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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What Are You Doing to Advance the Great Commission? Sermon Audio from Sunday, May 7, 2006 - The mission field is big enough for everyone, and this morning, we explore just a few of the ways anyone and everyone can participate. Our church is connected through a number of national and international mission opportunities, including Compassion, presented by Kirtene Macky, Mission to Brazil, presented by Chris Macky, Mission to India, presented by Skip Trask, Mission to Honduras, presented by Kathy Bomba, and YWAM (Youth With A Mission) outreach ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Breakthrough Testimonies Sermon Audio from Sunday, April 23, 2006 - We wrap up our nine week series on Breakthrough with testimonies from leaders Eric Hockenberry and Amy Hudson (assisted by Mo Helser and Kirtene Macky). Their testimonies show the breakthrough Christ offers us in our worthiness to Him, and in physical healing. When we truly turn over our lives to Him, He surprises us in ways we never could have imagined ... and breaks through to call us into deeper relationship with Him. Led by Senior Pastor Chris ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Breakthrough of the Passion Sermon Audio from Sunday, April 9, 2006 - We have arrived on Palm Sunday, the Sunday before Easter that is traditionally the Sunday on which we recognize Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem at the beginning of the final week of his life. But in our BreakThrough series, Jesus arrived in Jerusalem two weeks ago and we’ve been learning about the kingdom in the last week of Jesus’ life. Last week we learned about the Last Supper, that Jesus had foreseen his crucifixion and taught the discip ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Breakthrough of the Future Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Breakthrough of the Future Sermon Audio from Sunday, April 2, 2006 - Peter, James and John sit with Jesus on the Mount of Olives overlooking the Temple in Jerusalem and ask, "What are the signs of fulfillment?" Jesus tells them the signs of the end of the age when the kingdom of God will come in its fullness. The signs are like the buds on the flowers and the trees, indications that something new is breaking through. These signs, which include wars, famines, and earthquakes, are the "birth pains." Ladies, what ca ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Breakthrough of True Power Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Breakthrough of True Power Sermon Audio from Sunday, March 26, 2006 - We’re all here today because we have faith. Some of us have a great deal of faith and some of us have little faith. We're all here because we’ve had some kind of encounter with God or with Jesus and we're trying to work out that faith in our everyday lives. All of us have prayed, asking God for something that has not come to pass. We deal with the tension of trying to live a Christian life that is impossible to live in our own power. Our Break ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Breakthrough of True Life Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Breakthrough of True Life Sermon Audio from Sunday, March 19, 2006 - "What is true life and how do I find it?" This question is a fundamentally human question, a question that crosses cultures and languages, continents and centuries. Every human who stops to think about his/her life asks this question, What does it mean to truly live? And, How do I find that true life? 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Breakthrough of Freedom Sermon Audio from Sunday, March 5, 2006 - The Kingdom is central to the life and ministry of Jesus—he proclaimed it, explained it, passed it on to his followers—so it is central to the life and ministry of the Vineyard. The Kingdom of God is the foundation for everything we do in the Vineyard. Recently the National Director of the Vineyard said, "We are not a healing movement; we are not a worship movement; we are not a seeker movement; rather, we are a Kingdom of God movement." In other ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Breakthrough of Freedom Sermon Audio from Sunday, March 5, 2006 - The Kingdom is central to the life and ministry of Jesus—he proclaimed it, explained it, passed it on to his followers—so it is central to the life and ministry of the Vineyard. The Kingdom of God is the foundation for everything we do in the Vineyard. 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Works in Progress: Testimonies Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Works in Progress: Testimonies Sermon Audio from Sunday, February 19, 2006 - The journeys of our lives are full of highlights and lowlights, but the fundamental fact remains: we are all works of progress as we develop and grow. We have the choice to develop and grow with God and to continually pursue Him, or to turn away seeking strength and comfort from ourselves, or from the world. Two members of our congregation, Skip Trask and Deena Hogue share their own lives as "works in progress" for God, recognizing that while li ... 