The Vine Sheffield Podcast

Will Briggs takes us to the story of King David's abuse of Bathsheba and her husband, Uriah. Even a difficult story like this points us to the true King we need. It relates to our experiences of hurt, even as members of God's people. These hurts are not papered over by the grace of God, rather there is solidarity with Jesus in shared sufferings.   Will references a book by Diane Langberg. The...

Amy Hole begins a few weeks of teaching in which we look at what God teaches us through some key events from the time of King David and King Solomon. Also available as a video here: https://youtu.be/OK89GDqGEKY

Amy Hole takes us into the gospel of Mark in which we are told about the beheading of John the Baptist. Here is a story in Mark's Gospel in which Jesus himself doesn't feature. He is absent, yet it still speaks of the gospel and calls us to understand Christ's presence with us. Available as video here: https://youtu.be/zbMZoLLgVVc

Andy Bryce speaks to us about mission, drawing on how Jesus sends out the disciples in Mark 6, and applying it to the local work and context of our locality near St. Bart's. Also available as a video here: https://youtu.be/x2ma_Z4clt0

Ben Lacey concludes our series in which we look at how faith shapes our life. Here we focus on expressing God's mercy and justice and how that begins by turning to him, first, worshipping him and knowing his heart.   This talk is available as a video here: https://youtu.be/noAsgh2bUiw Living Prayerfully - Celebrating God’s presence in all things, at all times, through a daily rhythm of prayer...

Claire Law continues our series in which we look at how faith shapes our life. Here we focus on Celebrating Creativity in which we lean into the creative work that God has prepared for us.   This talk is available as a video here: https://youtu.be/ZQa7-SEwZaE Living Prayerfully - Celebrating God’s presence in all things, at all times, through a daily rhythm of prayer and worship - (Davo Smith...

Gill and Will Briggs continue our series in which we look at how faith shapes our life. Here we focuses on Practicing Hospitality which rests and springs out of of how he host the presence of God in our own lives. We give God the front door key to all that we have.   This talk is available as a video here: https://youtu.be/0dYU1oclvkk Living Prayerfully - Celebrating God’s presence in all thi...

Davo Smith continues our series in which we look at how faith shapes our life. Here he focuses on a Life of Prayer and draws on the Lord's Prayer to show how the fullness of it is in how it's about God and not ourselves.   Also available as video here: https://youtu.be/DQJ6DROJB6E Living Prayerfully (This talk) - Celebrating God’s presence in all things, at all times, through a daily rhythm o...

Phil Townsend continues thinking through the senses in which faith shapes our life. Here he focuses on Evangelism in the light of the hope that wells up within us as we love and are loved by God. A video of this talk is available here: https://youtu.be/g8wzbWq31VU In this series we are looking at the following topics. Living Prayerfully - Celebrating God’s presence in all things, at all times, thr...

On Pentecost Sunday Will Briggs introduces a new series to shape our summer of substantial dreams. Here we focus on Learning & Discipleship in the context of the Pentecost story in Acts 2.  In weeks to come we will be looking at the following topics.    Living Prayerfully - Celebrating God’s presence in all things, at all times, through a daily rhythm of prayer and worship. Cele...

Andy Wier draws together our series on Jesus' teaching in his Sermon on the Mount by giving an overview of the last few weeks and bringing us to the firm foundation of obeying God's word in his parable of the builders on the sand and the rockl. Recorded live druing May 16th, 2021.   Available as a video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRIPjjjVfRk Listen on our podcast: http://thevineshe...

On the morning in which we also hold our annual meetings, Will Briggs continues our series on Jesus' teaching in his Sermon on the Mount. Here we imagine bringing ourselves and our growing post-covid world to sit at Jesus' feet and hear his words. Recorded live during on May 9th, 2021.   Watch a video of this talk: https://youtu.be/4DQdXLNpMOU Listen on our podcast: http://thevinesheffield.or...

Andy Wier continues our series on Jesus' teaching on his Sermon on the Mount. Here we explore the weight of concern we have about our time, energy, and worry, and apply the wisdom of Jesus. Recorded live during our livestream on May 2nd, 2021. This talk is available as a video here: https://youtu.be/IBGRiWpYtng Listen on our podcast: http://thevinesheffield.org.uk/podcast or search for "The Vine S...

