Viva Vineyard Church

Abraham is a wandering nomad. Then God appears and blesses him. What does God's action teach us about the nature of God, how he works and particularly the nature of blessing.

The Flood puts the problem of human evil front and centre. How will God deal with evil without destroying us when the evil runs right through our hearts?

Cain and Abel is an ancient story. Human jealousy remains lethal. So what's God's way out of this lethal tendency?

Expedia says we’re made to travel. What do you think we’re made to do? Expedia is spending millions persuading us that we’re made to travel. They know that what we believe we’re made for will steer our choices about how we focus our dreams, spend our money and our time. How would you finish this sentence? “I’m made to ___________” In this session we compare the Garden of Genesis 2 with the Brickya...

We introduce Genesis with a bunch of visuals... (probably needed to be there!) But seriously there are plenty of reasons to love this book!

What is Viva about? What might 2025 hold for our community?

God has a different vision for church, not check in, check out, laundered sheets and anonymity...

The Father has certain things he wants daily conversation with us about. Here's why and how to begin doing it.

Why, Lord, do you stand far off?     Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble? Psalm 10:1 In this workshop style Sunday, we ask: Does God care about injustice? How would we know? If he does, what's his plan for addressing injustice? Are we included?

Christian identity doesn't reside in what you've done, what you have or who people or you say you are. Christian identity isn't achieved, it's received...

No one has seen God. In a world of haunting beauty and piercing pain that's a challenge. That's why Jesus came. NB. The Sacred Romance is authored by John Eldredge and Brent Curtis. Apologies for the error on the podcast.

"When we pray come Holy Spirit, we don’t force a power.  The Holy Spirit isn’t just power, like electricity.  The Holy Spirit is a person.  So when we pray, we invite a person.  The presence of that person is where the power is." Peter Sanyon shares on the presence and the power of the Spirit.  

One of the extraordinary things that happens as we follow Jesus is that we are changed, deeply. How does that happen? 2 Corinthians 3:18 tells us it happens as we spend face time with God.

The spiritual armour described in Ephesians 6 is a popular kids church lesson. But brushing it off as just for kids would be a mistake. The battle is real, so is our armour.

Living in reality doesn't come naturally. Whether we choose to acknowledge it or not, there are powers opposed to the life of faith and they want our allegiance...

God's vision for relationship is radical. Maybe it's time to hear it again.

What a French chore coat, a scuba instructor and a young Afghan Messi fan teach us about how we become human again.

Body life is incredible.

This week was church by fire and our conversation centred on the heart of Ephesians 3.

Walls of hostility are ancient. And we're making them everyday. How could they ever possibly be dismantled between us?

“Chosen” in the Bible and its story means something quite different to chosen in our culture. Our culture chosen for the team, chosen to represent your country or your school You got in, and other people didn’t.  You are special, elite, better.  Based on your abilities and efforts.  You benefit from being chosen, and other people miss out. The Biblical story In the story of God, the story of the B...

Everything is ready. Just come! "Our Christian life begins with the discovery of what God has provided." Watchman Nee

Hezekiah was at the point of death under the sentence of death. What was left? More than he could have ever hoped.

Like Christmas and Easter, Pentecost celebrates a history changing move of God.

Hezekiah faced extraordinary life-threatening situations as he lead Israel. Terror was not far from him. But somehow he kept faith. How was that possible? Here's the punch line: he brought his whole self into the presence of God - the gritty details of the problem, the full bandwidth of pain and fear. There's a lot we can learn from this ancient king...