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Toowoomba Vineyard Church
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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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326 / We've read the Sermon on the Mount. What now?
2d ago00:31:51Tap to summarizeAfter a marathon series rolling verse by verse through the sermon on the mount, we find ourselves in the last few verses of the conclusion. It's almost as if Jesus turns back to his audience one last time and says 'what now?' Jesus presents us with a choice. We are welcome to nod our heads along, agree with his teaching and change nothing. He says that path will destroy us. The other, harder option is we can nod along, agree with his teaching, and change how we live. What will you choose?
Transcribe →325 / 'The narrow path' is not about where you go when you die
1w ago00:41:06Tap to summarizeWith only two weeks left in our series on the Sermon on the Mount, we open up a passage that has all too often been used to exclude and shame. 'The narrow path'—as well as the accompanying teaching on false prophets—is usually thought of as an 'us vs the world' scenario. Yet when we rightly read it as a part of the Sermon on the Mount, we realise it's less about what happens when you die, and more about how we live now...
Transcribe →324 / Don't treat God like a vending machine
2w ago00:31:32Tap to summarizeThere's something intuitively wrong about treating God like a vending machine — insert prayer, out comes what you asked for. And yet in Matthew 7, Jesus famously says 'Ask and it will be given to you.' So how do we bring our needs before God with the right heart?
Transcribe →322 / No worries mate, she'll be right
Jun 1400:28:06Tap 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...
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