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website God's Worldwide Drama Sermon Audio from Sunday, February 5, 2006 - The Creator of the world has a plan for the world, a story whose current chapter began 2000 years ago when Jesus announced, “Repent for the Kingdom of Heaven has come near,” a chapter whose ending will come when Jesus returns to usher in the fullness of God’s Kingdom. God has s plan for this world. Jesus’ disciples were asking him about the end times, when and how they would occur. Jesus told them he didn’t know exactly when, but he did know w ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What and Who is a Minister? Sermon Audio from Sunday, January 29, 2006 - Growing up I never wanted to be a minister. I didn’t think church was all that exciting and I didn’t want to stick out in society. The ministers always wore weird clothes—collars or robes—that set them apart from others. I never wanted to be set apart; I just wanted to be one of the guys. No, ministry was never a dream of mine. Yet, here I am, a minister. It would be interesting to hear some of your images of ministers. I wonder if you kno ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Apprenticeship of a Lifetime Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Apprenticeship of a Lifetime Sermon Audio from Sunday, January 22, 2006 - "This is your life; are you who you want to be?" This is a line from a popular Contemporary Christian song by Switchfoot. It's a question we ask of ourselves at this time of year, don't we? We take a look at our lives, what we are doing and who we are, and we evaluate in order to try to improve. So, are you who you want to be? Probably not. Are you living a life that is fully alive, life abundant, life at its highest potential? When I ask ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Necessity of Fellowship Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Necessity of Fellowship Sermon Audio from Sunday, January 15, 2006 - I love the camaraderie that results from fighting side-by-side, the bonds that develop from a well-fought battle. Bonds that are forged in the heat of battle are oftentimes life-long. The members of the Texas Western basketball team, the first team with an all-black starting lineup to win the NCAA tournament whose story is told in the movie “Glory Road”, continue to share that bond today that they forged 40 years ago fighting side-by-side thro ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Worship As It Is In Heaven Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Worship As It Is In Heaven Sermon Audio from Sunday, January 8, 2006 - Well, it’s that time of year again, the beginning of a new calendar, at which time we take stock of our lives and resolve to make changes. We examine what’s really important in our lives and what’s not so important and try to do life better. Many people try to shed a few pounds, a worthy goal if you are unhealthy and overweight but a not-so-worthy goal if you are not overweight. Wouldn’t you agree? Some people, usually women, look at very unre ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Walk In The Light Sermon Audio from Sunday, January 1, 2006 - 2006 is time for a fix. Assistant Pastor Sharon Mutchler shares with us her vision for the coming year. Taught by Assistant Pastor Sharon Mutchler. (Length: 36:42 / 9.8MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Peace With God, Peace In God Sermon Audio from Sunday, December 18, 2005 - As Christmas approaches, the child’s request as she sits on Santa’s lap still can be asked today, “I want world peace.” Our world needs peace, doesn’t it? It doesn’t take long for us to realize this as we read of the riots among whites and Arabs on the beaches of Australia. One Australian newspaper quoted a public official saying, “What we have seen yesterday is something I thought I would never see in Australia and perhaps we have not seen i ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Making History Sermon Audio from Sunday, December 11, 2005 - I went to see the movie “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” yesterday and found it to be very emotional as I remembered the story that I had been introduced to by my father so many years ago. It was meaningful to me not only because I had a history with this story but because the story itself is so significant. That story is God’s story. We’ve been using this Advent season leading up to Christmas to be reminded that there is more going on ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Intimacy of an Indwelling God Sermon Audio from Sunday, December 4, 2005 – I believe it is telling that God chose this means to come to us, to fulfill his promise in redeeming His creation. Jesus didn’t descend from the clouds or rise from the sea clothed in human flesh. Connecting Himself intimately with Mary in her womb sets up the intimacy He established for all of us through His death and resurrection. Because of Christ’s saving gift, each one of us is able to have the Holy Spirit - God Himself - reside in us per ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Day Is Coming Sermon Audio from Sunday, November 27, 2005 – “I wonder what sort of tale we’ve fallen into?” It’s been quite a journey for Frodo and Sam when the little gardener wonders this. Ever since they left home they’ve encountered more wonders and more dangers than they could have possibly imagined. The battle on Weathertop. The flight to the ford. The beauty of Rivendell. The dark mines of Moria, where they lost their beloved Gandalf. Their fellowship has fallen apart; their friends are now ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Putting Our Mouth (and Hands and Feet) Where Our Money Is Sermon Audio