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I am the Door

Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2025 42:49


Jesus said He is the Door.  What did He mean? Is there more to His statement? Video: Vintage Church - Jesus Video #2 Chris Westbrook May 4th, 2025

Knowing Jesus on his own terms

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2025 50:19


Jesus said He is the Good Shepherd.  What did He mean? Is there more to His statement? Scott Westbrook April 27, 2025

Easter: What's This All About?

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2025 39:01


What is Easter all about, really? Many people get excited, but don't fully understand why. Chris Westbrook April 20th, 2025

Lent - Temptation

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2025 40:10


What is the connection between Lent and temptation? Video 1: The Marshmallow Test Video 2: BibleProject - Why God Tests Your Faith Chris Westbrook April 13th, 2025

Lent - Do You Think the Bible is God's Word?

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2025 39:55


How do we know what we know about God? Many religious texts claim "true knowledge" of a deity, higher power, or state of consciousness. Christians believe the Bible has the only legitimate claims on the truth about God. Everything we know about God comes from the Bible. Everything Jesus believed, taught, and claimed came from the Bible (the Old Testament, specifically). Chris Westbrook April 6th, 2025

Lent - In the Wilderness

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2025 35:16


What is the importance of Lent? Chris Westbrook March 30th, 2025

The Church : Speaking About Tongues

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2025 47:42


Speaking in tongues is a controversial subject in the modern church - so what does the Bible have to say about it? Chris Westbrook March 23th, 2025

The Church: Moving in Gods Power with God's Character

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2025 32:57


We're told to earnestly seek the gifts, but good character is expected.

The Church: Prophecy

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2025 49:17


The gift of prophecy has a bad reputation. How is the church actually supposed to use this gift?   Chris Westbrook March 9th, 2025

The Church: Differences

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2025 37:09


The Apostle Paul describes the church as a body. Members are equal, working together. So why is everyone else so lame?   Chris Westbrook March 2, 2025

The Church: Power

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2025 38:51


Where does the Bible say the power to live the Christian life comes from? Have we missed the point of church?

What do you BELIEVE?

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2025 38:11


Does what I say I believe match up with what I live I believe? Am I completely sold out for Jesus? Or does it just feel good to say so?   February 16 Gary Abraham

The Church: Purpose

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2025 43:37


What is the purpose of the church? Does your answer match that of the Biblical authors?

Why Church? Pt. 2

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2025 43:51


Why is the Church needed today?

Why Church?

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2025 31:50


Why care about church? 

The Church

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2025 49:42


What is the church?

What Really Changes a Person?

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2025 45:30


The new year is a time that symbolizes change. What, then, does the Bible have to say about the things that change us?

From Forgiveness to Reconciliation

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2024 43:20


Reconciliation sounds easy, but what does it really look like?

Advent - The Light Has Come!

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2024 21:29


The Light of the world has come!

Advent - Joy

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2024 43:13


Where is the Joy of the Advent season?   Chris Westbrook December 15, 2024

Advent - Hope

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2024 41:46


What is the hope of the Advent season?

Advent - A Sacred Invitation

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2024 39:44


What does the Advent season really mean to you?

Compassionate Curiosity

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2024 28:43


How do you treat your enemies?

Blessed are the Poor & Love Your Enemies

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2024 29:01


What kind of people actually live out the Sermon on the Mount?  

The Vine

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2024 37:26


Where do you find your source of life?

The Kingdom

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2024 36:06


What was the Gospel Jesus preached?

Less Is More

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2024 31:53


Do perceived imbalances affect your walk with Christ?

Defense or Offense?

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2024 39:11


As the Church, are we called to go on the offense or on the defense?

Honesty in Prayer

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2024 25:45


As breathing is to the body's well-being, so prayer is to our spiritual health; and the emotional integrity in our prayers affects their effectiveness.

Esther

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2024 33:59


Finding Jesus in the story of Esther.

Faith

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2024 37:53


What is faith?

Tribalism

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2024 32:42


What's keeping you from pouring out for "Others"?

Finding the Precious in the Ruined

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2024 29:20


What kind of people does the Gospel create?

The Radical Reversal

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2024 40:50


How does focusing on self affect us in God's Kingdom? 

Immediacy with God

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2024 31:41


Does my experience of God match what the Bible says the experience of God is like? Which is true - my experience or the Bible?

Jesus: More than a Muse

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2024 31:45


Looking at Jesus' parables of the wise and foolish builders, Pastor Clint asks the question: Is Jesus more than a source of inspiration in our life? 

What narrative do you live in?

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2024 48:18


We are all born into a narrative; along the way, more narratives are introduced. Which one(s) are we paying attention to?

What is Spiritual?

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2024 34:37


What is spiritual life? Praying? Shopping? Washing the dishes? Can normal life be spiritual?

Where is the Action?

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2024 34:35


Where does the real action happen in the Christian Life?

Going Off Course - The Heart of the Father

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2024 32:40


As we wrap up our series, Going off Course, we are asked "What does the joy of Heaven look like?” Luke 15:1-7 illustrates a humble example of the Heart of the Father and the joy He takes in finding His lost sheep.

Going Off Course - Anxious and Troubled

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2024 37:42


What keeps us from going off course?

Going Off Course - One Step At A Time

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2024 35:08


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Going Off Road - According to ...?

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2024 36:13


How do we know which path we're on with regard to our Christian faith?

Going Off Road - Cultivating A Heart of Evangelism

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2024 26:48


Cultivating a heart for evangelism is as simple as asking God for His heart for people. We often don't have because we do not ask. 

Going Off Road - Come to the Table

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2024 32:20


What if we've made inviting others into the family of God more complicated than it needs to be? If we pay attention to Jesus, it will be nearly impossible to miss the power of sitting down with those we wouldn't normally consider inviting into our lives. Thankfully, it's been modeled for us by Jesus, Himself!

Going Off Road - Into the Wilds

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2024 44:47


God has given us everything we need for living like Him in the world. We have been equipped for serious adventure with Jesus wherever He would lead! Chris Westbrook June 9, 2024

Going Off Course — Power

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2024 42:52


Following Jesus will take us off the course of our own lives into places we aren't able to go on our own. The Holy Spirit gives us the power to do so, namely, to be witnesses for Jesus throughout the world. Chris Westbrook June 2, 2024

Going Off Course

Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2024 35:50


We all have plans for our lives - even if we aren't planning. What happens when God interrupts our life? What happens when God wants to put us on a different course? Chris Westbrook May 26, 2024

The Practice of Incarnation

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2024 34:02


What does it mean to "walk with Jesus” in the context of daily life?

Born … Again?

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2024 41:13


Unless we are born of water and the Spirit, we cannot enter the Kingdom of God. May 12, 2024 - Chris Westbrook.

The Feast of The Kingdom

Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2024 43:26


The Kingdom of God is a Feast! Where are we getting our nourishment? May 5, 2024 - Chris Westbrook

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