Ministry: Wise and Foolish Builders
Jesus tells us who He wants us to be and yet, we struggle to follow through. It is never too late to forge a new foundation with Jesus.
Feb 28, 2021•16 min
Evanston Vineyard
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Ministry: Judge Not
Jesus envisions a new community where there is no judgment; forgiveness and generosity flows with liberality; and we grow in dependence on one another as we take out planks and call out specks.
Feb 21, 2021•29 min
Ministry: Radical Love
The challenge to love your enemies.
Feb 14, 2021•14 min
Ministry: Blessings & Woes
Today we begin four weeks on Jesus’ masterful Sermon on the Plain. What challenges and comforts are here for us in Jesus?
Feb 07, 2021•23 min
Ministry: An invitation into kinship with Jesus
Jesus begins to assemble His team, the disciples in Luke chapter 5. And of course, as it is often the case with Jesus, we will find that who Jesus chooses and how He calls them to respond is another demonstration of the redemptive beautiful Kingdom of God.
Jan 31, 2021•16 min
On Christian Nationalism
This week we take a break from our Luke series to address the past couple of weeks in our nation’s capital.
Jan 24, 2021•23 min
Ministry: Capernaum
The beautiful Kingdom of God. What is it? How do we receive it? This episode in Capernaum answers these two questions.
Jan 17, 2021•23 min
Ministry: Champion of the Oppressed
Jesus is on the side of the oppressed.
Jan 10, 2021•15 min
Ministry: Boy at the Temple
As Jesus comes of age, He leaves His family for three days. His parents find him at the Temple and there is revelation of the person He is becoming. There is also a lesson for us here about chronic anxiety.
Jan 04, 2021•17 min
Advent: For All People
Simeon and Anna’s witness orients us to Jesus’ mission in the world
Dec 27, 2020•15 min
Advent: Shepherds
God sent the angels to tell the best news in the universe to… shepherds? Glory and peace are for everyone, because of Jesus, including the most lowly.
Dec 26, 2020•15 min
Advent: Beauty
Luke 2
Dec 20, 2020•13 min
Advent: Mercy
How Christmas shows the tender mercy of our God.
Dec 13, 2020•17 min
Advent: Peace
In Luke 1:39-56, we see the news of new life settle into Mary and Elizabeth and they bear witness to the faithfulness of God. As they anticipate the new thing that God is doing in the world, they experience great peace.
Dec 06, 2020•16 min
Advent: Hope
As Luke 1:26-38 shows, life can miraculously emerge from the overshadowing power of the Most High. And with it, comes hope.
Nov 29, 2020•24 min
Spiritual Practices: Noticing & Nurturing Beauty
We close our series with the practice of noticing and nurturing beauty. Jesus is the Beauty of God embodied. How do we notice His beauty and nurture through contemplation His beauty in our lives?
Nov 22, 2020•23 min
Spiritual Practices: Sabbath
God created rest. Jesus invites us into rest. And yet, rest is not apart of the world around us. Practicing the Sabbath, reserving space for rest, allows us to give testimony to who God is and to practice resistance. You are invited into rest … even now!!!
Nov 15, 2020•17 min
Spiritual Practices: Remembering the Poor
What if we began to practice daily “being with Jesus through being with the least of these? “ Jesus tells us in Matthew 25 that it would upend our lives and change everything!
Nov 08, 2020•22 min
Spiritual Practices: Spirit Filled Living
Life with the Holy Spirit should be a regular practice. -Steve Nicholson
Nov 01, 2020•15 min
Spiritual Practices: Fasting
Distraction is all around us. But what happens when that distraction becomes something that makes us forget who we truly are? Here’s where fasting can help us. Click here to download a helpful guide we put together about fasting.
Oct 25, 2020•26 min
Spiritual Practices: Prayer
Jesus prayed all the time. The ways we see Jesus pray invite us into similar spaces with God. Renee looks at the life of Jesus to consider how we might engage in the spiritual practice of prayer.
Oct 18, 2020•16 min
Spiritual Practices: The Bible
Why should we put the Bible at the center of our spiritual formation? Ted explores this question, looking at the way Jesus treasured Scripture.
Oct 11, 2020•24 min
Becoming Like Jesus
This week we begin a new series on becoming like Jesus by doing the things that Jesus did – the doing of spiritual formation practices. This is good news for us and for our city.
Sep 29, 2020•23 min
Sticking Together
It is hard to stick together when life is complicated and we are not at our best. But God has given us each other, so we are not going to give up. Creativity and flexibility are necessary!
Sep 20, 2020•13 min
The Church
This week we look at Matthew 16 and the beginning of the church, the new people of God. The church is the house built on the rock, and nothing can stop it.
Sep 13, 2020•26 min
A Community of Hope
In this crazy season we’re living in, we need each other now more than ever. As we do life together, Jesus transforms us into the people he created us to be and we become bringers of hope to our city.
Sep 06, 2020•14 min
Coping with Covid: John Willison
On this week’s final Coping With COVID, Ted Kim hosts a conversation with John Willison. John is the senior pastor of Abundant Grace International Fellowship in Shanghai, China. Prior to that, John and his family spent 12 years in East Africa leading a thriving church for expats. Many of you may remember that John was also a pastor at the Evanston Vineyard during the late 80s to early 00s. Before everything closed down in the US, John had already been navigating the pandemic for months in China....
Sep 01, 2020•54 min
Winning the Respect of our City
As we conclude our series in the Life Worth Living, we ask the question: What role do we play in the winning of our city to the Good Life Jesus offers us?
Aug 31, 2020•19 min
Walking on Water with Jesus
Chris Gow- What is this life that Jesus came to bring?
Aug 26, 2020•14 min
Coping With Covid: Geno Olison
On this week’s Coping With COVID, Renée Cunningham will host a conversation with Geno Olison, lead pastor at the South Suburban Vineyard in Flossmoor and member of the Vineyard Executive Team.
Aug 26, 2020•49 min
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