from Sunday, November 20, 2005 – If you are unfamiliar with our church, I want you to know that this is a generous church. This church has a generous heart, a generous spirit about it. In our two years of existence we have conducted free car washes; we’ve held free parking lot giveaways; we gave out free frozen turkeys in the community yesterday for the third time; we’ve organized along with other area ministries free backpack giveaways for the community each of the last thre ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Walk Down The Mountain Sermon Audio from Sunday, November 13, 2005 – "When they came to the crowd, a man approached Jesus and knelt before him. "Lord, have mercy on my son," he said. "He has seizures and is suffering greatly. He often falls into the fire or into the water. I brought him to your disciples, but they could not heal him." "O unbelieving and perverse generation," Jesus replied, "how long shall I stay with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring the boy here to me." Jesus rebuked the demon, and i ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Looking Back ... Choosing Forward Sermon Audio from Sunday, November 6, 2005 – We’ve had a very powerful fall in this church as we saw God work in incredible ways, touching people, changing people, pouring out His Spirit and His blessings on us during our Giving Campaign. People are different, this church is different, God blessed us and we responded in a mind-blowing generosity, far greater than we could have predicted. What an incredible fall this was. God is good. As we move forward and transition to the next leg of ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Poured Out Perspectives Sermon Audio from Sunday, October 30, 2005 – God moved in a mighty way over the past several weeks within the Vineyard Church of Knox County, building to Commitment Sunday where we as a church were able to commit ourselves to Him in a variety of ways - through membership, financial giving, and baptism. Three elders from VCKC, Paul Helser, Ted Buehrer, and Christopher Barth, share their perspectives on where we've been, where we're going, and the ongoing work God is doing in their own lives ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Commitment Sunday Sermon Audio from Sunday, October 23, 2005 – This week is the culmination of our Poured Out campaign to raise up disciples, led by Assistant Pastor Sharon Mutchler. This abbreviated teaching provides some perspective on responding to the work God has done in the church over the past 40 days. Taught by Assistant Pastor Sharon Mutchler. (Length: 17:38 / 4.8MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Our Extravagant Gift Sermon Audio from Sunday, October 16, 2005 – We’ve spent the last several weeks hearing what it means to live the poured out Christian life. We’ve seen that God is so generous that he has poured out his grace on us in Jesus Christ, the greatest gift of all, and God has poured out his spirit in us to give us the power to live the Christian life. And last week we turned the table and asked, what is our appropriate response to God’s extravagant grace? What do we pour out in response? First ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Our First Response Sermon Audio from Sunday, October 9, 2005 – I think you know the answer to this question: What is the only appropriate first response to God’s poured out grace? “Thank you,” right? In other words, worship. If we are to become poured out disciples of Jesus, then we have to first and foremost become poured out worshipers of Jesus. Like my experience of the power of the Spirit, my experience of worship has evolved from what I believe is an inadequate approach to worship to a more Spirit-fi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website God's Empowering Spirit Sermon Audio from Sunday, October 2, 2005 – I don’t know what your background is but I want to tell you a bit about mine. I grew up in a conservative Evangelical church, by that I mean that the church was thoroughly biblical and focused on Jesus Christ and taught that every person is invited to have a personal, trusting relationship with Jesus Christ. Many of you, I’m sure, have similar backgrounds, especially if you grew up in Knox County. Most of the churches in Knox County, Ohio, are ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website God's Generous Supply Sermon Audio from Sunday, September 25, 2005 – Our Giving Campaign theme, “Poured Out: Responding to God’s Extravagant Grace” is a reflection of our heart at VCKC. We desire to be a church that pours out God’s grace on people in this community and around the world, grace that transforms people’s lives. But we also know that we cannot pour out unless we are poured into. We have nothing to give unless God pours out His grace on us and in us. We are confident that that is the kind of God w ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website An Unlikely Example Sermon Audio from Sunday, September 18, 2005 – “The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.” Our Campaign Theme is, “Poured Out: Responding to God’s Extravagant Grace.” Our goal is to experience God’s extravagant grace and to become people who live poured out lives. Today, we take a look at someone who lived a poured out life in response to God’s extravagant grace. It’s someone you would never call an ideal disciple of J ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Poured