Christ Church Vienna

How the Trinity helps us to comprehend and face trials in life.

Friend and guest preacher Matt Hensley gives a powerful message on the journey of forgiveness.

Bishop Chris Warner visits CCV for the first time.

Dean preaches on the broad and narrow meaning of our petition to “Give us our daily bread.” By exploring the meaning of each word and our trust in the Lord’s provision.

What is our hope as Christians? Matt Hemsley walks through the historical perspective and understanding of a Jewish audience hearing Jesus’s words, “Thy Kingdom Come”. Our present hope in Jesus as King, His kingdom here on earth and His return to be King over all.

Guest preacher and friend Skip Ryan speaks on the many but one name of the Lord. The beauty, splendor and wonder of a Triune God. A God who turns our hollowness into hallowedness for His glory.

Dean Miller preaches on formation of prayers and the God of the heavens with us.

Honored friend John Yates preaches on the great significance of Jesus’s words, “Our Father.” A father brings great significance in a child’s life and offers a “ballast”, a weightiness and steadiness. For the God of the universe to adopt us as sons of God and for Him to be our Father means we have an […]

On this Easter Sunday, lead pastor Johnny K. shares about the hope, joy, peace and love that only a resurrected Jesus can provide.

You can follow Jesus and be asked to do something that is too hard for you. As Jesus prayed the most impactful words “yet not my will but yours Lord”, He showed us how prayer and surrender is the battle, not the preparation. So if we want deeper spiritual formation, we need to walk with […]

Jesus gives an up close and far away timeline of the realities followers of Christ will face. Calling believers to be on guard and faithful to Him, no matter the cost or opposition they may face from those closest to them.

The day after his Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem, Jesus is confronted by the religious authorities who have conspired to trap and eliminate him. “Should we pay the tax to Ceasar?” they demand. But really they are asking if Jesus is the Messiah, a revolutionary. He is. But as his response reveals, he is not at […]

Jesus enters Jerusalem and heads to the Temple for a series of interactions with the religious leaders of Israel.

Just after Jesus has foretold his suffering death for a third time, James & John request seats of honor when Jesus comes into his “glory.” But Jesus’ kingdom is a different sort than they are thinking and overturns every culture’s vision of greatness. He calls them, and all his followers, to be servants of all, […]

A father brings his suffering son to Jesus and asks for help and healing. Jesus tells him with faith anything is possible. The father replies, I believe, help my unbelief. In a life of suffering and loss, we wrestle with faith and doubt–we wonder why, why God…? Mercifully the God of the Bible draws near […]

In Mark 8, Jesus reveals that he will suffer, be rejected, killed and rise from the dead. And he calls all of his disciples to deny their self, take up the cross, and follow him.

We finish our series on King by looking at the ways Hezekiah and Josiah pursued devotion to God.

The history of the northern kingdom of Israel in 1 & 2 Kings is a long line of unfaithful leaders. Kings who did not trust God for provision, protection or salvation, but instead turned to other nations and other gods to assuage their fears and deal with their biggest concerns. Many centuries later, we do […]

Naaman, the Commander of the Army of Syria is the ultimate insider in his own country. But in Israel he is the ultimate outsider – an enemy who has leprosy. But he comes seeking the healing of the God of Israel’s prophet Elisha. What must he do to elicit the favor of this God? Nothing? […]

Elijah has just had his greatest victory as Yahweh God defeated the god of Baal. But in 1 Kings 19, the Queen threatens Elijah’s life. He is filled with fear and failure but God meets him in his hopelessness and despair with abundant graces and a new calling. Our God is a wounded healer how […]

The sum of Ahab’s life is “he did evil in the sight of the Lord.” He worshipped the Baal, the Canaanite god, and rejected Yahweh, the Covenant God of Israel, because he wanted the security and prosperity and did not trust God to provide. Similarly, we are drawn to trust things other than God for […]

To what are you devoted?  This week we continue our series in I and II Kings by studying what Solomon, Jeroboam, and Rehoboam were devoted to, and why those objects of devotion divided the Kingdom of Israel.

Solomon, the greatest of Israel’s Kings is also the wisest man in the world. But David, despite his many failings, is called a man after God’s own heart. It is not influence, reputation, brilliance or success in life that matters most, it is a heart for God and finishing well.

Does life matter? Do I matter? The birth of Christ on Christmas invites us to look in the manger and to see the God who loves us and made us and who says to us–yes.