VC Family Sermon Podcasts

We return to our study in James. Pastor Travis takes us through the misuse of the tongue, specifically the sin of slander. Discussion/Reflection: What is a healthy way to handle conflict with someone without slandering/speaking evil of them? How does this passage apply to the way we talk about public figures, leaders, or people on social media?

It's VBS Sunday! Join us as Minster Brown takes us through the story of Mephibosheth.

Pastor Weston continues our study through James. We will zoom in on what causes fights and quarrels.

Continuing our study through James, we come across the question, "Who is wise among you?". This is not a question to identify who, but rather to describe those who truly are wise and understanding. Discussion/Reflection: How is "wisdom from above" different than "earthly wisdom"? In what ways can you actively pursue peace in your church and community?

Pastor Travis continues our study through James. James reminds us that good works are not limited to just actions, but that words are also works. Discussion/Reflection: When have you experienced words used to damage or harm? In what ways have you used your words to bless and/or curse?

Do you have faith in Jesus? Is it just words or does your faith spur action? In James chapter 2 we will explore his most famous teaching. "Faith without works is Dead". Discussion/Reflection How is "dead faith" different from having no faith at all? What evidence is there in your life of "living/active faith'?

Pastor Travis takes us through the first part of James chapter 2. Where James addresses the Jewish Christian communities regarding the favoritism toward the rich, and their discrimination against the poor. Discussion/Reflection In what subtle (or overt) ways do we show favoritism in our lives, workplaces, or church community?

In today's passages, that Pastor Travis takes us through, James shows us a much needed correction in each of our lives. Reflect/Discuss In what ways do you put God's Word into practice in areas of speech, anger, and mercy for the most vulnerable?

Pastor Travis continues our study in James. In today's passage, James will correct us from false ways of thinking in regards to our trials and temptations. Reflection Questions: What do you learn to be true about God in James 1:12-18? What is the difference between being TESTED (for growth) and TEMPTED (to sin)?

Pastor Taylor continues our study through the book of James. Asking, "How do we lives as believers in relation to money in a world that operates so fixated and controlled by it?"

What is wisdom and how do we get it? Join us as we continue our study through the book of James to help answer this question. Discussion/Reflection: What specific situation in your life right now requires God's wisdom?

We start our study through the book of James. James teaches us two things about trials. That they are inevitable and that they have a purpose. Discussion/Reflection: Memorize James 1:2-4. Share a trial or hardship in your life that God used to bring about greater maturity or strength in your character?

Pastor Weston walks us through Psalm 119. Where he asks the question; How do we find a life of Blessings (happiness)?

Easter Sunday is here, celebrate with us as Pastor Travis focuses on how Jesus is our ransom.

Pastor Travis takes us through Psalm 107. A psalm that calles people to praise God for His deliverance and rescue thay have experienced. Reflection/Discussion: What is a predicament (sin, trial, crisis) from which God has delivered you? (Let the redeemed of the Lord tell their story!)

The center point of today's Psalm is a request of God to teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. Discussion Question: Think upon the certainty of your death. How does this knowledge make you wise for living?

Mister Brown takes us through Psalm 73. Where we look at how when we do the right things and it feels like everything is going wrong, But others do the wrong things and it feels like everything is going right for them.

Pastor Eric Takes us through Psalm 42. Where the Psalmist is "Singing the Blues" as he goes through difficult times but yet he knows he still has hope. Discussion Questions: What biblical truths do you know that can help when feeling depressed? How has God come through for you when you you were downcast and disturbed? What helps you when you are down?

In this 5 week study we will be looking over 5 different Psalms. Today Pastor Travis will be taking us through Psalm 1, where the Psalmist is describing the good life. A life of delight, effectiveness and purpose. Discussion Questions: What challenges do you face when reading the Bible? Rather than treating it as a duty, what practical steps can you take to "delight in" and "meditate on" God's Wor...

Boaz steps up as Guarding Redeemer and the elders and townspeople declare their witness and pronounce a three-fold blessing on him. We will take a closer look at this third blessing and how the book of Ruth ends. Discussion Question: The Book of Ruth began with Naomi's emptiness and ends with Naomi's joy. In what ways has God brought you from a place of emptiness to a place of joy and hope?

Last week we left off where Ruth made a bold request to marry Boaz. He commends her and vows to make sure she is protected... But Boaz being a man of standing, reveals there is another guardian-redeemer who is closer to Ruth than himself. He must be given the chance to redeem Ruth first. Discussion Questions:  In Ruth 4:1-12, compare the actions of Boaz with "So and So" (the unnamed relative). How...

Continuing our study in Ruth, Naomi puts it on herself to find a home for Ruth. What she tells her to do is bold an potentially dangerous. Ruth does what she asks and takes the risk. Discussion Question: Waiting vs. Taking Action. How can we balance taking initiative in our lives (like Ruth in 3:3) while waiting patiently for God's timing (like Ruth in 3:18)?

We continue our study through the book of Ruth. Ruth "just so happened" to be gleaning in the field of a man named Boaz. Who "just so happened" to be a family guarding-redeemer. Discussion Question: What is a "It just so happened" moment in your life where God's hand was guiding you, though you didn't know it.

Pastor Travis takes us through the second part of chapter 1. Here we see Naomi returning to her homeland. She tells her daughters-in-law to return to their families because she has nothing left to give.

Pastor Travis takes us into the book of Ruth. Where Elimelek finds himself in a famine. He moves him and his wife and their two sons to Moab. Away from their family. To a strange land where they have no roots.