Out: Responding to God's Extravagant Grace Sermon Audio from Sunday, September 11, 2005 – Definition: Pour Out – “To flow rapidly in a steady stream.” The Apostle Paul expressed the overwhelming blessing God bestows on His children in 1 Timothy 1:14, which reads, “The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.” Paul was so overwhelmed by the outpouring of God’s grace to him that he created a new word! Yes, the Greek word (huperpleonazo) translated “poured out abundant ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website On Noah: Being Obedient to God Sermon Audio from Sunday, September 4, 2005 – Destruction. Uncertainty. Helplessness. Difficulty. Desperation. Suffering. Flooding. Unless you’ve been living in a cave for the last week, you recognize that these words refer to the tragedy in the Gulf Coast in the wake of Hurricane Katrina that destroyed much of New Orleans and Biloxi and other places. I can’t imagine what it’s like to be in the middle of that scene. I can’t say for sure how I, a devoted Christian, would be feeling r ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website On David: The Fearless Heart Sermon Audio from Sunday, August 28, 2005 – When I think of crazy people, I think of the X-Games. You know the X-games, don’t you? These games have been conducted for 11 years for those people who are absolutely crazy! And when I say crazy, I mean fearless. They are nuts! These people are flying through the air on bikes or skateboards, neither of which, by the way, catch the air bringing you softly to the ground or pad your fall when you hit the ground. And, knowing this, they are spin ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2005 Backpack Giveaway Wrap Sermon Audio from Sunday, August 21, 2005 – Here are the statistics: 750-800 meals served; over $3200 donated; 7 churches involved; 380 backpacks distributed; kids served from: Mount Vernon, Fredericktown, East Knox, Alternative School, Knox County Career Center, and approximately 125 more kids than backpacks. We’ll listen to the testimonies of those who participated on how God moved through this outreach, and just how big the need is in our community. Led by Senior Pastor Chris Macky. (L ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website On Joseph: Life is Hard But God is Good Sermon Audio from Sunday, August 14, 2005 – We’re in the midst of a series on Walking with God and we’re looking at the lives of Old Testament characters whom we consider models for us to follow. And today’s model is Joseph whose life story is a story of mountains and valleys, a story of despair and hope, a story of peace and conflict, a story of God in the midst of adversity. This story shows us that the life of walking with God is not always easy, is not always smooth, is not always goo ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website On Jonah: A Reluctant Prophet Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website On Abraham: Fully Persuaded Sermon Audio from Sunday, July 31, 2005 – We’re in the midst of a series of sermons on walking with God because we recognize in this church a few things: First, we recognize that our faith is not just something we believe, but it is something we do. It is not adequate to walk through life with a belief-system when we are invited to walk through life with a living God. Second, we recognize that our faith is not a piece of our lives, neatly kept in our religious drawer only to be opened on ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website On Moses – God Uses the Nobodies Sermon Audio from Sunday, July 24, 2005 – One of the keys to the Christian life, says Dallas Willard, is realizing the heroes of the faith we read about in the Bible were people just like you and me. This is why we are studying some of the characters of the Old Testament whom God used in powerful ways. We want to see that we, too, can walk with God in our daily lives and be used by Him to change our corners of the world. So, in a sense, we’re toppling pedestals in this series, pedestals ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website On Job Sermon Audio from Sunday, July 17, 2005 -- Our biographical series on Saints of the Old Testament continues with guest Dennis Miller, Chaplain to the Mount Vernon Developmental Center, looking at Job, who lived a life full of tribulation, and yet continued to offer he had to God no matter the circumstance. Taught by Guest Speaker Dennis Miller. (Length: 42:07 / 12.1MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website On Rahab Sermon Audio from Sunday, July 10, 2005 -- We begin a new biographical series on Saints of the Old Testament with guest Penny Meyer's introduction to the life of Rahab: Surprised and Unlikely. Penny and her husband Danny pastor the Vineyard Church of Delaware County, our parent church in nearby Sunbury. She traces the example of Rahab, a woman with many strikes against her, and yet someone who was open to God's direction and call. Taught by Penny Meyer. (Length: 44:45 / 12.3MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Honduras Mission Team Report Sermon Audio from Sunday, July 3, 2005 -- Just two weeks ago, the Vineyard Church of Knox County sent its first-ever international mission team to Honduras to help build a home and minister to the people there. Led by Kathy Bomba, this team arrived back in the United States last week, and this morning share their experiences with the church. The accompanying slides