to Jesus? In this message, Rich talks about the joy of surrendering to the...

Perhaps nothing reveals more about your basic orientation in life than thanksgiving. You either recognize that God and other people are the source of everything good in your life or you honestly believe that you are the source. In this message, Rich...

Confession can be one of the most difficult things to do. Often, we jump to justify or cover up our sins and faults. Using Psalm 51, Rich teaches about the art of confession - how we can confess in truth and draw near to God.

The place to begin in prayer is with adoration, with worship. You can't worship God while the focus of your mind is on your kids, or your problems, or the person in the next row, or whether someone near you is singing off-key. In this message...

People are living lives of quiet desperation without purpose or future. And we can make a difference, if we learn to pray on their behalf. This message teaches us the importance of praying even when it's hard.

One of the biggest challenges we face in prayer is dealing with our feelings. We wonder whether our feelings are good indicators of how God views our prayers. The place to start is having a right perspective of who God is. This message addresses this...

People are living lives of quiet desperation without purpose or future. And we can make a difference, if we learn to pray on their behalf. This message teaches us the importance of praying even when it's hard.

Rich continues his series on prayer by talking about the Christian freedom of debating with God. God invited us to engage with him and plead our case. Using examples from Genesis 18 and Exodus 32, Rich goes through several ways you can argue your case...

Rich begins this message by addressing the problem of fatherlessness in America today. He retells the story usually titled "the prodigal son" and paints a piercing picture of God as a "prodigal" or "extravagant" father.

Even followers of Christ are confused about prayer. We treat prayer as a test we failed, a burdensome obligation that we ought to perform or worst of all, we treat prayer as a badge of holiness. In this message, Rich refutes these popular...