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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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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.
Transcribe →234 / The attitude-behaviour gap
Sep 21Tap to summarizeIs your life better than it was 12 months ago? If you're following Jesus, you should expect to see year-on-year growth, development, and maturity in your inner life. Yet for so long, in the church we have settled for a skin-deep discipleship that settles for just believing the right ideas.Drawing from Jesus' words on the mount (Matthew 5), Chris explores a biblical vision for a deeply transformed life, and hints at how we can begin to see the fruit of that develop.
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