Vineyard Columbus Sermons

The Chilean miners felt joy when they were rescued from the collapsed mine.  A young man felt joy when he was adopted and became a part of a family.  These stories illustrate how joy should be our natural response to God because of the salvation we...

Pastor Rich examines the idea of finding joy in God's Creation to start the new sermon series "Living a Joyful Life".  The word joy is found in the New Testament more than the words love and grace and so we can conclude that joy is the mark of...

To finish our Silent Killers series, Pastor Rich discusses the motivations, consequences, and the cure for envy.

Pastor Rich continues his Silent Killers series with a sermon about guilt and how we can deal with it in a spiritually healthy way.

Many people grapple with finding self-worth.  In traditional societies, people often find their self-worth from others.  In our own culture, many people look inside themselves to find self-worth.  Pastor Rich lays out for us how we don't want to look...

Sadly, the side effects of despair have reached epidemic proportions in our society. Convinced that life won't get better, millions of American citizens have begun abusing drugs to the point of overdose. Young people are attempting suicide at...

On this Recognition Sunday, Pastor Rich wrapped up The Making of a Leader series with a special message for the young people in our congregation - we're never too young to be used by God.

We entrust quite a bit of our well-being to leaders. We trust them with everything from our physical well-being to our financial and even emotional well-being. But what happens when leadership is unhealthy and has a negative or even toxic impact on...

1 Timothy chapter 2 has been interpreted for hundreds of years in a way that has prevented women from holding positions of leadership in various religious groups. As a result, countless women have internalized the idea that they are inferior to men...

We can find such a wide variety of leadership advice from so many sources. Some wise and tenured leaders will tell us things like, "Be confident and competent!" And on the other hand, less seasoned but passionate leaders may encourage us not...

Pastor Rich kicked off the new sermon series "The Making of a Leader" this week.  Over the next several weeks, we will look at 1 Timothy and see how the Apostle Paul advised Timothy to be the leader that God called him to be.  This week, in...

There are individuals and companies alike that make a profit based upon how many people they can get to pay attention to the news they spread-- regardless of its authenticity. And, as a result, it has become difficult for most of us to tell the...

Surely, we all want to be whole. We all want to share long, healthy lives with our loved ones. We all want to experience joy and to see the conflict, struggle and pain in our lives wiped away for good. In this sermon, Pastor Rich unpacks the meaning...