Lakewood Vineyard (OH)

From the series The Parables of the Kingdom.  A lot of Christians are only being converted by half the Gospel. We preach Jesus as King and we lead people in prayers to follow Jesus and make him Lord of our lives, but we often skip over The Kingdom of God. We often make it a mere addendum to the Gospel. But Jesus himself says that proclaiming the Kingdom of God is is the reason he was sent! Worship...

From the series The Parables of the Kingdom.  Have you ever had someone that loved you enough to say something hard? They saw you heading towards trouble and yelled, "Watch out!" In this teaching, Tom Wadsworth shares with us from the power of a challenging word and the necessity of repentance and going in a different direction

From the series The Parables of the Kingdom.  We often hear that God loves us and that God is generous , but we often think there's a catch. In this message, Wendy Gierhart shares with us that God's goodness is so good that it cannot be exaggerated!

From the series The Parables of the Kingdom. For most of us, success looks like fast growth, forceful, and something that everyone can see. But when Jesus tells the parable of the mustard seed and the yeast, he flips this upside down. What if the kingdom of God isn't like this at all? What if's actually the opposite? Alex Meyers shares with us about these great parables!

From the series The Parables of the Kingdom. What would you give up everything for? In the parable of the treasure in the field and the pearl of great price, Jesus tells us that the kingdom of God is worth giving everything up. But why? And even if we want to, how do we do it?

From the series The Parables of the Kingdom. If you were to guess what Jesus taught the most about, what would it be? Would you be surprised that it was the kingdom of God? At the very beginning Jesus begin announcing the good news that God's kingdom had come close and that it had come close in Jesus! Today, we begin this new series as we explore the rest of the summer the stories that Jesus...

From the series The Art of Neighboring. When we think about stepping out and doing something new or meeting someone new, fear often gets in the way. Fear of the unknown, fear of rejection, fear of what it will cost us? In the final message in our series, we take a look at the barrier of fear to loving our neighbor and how we overcome it!

From the series The Art of Neighboring. The biggest challenge to loving our neighbor is actually slowing down enough to notice our neighbor. In this talk, we take a look at the life of Jesus and the life of un-hurry that he lived! 

From the series The Art of Neighboring. If there was one thing we could differently in the world that would leave the greatest impact, what do you think it would be? For most of us, loving our neighbor wouldn't be at the top of our list. And yet, Jesus said that alongside of loving God with all that you are, it was the greatest commandment. It really summarized all of the Bible.  What do you...

From the series of Free at Last. In our final message from our Free at Last series, Matt explores Galatians 6 as Paul tells us the only law that we are called to follow - the law of Christ  - which says "bear each others' burdens."

From the series Free at Last.  If you've been around the Christian faith much, maybe you've heard someone talk about the "flesh" and the "spirit" but what does that actually mean? Worship & Creative Arts Director Britton Roberts shares with us the beauty of the invitation to life in the Spirit. 

From the series Free at Last.  There is the well-known verse that says, "It is for freedom that Christ has set us free!" But what is real freedom? What does a life of real freedom look like?

From the series Free at Last. Have you ever seen someone that you love struggling so much that it hurts? You want to help them, guide them, point them towards how to live differently, how to change for the better. On this Mother's Day, we're going to look at we become the kind of person who becomes a catalyst for change in our people's lives as we explore the question of, "How...

From the series Free at Last. We've all experienced those habits, thought patterns, and emotions that seem to control us. And we can feel stuck. We wish it was different. We wish we were different but it feels like we're powerless to change.  But what if at the heart of the issue was the very thing that we love most in the world? The thing that we believe we need the most in the world? ...

From the series Free at Last. The idea that God is our Father for most people isn't a new one but oftentimes, we've become so used to that truth that we miss what it actually means. In this message, we'll look at how in Christ alone, God welcomes us into a new family, a new identity, and a new intimacy. 

Easter Sunday. Many of us know the story of Easter Sunday but have we taken the time to really get to know the One who was risen? Join us today as we take a closer look at that first encounter with Jesus & how it shapes our encounter with him today!

From the series Free at Last. If you're like most people, reading and understanding the Bible can be difficult. But what if there was a central theme, a central story that helped us understand it. In this message, we're going to learn what God's heart has always been!

From the series Free at Last. A lot of us would say that we are spiritual but not religious. It doesn't take long for us to see that there are a lot of different kinds of spirituality. So what makes spirituality Christian?

From the series Free at Last. How often do we find ourselves in boxes that keep us from really following Jesus into being and doing all that he has created us for? Our guest speaker Pastor Lumar Vargas of Aviva Church shares powerful words about how we freely follow Jesus. 

From the series Free at Last. We like to think that peer pressure was just for middle school and high school, right? Who cares what other people think! But if we're honest, we do. And sometimes that can really affect our ability to live the kind of life that we most deeply want to live. How do we get free from this? 

From the series Free at Last.  It seems like no matter how our life has turned out so far, our past always seems to follow us around. But what if Jesus actually wanted to set us free from our past? What if he wanted to turn our past hurts and sin from a confession into a testimony? 

From the series Free at Last.  We throw around the term gospel a lot in Christian circles but its meaning is simple - "good news." But unfortunately the message that we share with others doesn't always sound like that good of news! In the first message of our new series, we take a look at how the gospel is only good news if we keep two things in mind. One, that we need rescued! And...

From the series Genero(us). Jesus says we're blessed and happy when we orient our lives around giving and generosity, but what happens when we do that? What are the outcomes? In this message, we look at 4 outcomes the Apostle Paul lays out in one of his letters to the Christians in Corinth. 

From the series Generous. t’s really easy to let our lives slip into being centered around money - whether we have a little or a lot. On Sunday we looked at some warning signs that Jesus points out and two ways that are crucial to getting healthy with money!

From the series Genero(us).  Jesus once said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive." And while we normally hear this saying right after we give a gift or receive a gift, what if Jesus was talking less about random acts of giving but was actually inviting us to a lifestyle, a life centered around generosity? Join us in week 1 of this new series on the generous life!