The Church
What is the church? Chris Westbrook January 19, 2025
Jan 19, 2025•50 min
Riverstone Vineyard Church
Our Mission is to be a people declaring and delighting in the Beauties of Jesus.
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Episodes
What Really Changes a Person?
The new year is a time that symbolizes change. What, then, does the Bible have to say about the things that change us? Chris Westbrook January 5, 2025
Jan 05, 2025•46 min•Season 2025Ep. 1
From Forgiveness to Reconciliation
Reconciliation sounds easy, but what does it really look like ? Gary Abraham December 29, 2024
Dec 29, 2024•43 min
Advent - The Light Has Come!
The Light of the world has come! Chris Westbrook December 24, 2024
Dec 24, 2024•21 min
Advent - Joy
Where is the Joy of the Advent season? Chris Westbrook December 15, 2024
Dec 15, 2024•43 min
Advent - Hope
What is the hope of the Advent season? Chris Westbrook December 8, 2024
Dec 09, 2024•42 min
Advent - A Sacred Invitation
What does the Advent season really mean to you? Chris Westbrook December 1, 2024
Dec 01, 2024•40 min
Compassionate Curiosity
How do you treat your enemies? Chad Stuart November 24, 2024
Nov 25, 2024•29 min
Blessed are the Poor & Love Your Enemies
What kind of people actually live out the Sermon on the Mount? Chris Westbrook November 17, 2024
Nov 18, 2024•29 min
The Vine
Where do you find your source of life? Chris Westbrook November 10, 2024
Nov 10, 2024•37 min
The Kingdom
What was the Gospel Jesus preached? Chris Westbrook November 3, 2024
Nov 03, 2024•36 min
Less Is More
Do perceived imbalances affect your walk with Christ? Chris Westbrook October 27, 2024
Oct 28, 2024•32 min
Defense or Offense?
As the Church, are we called to go on the offense or on the defense? Chris Westbrook October 20, 2024
Oct 21, 2024•39 min
Honesty in Prayer
As breathing is to the body's well-being, so prayer is to our spiritual health; and the emotional integrity in our prayers affects their effectiveness. Clint Parsons October 13, 2024
Oct 14, 2024•26 min
Esther
Finding Jesus in the story of Esther. Chris Westbrook October 6, 2024
Oct 06, 2024•34 min
Faith
What is faith? Chris Westbrook September 29, 2024
Sep 29, 2024•38 min
Tribalism
What's keeping you from pouring out for "Others"? Chris Westbrook September 22, 2024
Sep 22, 2024•33 min
Finding the Precious in the Ruined
What kind of people does the Gospel create? Critical and angry? or Loving and kind? Chris Westbrook September 15, 2024
Sep 16, 2024•29 min
The Radical Reversal
How does focusing on self affect us in God’s Kingdom? Chris Westbrook September 8, 2024
Sep 08, 2024•41 min
Immediacy with God
Does my experience of God match what the Bible says the experience of God is like? Which is true - my experience or the Bible? Chris Westbrook September 1, 2024
Sep 01, 2024•32 min
Jesus: More than a Muse
Jesus’ parables of the wise and foolish builders, presents us with many questions. In today’s Western culture of influence and inspiration, has Jesus become yet another a source of inspiration in our life? Clint Parsons August 25, 2024
Aug 25, 2024•32 min
What narrative do you live in?
We are all born into a narrative; along the way, more narratives are introduced. Which one(s) are we paying attention to? Chris Westbrook August 18, 2024
Aug 18, 2024•48 min
What is Spiritual?
What is spiritual life? Praying? Shopping? Washing the dishes? Can normal life be spiritual? Chris Westbrook August 4, 2024
Aug 04, 2024•35 min
Where is the Action?
Where does the real action happen in the Christian Life? Exotic mission fields? Sunday mornings with a cup of coffee? Chris Westbrook July 28, 2024
Jul 30, 2024•35 min
Going Off Course - The Heart of the Father
As we wrap up our series, Going off Course , we are asked "What does the joy of Heaven look like?” Luke 15:1-7 illustrates a humble example of the Heart of the Father and the joy He takes in finding His lost sheep. Chris Westbrook July 21, 2024
Jul 21, 2024•33 min
Going Off Course - Anxious and Troubled
What keeps us from going off course? Chris Westbrook July 14, 2024
Jul 14, 2024•38 min
Going Off Course - One Step At A Time
How does God lead us? What happens when we can’t see the whole picture? Chris Westbrook July 7, 2024
Jul 08, 2024•35 min
Going Off Road - According to ...?
How do we know which path we're on with regard to our Christian faith? Chris Westbrook June 30, 2024
Jul 01, 2024•36 min
Going Off Road - Cultivating A Heart of Evangelism
Cultivating a heart for evangelism is as simple as asking God for His heart for people. We often don’t have because we do not ask. Amy Parsons June 24, 2024
Jun 24, 2024•27 min
Going Off Road - Come to the Table
What if we’ve made inviting others into the family of God more complicated than it needs to be? If we pay attention to Jesus, it will be nearly impossible to miss the power of sitting down with those we wouldn’t normally consider inviting into our lives. Thankfully, it’s been modeled for us by Jesus, Himself! Clint Parsons June 17, 2024
Jun 17, 2024•32 min
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