Grace Vineyard Oceanside Podcast

He Healed All

Jesus healed all who came to him, as we see in Matthew 8:16. If God is the same yesterday, today and forever, why would be not want to heal everyone today?

Witness Week 5: Taking Off Our Masks - How Authenticity is Essential for a Witnessing Community

Continuing in our series, "Witness - Stories from the First Jesus Followers", we are reminded to take off our masks - to be authentic with each other in an atmosphere of love, acceptance, and forgiveness

Witness week 4: The Culture of A Witnessing Community

Jesus tells His followers that they are His witnesses. Today we look at a story from the first Jesus Followers to learn about the culture of their community that supported their lifestyle of being Jesus' witnesses.

Hevel and the Gift 07-09-23

A look at the Old Testament wisdom book Ecclesiastes for lessons on the illusion of control

Witness - Stories from the first Jesus Followers week 3 07-02-23

Witnesses tell others what they have seen, heard, experienced, and learned about Jesus. We are witness for Jesus, and so is the Holy Spirit who helps us with everything we need.

Finding Yourself in the Father’s Loving Arms 06-18-23

Richard "Snake" Ertel shares insights from the parable of the Prodigal Son.

Witness - Stories from the 1st Jesus Followers 06-11-23

Jesus told His followers they would be empowered by the Holy Spirit to be witnesses for Him throughout the world. We are reading stories from the book of Acts to learn from their experiences what it looks like to be Spirit-empowered witnesses for Jesus.

Finding Strength 06-04-23

How do you find strength to carry on when it feels like all hope is lost. We'll explore the experiences and Psalms of David to discover how David found strength in the Lord his God.

Pentecost Sunday

The world around us longs for real spiritual experiences. Pentecost Sunday celebrates the outpouring of God’s experienced presence as recorded in the book of Acts. Contrary to popular belief, the story of the Bible is mostly not about getting to Heaven, it’s the reality of Heaven getting into us. Life with God makes all things right.

Empowered Week 5: Inward & Outward: Expecting and Pursuing Repeated Infillings and Outflowings of the Holy Spirit

There is an infilling of God's Spirit at work internally in our lives as He continually completes the work of salvation, forming us into Christlikeness, and there is also the outflowing of God's Spirit like a rushing river through our lives as He empowers us to extend the Kingdom of God.