Vinelife Podcast

Series: Promises for My People Title: Like the Waters Cover the Sea Author: Hal Hester Scripture Reference: Isaiah 11.1-16 Description: Jesus is the reason for the season, but what does that mean for those who are afar off? Why should the world care? Join Pastor Hal as he looks into the real reason it matters and what brings real joy to the heart of God in this season. The post Like the Waters Cov...

Series: Promises for My People Title: No Matter What. Author: Hal Hester Scripture Reference: Isaiah 9.1-21 Description: Promises have benefits and consequences. God always keeps his word but what happens when you end up on the wrong side of his promise? Isaiah 9 is a reminder that God’s patience is a time for change and should never be taken for granted and that his Christmas kindness is a...

Advent Series: Promises for my People Title: And she will be with child . . . Author: Hal Hester Scripture Reference: Isaiah 7.1-25 The message given by Isaiah to King Ahaz was full of promises for God’s people. Those already fulfilled point us toward God’s faithfulness today and for the future. The post And She Will Be With Child appeared first on VineLife Christian Church .

Baby Dedications, November 27, 2016 Author: Hal Hester Description: Dedication of Cadence Joleen Dumala, Anna Axella Beathag Garcia, and Aiden Matthew Esser. Blessings to each of you and your parents! The post Baby Dedications November 2016 appeared first on VineLife Christian Church .

Series: Walk This Way Title: Always Ready, Always Prepared Author: April Gordon Scripture Reference: 2 Tim 4.1-22  Description: As the Apostle wraps up his second letter to Timothy about how to help the church in Ephesus his sense of urgency intensifies with insistence that Timothy and those around him be prepared at all times because they do not know what tomorrow may bring but that the need of t...

Series: Walk this Way Title: In Step with God’s Word Author: Hal Hester Scripture Reference: 2 Timothy 3 Description: Paul’s charge to Timothy is to walk this way not just when it is convenient to do so, but to recognize that people have always, and will always, pursue the goals of self but that we are still called to be God’s people even when the world is counter to the way. The...

Series: Walk This Way Title: Do Not Get Entangled Author: Hal Hester Scripture Reference: 2 Timothy 2.1-26 Description: Distractions can be harmless enough but sometimes they can entangle and trip us up until we are preoccupied with things that do not really matter in the big scheme of things. For the Christian the one thing that really matters is sometimes the very thing we can find every reason...

Series: Walk this Way Title: Do Not Be Ashamed Author: Hal Hester Scripture Reference: 2 Timothy 1.1-18 Description: Paul’s admonition to not be ashamed comes on the heels of his own arrest and subsequent loss of favor in Ephesus, after which Timothy has begun to neglect his spiritual gifts. To that ends Paul’s solution is to fan into flame the gift of God that has grown dormant. The q...

Series: Walk This Way Title: In Contentment Author: Hal Hester Scripture reference: 1 timothy 6.1-21 Description: Contentment is something that everyone claims to desires but few achieve. Is it really so elusive or is the secret to contentment so simple that most of us never want to consider it? The post In Contentment appeared first on VineLife Christian Church .

Series: Walk This Way Title:  Cause She Knew What She Was Doing Author: Hal Hester Scripture Reference: 1 Timothy 2.1-15 25 Description: How does anyone know what they are doing unless they are first taught the way. The Apostle Paul tells Timothy that of first urgency that we teach people to pray. So the first lesson is that every believer learn to pray, and if you already know how then you are to...

Series: Walk This Way Title: Teach Them How to Walk This Way Author: Hal Hester Scripture Reference: 1 Timothy 1.1-20 Paul was writing to Timothy to tell him how to instruct the church to live as newly converted pagans. So much of the church today is really barely converted. They do not walk in the ways of the Lord but int he ways of the world and so these same principles apply. This week my focus...

Title: Stories Author: Richard Bennett Scripture Referenced: Psalm 78 Description: Richard reminds us of the Kingdom value in sharing our stories of God at work in our lives with our children and loved ones.   The post Stories appeared first on VineLife Christian Church .

