Balham Vineyard Church Podcasts

This is a story all about how Phil's prayers got flip turned upside down. In this 25mins, if you'll give him the floor, he tells us his journey with Psalm 84.

Andy unpacks Psalm 133 as part of the new summer series on the psalms. What does it mean for us to be unified as a local church; as a church across the city; and as a global church?

Karen Sturrock - Resilient Disciples: I’m Still Standing! - 2 Corinthians 6:3-10 - 4.07.21 by Vineyard 61 Church

Jo's talk about how we share our gifts and manage our actions with love in community trains us for when life gets hard and people don’t treat us well.

Many of life’s battles are won or lost in the mind. The process of metamorphosis is a vigorous one where we take captive our thoughts and ask God to reveal the truth and make sure that we feed on the truth of His word.

Aside from learning that it’s best not to wee in the bath, this week’s talk explores why we are to engage with suffering and how that leads us to be unshockable.

Will Firth - Resilient Disciples: Live like Jesus - Romans 6:1-11 - 30.05.21 by Vineyard 61 Church

Will Firth - by Vineyard 61 Church

This week our focus has been on Romans 5 and Zeke encouraged us to think about who God is and who we have become in Christ Jesus.

This talk explores the inevitability of suffering and what it might mean for us as Vineyard 61 as we seek to live lives of love.

Kenny continues our theme of resilient disciples. Reminding us that God’s grace isn’t opposed to our effort. As such its when our action (e.g. prayer) meets God’s ever present grace, where we find ourselves at our most resilient.

God is not looking for perfection or self satisfaction, he is looking for our trust in him and his will to fulfil our deepest needs and desires.

Continuing our series on resilient disciples, Phil unpacks the social context and  descriptions of sin in Romans 1 and 2. He explores what sin is, why sin is a problem, and how being aware of this problem can make us more resilient disciples.

Viv starts off our new sermon series on Resilient Disciples through the lens of Romans! By looking at Jeremiah 17 v 5-8 and Romans 8 v35-39 she unpacks what keeps us thriving even through difficult times.

Georgia takes a look at Jesus’ example of holding onto the big picture while walking through trial. Inspiring us to fight towards a place of connection with God when we have unanswered questions and are overcoming disillusionment and disappointment.

Elias shares with us John 12:1-11 when Jesus was anointed in Bethany and what that represents. Also challenge us to what we can leave in the Cross that is pushing us far from our relationship with God. Time might be your reason?

God has called us to be an Isaiah 61 church. It is who we are and we take it wherever we go. There are so many exciting things God is doing on the Compassion side of Vineyard61 and we can’t wait to hit the ground running.

Viv wraps up our series on rebuilding with Nehemiah and focuses on Nehemiah 9. This basically summarises the whole of the Old Testament with God’s compassion delivering us time after time. We are now the temple of the living God and he carries on pursuing us and enabling us to love the Lord our God with all our hearts, minds and souls.

An invitation to find refuge and strength in the joy of the Lord as we return and rebuild our lives and our community in the aftermath of the current pandemic.

Distraction often disrupts God’s rebuilding process in our lives . Let’s learn from the life of Nehemiah How can we persevere in a culture full of distractions?