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Christmas is all about Christ making his home in us so that we could return home – to the home of God. The post Christmas Eve: Christ Our Home first appeared on Vineyard.

As we close our series, we look at the strange nature of Biblical signs. Noah got an olive branch, Moses a burning bush, the Israelites a cloud by day and fire by night. But King Ahaz? He got the strangest sign of all – and it’s good news for the entire universe. The post BRIGHT VALLEY, PT. 4: first appeared on Vineyard.

Advent is a valley, the time between the first coming and the second. Valleys, at least in part, happen because of leadership crisis. We are more or less facing one now. And Israel was in the same predicament. But out of the shorn stump of Jesse comes a branch, a root, a shoot that will […] The post THE BRIGHT VALLEY, Pt. 2: The Branch of Peace first appeared on Vineyard.

It’s the first Sunday of Advent, that time in the church calendar when we remember the first coming of Jesus and look forward to his return. We’re following along the lectionary in the Book of Isaiah and we begin with the solid, lasting, durable nature of Biblical hope. Indeed, it’s more solid than a mountain. The post BRIGHT VALLEY 1: Hope is a Mountain first appeared on Vineyard.

To close out our “Come, Holy Spirit” series, today we consider how to go out into the world and embody the Spirit everywhere we go. This means we become people who are both naturally supernatural, and people who have the Spirit indwelled in them. How do we do this? By being vessels filled with the […] The post Come, Holy Spirit, Pt 7: Walk by the Spirit first appeared on Vineyard.

Why sometimes people aren’t healed and why we should keep praying. The post Come, Holy Spirit, Part 6: Following Jesus Into Healing first appeared on Vineyard.

Believers in Jesus cohabitat with a powerful new roommate: The Holy Spirit. The Spirit not only gives us power to change, but makes the Gospel real to our hearts so that we become a strange kind of people: people who love radically and live in freedom. The post Come, Holy Spirit, Pt. 5 : The Holy Spirit Makes Us Strange first appeared on Vineyard.

Our focus on the Person and the Work of the Holy Spirit continues with the often misunderstood sign and wonder of the Kingdom: tongues. What is it? Can everyone do it? Should we seek it for ourselves? The post Come, Holy Spirit, Pt. 4: Tongues first appeared on Vineyard.

Many of us are so hungry to hear God’s voice, but we have no idea how to go about it. The Apostle Paul shows us how in 1 Cor. 14! Join us as we explore this chapter. The post Come Holy Spirit, Pt. 3: Prophecy first appeared on Vineyard.