Andy Bryce continues our series on Jesus' teaching in his Sermon on the Mount. Here we explore our spiritual lives - our prayer and good works - and ponder how "on show" they are, or deeply real. Recorded live during our livestream on April 25th, 2021.   Watch the video of this talk: https://youtu.be/liRsVSdzFaQ In today's talk Andy refers to the Prayer Course. For more information you can vi...

Claire Law continues our series on Jesus' teaching in his Sermon on the Mount. Recorded live during our livestream on April 18th, 2021.   Watch this talk as a video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbTMrudmRr4 Listen on our podcast: http://thevinesheffield.org.uk/podcast

Tina Powell-Wiffen begins our post-Easter series of talks on Jesus' teaching on the Sermon on the Mount. Recorded live during our livestream on April 11th, 2021. Also available as video at https://youtu.be/6211hck77I4

It's Easter Sunday 2021. Christ is risen; he is risen indeed. Alleluia!   We rejoice in Jesus, physically risen from the dead. A tomb opened that we can see in. The joy of knowing who it is who has been given all authority. He gave his body for us, and we use our bodies for him. There is great joy in that, particularly in this pandemic year.   Watch a video of this talk here: https://you...

This talk is taken from the sixth and final zoom meeting of our Lent Course on March 31st, 2021. In Romans 8 Paul reaches a crescendo as he brings all that he says so far to encourage us to live according to the Spirit of God. He shows us the riches of our spiritual inheritance, and the power of God in the hope for the days of present suffering. He strengthens us with a reminder of the certainty o...

On the last Sunday in our Roaming through Romans series in Lent we come to Romans 8. Paul is writing to encourage his friends in the real world. All that has gone before in his letter is to deepen their understanding so that they can trust in the presence of God's Spirit in the midst of their world, and live in the depths of that truth.  We have the Spirit of God in a creation that groans. &n...

This video is taken from the fifth zoom meeting of our Lent Course on March 24th, 2021. We revisit the gospel that Paul expounds, and explore how we engage with it, and some thoughts about what we actually mean by "sin."  We then turn to Romans 7 where Paul speaks of the power of sin being reinforced by the truth of God's good law; and the joy of being freed from that bond through the cross o...

On the second-to-last Sunday of our Roaming through Romans series in Lent we arrive at Romans 7. Here Paul notoriously tangles himself up in the dilemma of encountering the goodness of God's truth yet finding it humanly possible to live by it. Here we delve into that dilemma, and arrive at the joy of how the gospel of Jesus is that it has been overcome through covenant relationship and faith. &nbs...

This video is taken from the fourth zoom meeting of our Lent Course on March 17th, 2021. In this we go into the "last lap" of our journey into Romans 1-8 as we arrive at chapter 6. Paul poses a question about whether God's grace allows us to keep on sinning. This is a doorway question into some fundamental aspects of our discipleship with Jesus. Paul answers the question by looking at how, in the...

Our Lent series into Romans brings us to Romans 6. Here Paul begins to explore questions that will help his hearers grasp the gospel for their everyday lives. The gospel is not academic. As he talks about the freedom we have, and alludes to the story of the Exodus, we are exhorted to  live in that freedom, and not in cheap grace.   Recorded live during our livestream on March 14th, 2021....

This audio is taken from the third zoom meeting of our Lent Course on March 10th, 2021. In this session we recapped the previous weeks, and then looked at Romans 4-5. Paul appeals to the story of Abraham, to demonstrate how the God's blessing can only flow fully through faith, not as an earned reward. He then contrasts Jesus to Adam, showing how the gift that flows through Jesus exceeds the power...

As we continue our Lent series into the book of Romans, we arrive at chapter 4. Here Paul begins to illustrate, demonstrate, and celebrate the way in which the gospel is made real in the lives of his people. The story of righteousness by faith is not some second-chapter afterthought, it integral to the family history of all of God's people, including ourselves. Will encourages to consider Abraham'...