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A podcast from Vintage Grace in El Dorado Hills, intended to equip Life Group Leaders and their participants to engage in meaningful conversations about scripture.

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    • May 30, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • weekly NEW EPISODES
    • 22m AVG DURATION
    • 134 EPISODES


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    Why Does the Leper Ask to Be "Cleansed" and Not "Healed?" | Matthew 8:1-4

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2025 26:16


    Kyle and David unpack the idea of ritual purity/impurity that is presented in the Old Testament, and explore how being "cleansed" of leprosy radically transformed this man's entire life.

    Why Should We Listen to God? | Matthew 7:24-29

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2025 19:32


    Kyle and David explore how “hearing” and “doing” are intricately connected in scripture, and how true listening leads to obedience.

    What Does It Mean to "Bear Good Fruit" In Our Spiritual Lives? | Matthew 7:15-23

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2025 24:31


    Kyle and David look at Matthew 7:15-23 and consider what “good fruit” is, and how we become disciples who bear good fruit in our own lives.

    Which Path Leads to Abundant Life? | Matthew 7:13-14

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2025 25:23


    David and Kyle explore how Jesus' words in Matthew 7:13-14 tap into a broader Biblical theme about “two divergent paths”, and how the way of Jesus leads to abundant life.

    Matthew 7:7-12 - How does our image of who God is shape how we pray?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2025 25:45


    Kyle and David unpack how our perception of who God is shapes the way we pray. 

    Why Is Judging Others So Dangerous? |

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2025 20:55


    Kyle and David unpack Matthew 7:1-6, and explore  the danger of judging others harshly and being blind to our own sin.

    What Does Jesus Mean When He Talks About Anxiety? | Matthew 6:25-34

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2025 23:28


    Jake and David dive into Matthew 6:25-34 and explore what Jesus means when he talks about anxiety and how we can live a non-anxious life.

    What Does It Mean to Have "Healthy" Eyes? | Matthew 6:19-24

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2025 23:48


    Kyle and David dive into Matthew 6:19-24 and explore how our relationship to wealth reveals the reality of our heart.

    What Does Jesus Want to Teach Us About Fasting? | Matthew 6:16-18

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2025 17:07


    Jesus assumes his disciples will fast. But what's the purpose of fasting? In this episode, Kyle and David explore how fasting frees us to feast on God's love and presence.

    How Can the Lord's Prayer Change Us? | Matthew 6:9-15

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2025 27:06


    Kyle and Jake explore how praying the Lord's Prayer can transform our own hearts, as well as the world around us.

    What Does Jesus Want to Teach Us About Prayer? | Matthew 6:5-8

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2025 27:49


    Kyle and David explore how prayer is relational, not transactional, and an invitation to be honest, not good.

    What Does It Mean to Be a Hypocrite, and Why Is It a Big Deal? | Matthew 6:1-4

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2025 29:21


    Kyle and David explore how Jesus defines hypocrisy, and unpack the dangers of doing "good deeds" in order to gain approval from others.

    Why Does Jesus Tell Us To Not Resist Evil People? | Matthew 5:38-48

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2025 29:32


     Kyle and David explore Jesus' command to love and bless those who harm us.

    What Does Jesus Want to Teach Us About Lust? | Matthew 5:27-37

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2025 31:32


    Kyle and David explore what the Bible teaches about sex, and how Jesus builds on that wisdom to show us how to steward our sexuality for our good and His glory.

    Is All Anger Sinful? | Matthew 5:21-26

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2025 28:35


    Kyle and David explore what the Bible teaches about anger, and how that might shape how we understand Jesus' command in Matthew 5:21.

    What Do We Do With the Law? | Matthew 5:17-20

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2025 31:19


    What Does It Mean to Be Salt and Light? | Matthew 5:13-16

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2025 28:20


    Jesus says his disciples are salt and light in the world. But what exactly does that mean? In this episode, Kyle and David talk about how Jesus invites his disciples to bless the world by embracing a distinct way of living.

    What Does It Mean to Be a Peacemaker? | Matthew 5:9-12

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2025 23:40


    The Hebrew word for “peace” is “shalom.” Kyle and David unpack what shalom means, and how we can join Jesus and bringing shalom to the world.

    What Does It Mean to Have a Pure Heart? | Matthew 5:6-8

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2025 27:50


    Kyle and David explore what the "heart" is in the Biblical imagination, and how God wants to renew and cleanse our inner being.

    What Does It Mean to Be Blessed? | Matthew 5:1-5

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2025 29:08


    In America, we often think that people are blessed when they are successful, healthy and safe. But Jesus talks about blessing in a very different way. In today's podcast, we explore what the word "blessed" means in the Bible.

    What Is the Sermon On the Mount? | Matthew 5-7

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2025 27:54


    People have argued for centuries about how Christians should read and understand the Sermon on the Mount. In today's podcast, we provide an overview of the entire sermon, and explore how Jesus wants to disrupt our vision of "the good life" and teaches us the true path that leads to abundant life.

    What Does It Mean To Follow Jesus? | Matthew 4:18-25

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2024 28:06


    We talk all the time about "following Jesus." But what exactly does that mean? In this episode, we discuss how followers of Jesus are apprentices who seek to imitate Jesus and join Him as He builds His Kingdom.

    What is the Kingdom of Heaven? | Matthew 4:12-17

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2024 20:29


    When Jesus comes, he regularly talks about "the Kingdom of Heaven." But what is the Kingdom of Heaven? In this episode, Kyle and David reflect on what Jesus is talking about, and how we can live in the reality of God's Kingdom today.