Series: Proverbs Title: You Usually Find What You Are Looking For Author: Hal Hester Scripture reference: Proverbs 31:10-31 Description:   An excellent wife who can find? The real answer is maybe more surprising than the hyperbole that the Proverb writer is engaged in. Jesus’ perspective on the world is that we are holy, perfect and worthy of his sacrifice. What do you see?   The post Y...

Series: Proverbs Title: Righteousness Exalts a Nation Author: Hal Hester Scripture Reference: Proverbs 29.1-27 Description: The Proverbs encourage us to live good lives, but only a few times does it insist that we live according to God’s Word. In this particular chapter the teacher points out that good rulers and justice are gifts from God to a people who know and follow his law The post Rig...

Series: Proverbs Title: Silence is Golden Author: Hal Hester Scripture Reference: Proverbs 17.1-35 Description: Of the many lessons we learn from Proverbs one of the most valuable lessons repeated in almost every chapter of Proverbs is, knowing when to be silent, and knowing when to speak. In this message Pastor Hal helps us to consider the wisdom of silence. The post Silence is Golden appeared fi...

Series: Proverbs Title: Life Is Messy Author: Hal Hester Scripture Reference: Proverbs 14 :1-35 Description: Jesus was concerned about the heart of the matter not just appearances. The teachers of Proverbs expresses this same concern raising our awareness that the actions done in secret reveal our true character and challenges us to take a deeper look into our own hearts as we examine our own acti...

Series:Proverbs  Message Title: Gazelle Intensity Author: Hal Hester Scripture Reference: Proverbs 6 Description: The only way to really get free is with gazelle like intensity escaping the hand of the hunter. The post Gazelle Intensity appeared first on VineLife Christian Church .

Series: Proverbs Title: From the Head to the Heart Author: April Gordon Scripture reference: Proverbs 3 Description: Is believing in God enough? Maybe you’ve grown up knowing about Him, but have never truly experienced the power of presence in your life. Listen as April Gordon shares the difference between intellectual knowledge and experiential belief, the importance of trusting with your h...

Series: Proverbs Title: Missed Calls Author: Brian Norman Scripture reference: Proverbs 1 Description: We receive two calls each day: one is the call to foolishness; the other is the call to wisdom.  How do we know which is which, and what are the results of receiving one call and declining the other? The post Missed Calls appeared first on VineLife Christian Church .

Series: Greater Than> Title: My Hardships Author: Hal Hester Scripture reference: Hebrews 12-13 Description:  There are numerous obstacles that seem to stop us in our tracks socially, emotionally, and spiritually. Jesus knows that struggle and overcame those same struggles and provides us with all that we need to overcome because he is greater than all our struggles.  [one-fourth-first][/one-fo...

Series: Greater Than> Title: Empirical Evidence Author: Hal Hester Scripture Reference: Hebrews 11.1-40 Description: We live in an age that has set as the highest standard of knowledge and reality those things which can be known through scientific method, insisting that only that which  proven empirically can be considered truth. Yet some of our greatest discoveries have come by faith, armed wi...

Series: Greater Than> Title: My Privacy Author: Hal Hester Scripture: Hebrews 10.1-39 We live in a consumer age of church, making it is easy to find fault with the local church but the Hebrew writer points us to our part in deeply encountering God and invites us to turn our private consumer view of religion toward biblical truth. The post My Privacy appeared first on VineLife Christian Church .

Title: A Life Lived Outward Author: Jason Kahler Scripture: Luke 6.38 Description: When life is most difficult is it possible to grow and mature in Christlikeness? The post A Life Lived Outward appeared first on VineLife Christian Church .

Series: Greater Than> Title: The Blood of Bulls & Goats Author: Hal Hester Scripture reference: Hebrews 9.1-28 Description: The blood of bulls & goats under the first covenant was a yearly reminder of sin. It reminded the worshipper that the price of sin was death but it did nothing to forgive those sins. Instead that first covenant pointed toward the ultimate sacrifice off Jesus the Me...

Series: Greater Than> Title: The Shadows of the Past Author: Hal Hester Description: Shadows can tell us a great deal, but without a proper context we can miss what they are really telling us. The shadows of the first testament pointed the way to Jesus Christ as Messiah, but the very realities bring into focus a mission that is not much like the good old days, but rather a call to mission in un...