Over the last month we have been looking at our core values: The Theology and Practice of the Kingdom of God Experiencing God Reconciling Community Culturally Relevant Mission Compassionate Ministry Today we are going to be completing this series with a look at why we engage in compassionate ministry with the lost, the poor, outcast, … Continue reading Vineyard Values Series: Compassionate Ministry
Over the last month the Payette River Vineyard has been walking through a series about our five core values. These values are as follows: The Theology and Practice of the Kingdom of God Experiencing God Reconciling Community Culturally Relevant Mission Compassionate Ministry The fourth value – Culturally Relevant Mission – was the topic of Sunday’s … Continue reading Vineyard Values Series: Culturally Relevant Mission
This was the hardest sermon I’ve ever preached (noting, of course, my loooong career as a preacher). 😛 It was hard not because of the time it took to prepare; or because of the words used in the sermon. It was hard because I have to live it. I cannot read the words of Jesus … Continue reading Vineyard Values Series: Reconciling Community
It always amazing me that no matter how much I prepare ahead of time, the Lord always takes my sermons off track. This week was no different – granted, I stayed on ‘track’ for most of the time. It was the ending that God really took over…but considering He gave some words of knowledge and … Continue reading Vineyard Values Series: Kingdom Theology and Practice
(Audio recording of this sermon can be found on the PRV website) Today, I’m going to kick off a five or six week series looking at who we are because I believe it is extremely important that we know who we are and why God put us here in this valley – in the Payette … Continue reading Who Are We? Vineyard Values Series
[box] This is the third part of a paper about the values of simplicity and self-sacrifice as seen in the lives of the early Dessert Fathers. Previous posts this series can be found here and here. [/box] In the intervening years between the time of the Desert Fathers (4th and 5th century C.E.) and today … Continue reading Simplicity and Self-Sacrifice: Lessons from the Desert Fathers (Part 3 of 3)
I’ve started to write this post several times over the past few weeks but failed to do so due to either life circumstances or raging emotions… Twelve days ago on June 1st Emily and I officially stepped down as the pastors of the Payette River Vineyard Christian Fellowship (PRV). At the same time the King … Continue reading From Pastor to Mister: A Transition Story
My first ‘real’ introduction to the Vineyard Movement was in February 2003 when visited the Vineyard Boise after moving to Idaho from Texas (I put ‘real’ in quotes as I did visit a concert at the Tyler Vineyard church in Texas in 1999…but they were just a bit too radical for me at the time… … Continue reading Thank You, Tri and Nancy Robinson!!
Today I wanted to post the second part of my short sermon series on worship (part one can be found here). The full audio version can be found on the PRV website along with the audio file of part three presented by Shelton Taguma from Zimbabwe. Core Values I was re-reading our core values this … Continue reading Worship: The Heart of Worship
This last Sunday service was a a tad different as we looked at the church history between Acts chapter 28 and today (Act 5 Scene 2 in the Grand Story of God). While history may not be in the Bible, this is a very, very important topic as God did not stop working after St. … Continue reading Church History (Act 5 Scene 2)