    Why does the Spirit lead Jesus into the wilderness to be tempted? | Matthew 4:1-11

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2024 25:46


    This week, Kyle and Paul explore how Jesus' temptation in the wilderness parallels Israel's wandering and testing in the wilderness (Deuteronomy 6-8), and how understanding Israel's story helps us understand Jesus' identity.

    Why did Jesus get baptized if he never sinned? | Matthew 3:13-17

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2024 27:39


    In this episode, Kyle and David explore how Jesus' baptism expands our understanding of WHAT baptism is and WHO Jesus is.

    | Matthew 3:1-12 - What does it mean to repent?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2024 31:35


    What does it mean to repent? Does it mean that we feel bad? Or that we say "sorry?" In this episode, we explore what the word "repent" means in the Bible, and how repentance is ultimately about God inviting us to experience abundant life. 

    What do Old Testament prophecies teach us about Jesus? | Matthew 2:13-23

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2024 25:07


    Why does it matter that Jesus fulfills Old Testament prophecy? In this episode, we answer that question and learn how to connect the dots between the New Testament and the Old Testament, and as we do this, we learn that the entire Biblical narrative points us to Jesus.

    What do the Magi teach us about Jesus and His Kingdom? | Matthew 2:1-12

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2024 24:06


    Matthew 1:18-25 | S11E05

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2024 24:53


    Matthew makes a point to stress that Jesus is "Immanuel - which means 'God with us." But why does it matter that Jesus is WITH US? To answer this, Kyle and David track the theme of God's presence through the Old Testament, and explore how the entire Old Testament leads up to this announcement.

    Matthew 1:12-17 | S11E04

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2024 23:41


    After Adam and Eve sinned the Garden of Eden, humanity was exiled from God's presence. From that point, the entire Bible is exploring the question, "How can we return home to God?" Today, we explore Jesus ends our spiritual exile and brings us home to God.

    Matthew 1:6-11 | S11E03

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2024 26:53


    Genealogies | S11E02

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2024 24:24


    David and Kyle discuss genealogies. What are they? Why are they in the Bible? And what is the genealogy in Matthew all about?

    Matthew Overview | S11E01

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2024 25:26


    Kyle and David provide an overview for the book of Matthew, exploring major themes, highlighting the main characters, and unpacking historical background.

    1 Thessalonians 5:12-22 | S10E10

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2024 22:49


    1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 | S10E09

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2024 21:21


    1 Thessalonians 4:9-12 | S10E08

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2024 19:09


    Kyle and David discuss key themes of 1 Thess 4:9-12 - that the Gospel would grow and develop “more and more” in the lives of the Thessalonians and overflow in their life and to everyone they encounter.

    1 Thessalonians 4:1-8 | S10E07

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2024 24:11


    Paul and Kyle discuss 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8 and explore how, when it comes to sex and sexuality, Jesus offers us a better script and a path that leads to life.

    1 Thessalonians 3:11-13 | S10E06

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2024 17:06


    This week, Paul and David discuss what it means to be filled with Christ's love that results in ongoing spiritual transformation and growing deeper in our relationship with Christ.

    1 Thessalonians 3:6-10 | S10E05

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2024 20:01


    Paul and Kyle dive into 1 Thessalonians 3:6-10 and discuss how Paul models what it means to live as a disciple-maker.

    1 Thessalonians 2:13-3:5 | S10E04

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2024 13:50


    Kyle and David look at 1 Thessalonians 2:13-3:5 and consider how God's church is called to live as a family united by love and affection.

    1 Thessalonians 2:1-12 | S10E03

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2024 22:07


    Paul and Kyle dive into 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12 and consider how disciples of Jesus are called to live to please God, not man, and how God's church is intended to be a new spiritual family.

    1 Thessalonians 1:2-10 | S10E02

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2024 22:06


    This week, Kyle and David unpack 1 Thessalonians 1:2-10, and look at how the Gospel shapes the life of a disciple.

    1 Thessalonians 1:1 | S10E01

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2024 21:05


    Romans 15:14-21 | S09E13

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2024 25:51


    Kyle and Jake dive into Romans 15:14-21 and consider how we can speak truth to one another in a loving way, and what it means to be "proud" of the work God has allowed us to join him in.

    Romans 15:8-13 | S09E12

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2024 19:01


    Romans 14:13-23 | S09E11

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2024 22:47


    Jake and Kyle dive into Romans 14:13-23. They discuss the importance of loving everyone even when they have different beliefs or convictions and to focus our efforts towards unity and mutual edification.

    Romans 13:11-14 | S09E10

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2024 24:35


    David and Kyle dive into Romans 13:11-14. They explore what it means to "wake up" as disciples, and highlight the danger of sleepwalking through our spiritual life.

    Romans 13:8-10 | S09E09

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2024 22:38


    Matt and Kyle reflect on what it means to "owe" love, and discuss how love fulfills the law that God gave to his people.

    Romans 13:1-7 | S09E08

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2024 21:18


    Kyle and Jake dive into Romans 13:1-7 and reflect on how Christians should relate to the government, and how God sovereignly reigns over all things (even when we can't see it).

    Romans 12:17-21 | S09E07

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2024 26:34


    Romans 12:14-16 | S09E06

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2024 26:53


    Podcast blurb: Kyle and David dive into Romans 12:14-16, and discuss how disciples are called to imitate the sacrificial love of Jesus.

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