Vineyard Groningen Sermons

This message is an intro message to a 10-part series on the Sermon on the Mount. This one sermon from Jesus has been called: Jesus great Manifesto, a description of a life under the rule of God, a vision for individual and communal flourishing, the best TED-talk ever and many other things. Jesus intention was for His followers to live these words. But how can we? It is so radical, so counter-cultu...

The pattern of the presence of God The presence of God in the OT The presence of God in this time

There is a war going on all around us, and we are not civilians, but soldiers. Paul describes the average Christian as a Roman soldier with a full armour always ready for combat. What is this fight about? Who is our enemy? And how should we prepare for battle?

In Ephesians 5, Paul encourages us to confidently and boldly live life differently from the world around us. Paul specifically highlights three areas where he is inviting Christians to stand out to the world, as children of the light, to be radically different; sex, language and our relationship to possessions. But instead of pointing us to bad behaviour to avoid, Paul is helping us to focus on th...

There is something that needs to ‘sink in’ to the heart of every Christian. If this doesn’t happen – we continue to feel powerless to the struggles we face. If this doesn’t happen – we continue to feel shame over what we’ve done If this doesn’t happen – we continue to feel guilt over that habits we just can’t shake. If this doesn’t happen – we will always continue to feel unworthy, unloved and unw...

In the letter to the Ephesians, the apostle Paul is working out the implications of grace. He wants us to understand what grace means and how we can live in response to to grace. In today’s message, we will talk about how grace reforms us to live as the renewed people of God. And this works out on two levels; the individual level and at a communal level of the church. This message will have one th...

In the letter to the Ephesians, one of Paul's purposes is to help the readers understand the huge implications of grace. You are saved by grace, not by works, but then, what are you saved for? In this first message, we are unpacking two big words: election and inheritance, and see how they relate to the purpose of our salvation.

In this message, we see in the stories of the prodigal son and the Ethiopian eunuch, God’s two-fold calling: to come to Him first because He is our loving Father, then to go out and preach Jesus as Philip did.

We often talk about the importance of God’s love, but what does it mean to walk in His unconditional and steadfast love on a daily basis? This sermon looks to the books of Jeremiah and Lamentations to uncover the character of God and his undying love for His people. We see that this love is not a currency to be given or withdrawn based on behavior or belief. God doesn’t use it that way. He doesn’t...

Zechariah 3 – Jesus’ love satisfies our soul. Invite our neighbor to sit under our vine and fig tree

What is it God gave you in your hands? This Sunday we looked at the story of Moses and the feeding of the multitude and what we can learn from what they did with what was in their hands.

The church of Ephesus received some pretty strong words from Jesus in Revelation 2; "you have abandoned the love you had at first". What happened? And how can you and I make sure to (re)turn to that first love? In this message, Koen teaches through the history of the church of Ephesus and talks about how we can build a culture of prayer in the church, building from the root of intimacy with Jesus.

In this message, we are studying the event of Pentecost as described in Acts 2, talking about three major shifts that took place: 1) from local to global, 2) from law to Spirit, 3) from some to all.

What do we celebrate on Ascension day, and why is it so significant? As we are talking about the Ascension, it makes us rethink heaven and earth, and how they relate to each other. Rather than Jesus' disappearance from the earth, leaving it behind for us to deal with it further, the Ascension actually means that Jesus is taking His seat in the control room. The Ascension is His coronation, and it...

There is nothing as powerful for the testimony of the Gospel in this world then the Church embracing its calling, and fully living out what Jesus envisioned for her. And there is nothing more devastating for the testimony of the Gospel in this world then the Church neglecting its calling, and failing to live out what Jesus envisioned. In this message, we explore Ephesians 2:11-22 to uncover three...

Identity is a hot topic in our world today. People tend to look in two different ways in their search for identity; outward and inward. Yet, as Christians, we can look another way for a sense of identity; upward. Our identity as children of God is not earned, performed, or discovered, but received. It doesn’t rely on the approval of others or how you feel about yourself, it is imperishable and uns...