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Toowoomba Vineyard Church
Hosted by Toowoomba Vineyard Church · EN
We’re a new Vineyard church made up of people from all ages, stages, backgrounds, cultures, and political persuasions who are united by our desire to learn from and live like Jesus.
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322 / No worries mate, she'll be right
3w ago00:28:06Tap to summarizeIn the middle of a sermon full of heavy hitting teaching, Jesus drops in some of the most comforting words in all of scripture. The 'do not worry' passage has helped many not to be anxious, but if it's true, why do Christians still experience hardship? If God is going to provide, why do so many in the Kingdom go without?
Transcribe →321 / What do you truly treasure? And would your bank statement agree?
Jun 700:36:56Tap to summarizeAnother of Jesus' revered teaching is on treasure — 'do not store up for yourself treasures on earth'... It might be a familiar saying, but what does it really mean? If you made a table with one column being 'treasures on earth', and another saying 'treasures in heaven', what things would go in each column? The answer may surprise you.
Transcribe →320 / A word for the 'Instagram quiet time' generation
May 3100:40:15Tap to summarizeWe live in a world that's obsessed with authenticity. Brands live and die by it. A shred of insincerity can crush a celebrity's career. But ironically, thats in the midst of a culture that's never been more curated.Turns out this isn't a modern problem. As we get into chapter 6 of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus turns to authenticity — in the practice of our faith.
Transcribe →319 / On loving our enemies
May 2400:31:52Tap to summarizeOne of the most challenging teachings in the New Testament, or maybe the whole bible, is Jesus' command for us to love our enemies. Not because it's hard to understand, but because it's so easy to theologise away, or just ignore. When we look at the state of the church, and the world today, it's easy to imagine how putting this teaching into practice would change everything.And yet we don't.Thankfully, in this week's message Mandy gives us a practical guide for what enemy love does — and doesn't look like.
Transcribe →318 / This one's for the Facebook 'maybes'
May 1800:26:04Tap to summarizeOK, so Facebook doesn't have a 'Maybe' button on events anymore (it has 'Interested' which is kind of the same, but not quite). But that little button has worked its way into our culture to the point that we almost have a crisis of commitment. Whether it's showing up to events, saying 'I'll pray for you' and actually following through, or how we show up on social media, being genuine in our communication is something we struggle with as a society. And incredibly, Jesus spoke to the heart of the issue 2,000 years ago.
Transcribe →317 / On lust and divorce
May 1000:39:48Tap to summarizeAmongst many other things, the Sermon on the Mount is a strong reminder that Jesus wasn't afraid to throw punches. In today's instalment, we tackle not one, but two difficult passages. Tragically, both have been used to shame and control people in the church. And yet when we take some time to understand Jesus' context and language, we discover his words on lust and divorce are actually good news.
Transcribe →316 / Flipping the script on anger
May 300:31:57Tap to summarize'You have heard it said, do not murder, but I say to you...'. At this point in the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus gets stuck into the details. He begins a series of sayings that reinterpret and raise the bar on the Old Testament law with anger — something we can all relate to. Laura unpacks...
Transcribe →315 / Do Christians have to follow the Old Testament law?
Apr 2600:37:42Tap to summarizeIn the third instalment of our Sermon on the Mount series, we turn to Jesus' controversial (yet profound) reinterpretation of the Old Testament law. In this opening section, he claims that to enter the Kingdom of Heaven his followers must have 'righteousness that exceeds even that of the Pharisees and Scribes'... in other words, the guys whose whole life purpose was to follow the law to the letter. How on earth are we supposed to do that?
Transcribe →314 / Where are you shining your torch?
Apr 1900:32:05Tap to summarizeFollowing his epic (or strange?) opening to the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus turns his attention to two analogies his audience would've been intimately familiar with — salt and light.What's interesting is what he doesn't say: you will be the salt of the earth, or you could be the light of the world. Two words stand out in this section... you are.So what would these analogies have meant? How can Jesus say his followers ARE the salt of the earth and light of the world, especially when you look at the church today? Allow Mandy to explain...
Transcribe →313 / A strange way to start a sermon
Apr 1200:34:30Tap to summarizeWe sometimes fall into the trap of treating Christianity just as a set of doctrines to be believed. But if you started reading the New Testament from the beginning, you'd quickly arrive at Jesus' most famous sermon (and possibly the most epic sermon ever), and would really struggle to get that — instead, following Jesus is a way of living that permeates all of who we are. As we begin a new series walking through the Sermon on the Mount, Chris unpacks the beatitudes.
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