are narrated by Kathy Bomba, and then each team member reflects on their own experiences while serving in Honduras. These tes ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Listening to God Sermon Audio from Sunday, June 26, 2005 -- Continuing our series on "Walking by the Spirit, today's message focuses on a critical aspect of learning to make spiritually-based decisions – listening to God's direction in our lives. Assistant Pastor Sharon Mutchler gives this message with her personal testimony of how God spoke to her in her decision to move to Ohio (and subsequently become part of this church). Given by Sharon Mutchler (Length: 36:32 / 15.6MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Willing Obedience: From Duty to Delight Sermon Audio from Sunday, June 19, 2005 -- We’re heading to the finish line of our series on Walking by the Spirit in which we learned that walking each day of our lives in line with God’s Spirit begins with knowing God’s Spirit intimately. We talked about nurturing intimacy with God in the quiet place…dependence…today obedience. I know this topic is not the most popular of topics to talk about in the Christian life because we usually equate obedience with things unpleasant, like chores, ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Spirit-Led Decision Making Sermon Audio from Sunday, June 12, 2005 -- Over the past several weeks, Vineyard Church of Knox County has been led to consider the former Rockwell Furniture building in Mount Vernon as a possible permanent home for our ministries. The leadership of the church has prayerfully considered this opportunity, and feels that we're been brought to this point to consider this opportunity as a church body. Today's service is an opportunity to put in practical use some of our recent teachings on ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Growing Through the Dry Spells: Interviews Sermon Audio from Sunday, June 5, 2005 -- Part of "Walking by the Spirit" involves growing through times in life when it seems like God is more distant, or less connected. Pastor Chris Macky interviews three members of the leadership team at the Vineyard to hear about the dry times in their walks, and strategies for continuing growth through those times. Recorded at our "Service in the Park" outdoors at Riverside Park in Mount Vernon. Coordinated by Chris Macky. Guests: Ted Buehrer, Rebe ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mature Dependence Sermon Audio from Sunday, May 29, 2005 -- We so highly value independence in this country. Americans celebrate our independence every year. It’s a national holiday. Conversely, I believe that we absolutely hate dependence. We educate ourselves and accumulate wealth to extricate ourselves from dependence on others. Certainly we do need to find our own footing in life, but in our search for independence of others we tend to seek independence from God, too. The problem is not in the edu ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Life You Always Wanted Sermon Audio from Sunday, May 22, 2005 -- I’ll get right to the point: My goal here is to dispel the commonly held myth that there is a depth of relationship with God that is reserved for only the professional Christians, the faithful elite, if you will.  I want you to be convinced that God has opened the door and invited you through it to a life of intimate interaction with Him through the Holy Spirit.  For you to be convinced of this we first must come to the understanding tha ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website You Reap What You Sow Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website You Reap What You Sow Sermon Audio from Sunday, May 15, 2005 -- What we will find as we sow to the Spirit and not the flesh, is a life lived in alignment with the Spirit. Practically speaking, those who sow to the Spirit in determination to walk by the Spirit are not “heads-in-the-clouds” people who speak in riddles and have mystical experiences every day. No, simply put, they are servants. Galatians 5-6 is full of practical advice for Spirit-walkers: "You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not us ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Setting Women Free Sermon Audio from Sunday, May 8, 2005 -- We are celebrating motherhood today and so I want to take this time to acknowledge that the Spirit of truth has revealed to us in this day and age the truth that women are free to serve and minister, to lead and have authority, in the home and the church as well as the world at large. Now, I have a feeling that most, if not all, of us have heard a teaching or two that says that God has prescribed eternal roles for men and eternal roles for women t ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website "Free at Last"Testimonies Sermon Audio from Sunday, May 1, 2005 -- This week we step back and reflect on our "Free at Last" series and hear testimonies of how this series is impacting the lives of those in our church community. Three members share their lives with us: Josh Colley who shares on freedom from "people-pleasing" and living an "exterior" Christian life; Kelly Colley who shares on freedom from a controlling spirit and growing in trust with God; and Ernie Eash who shares on freedom from false rule-keepin ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website "Free at Last" Testimonies Sermon Audio from Sunday, May 1, 2005 – This week we step back and reflect on our "Free at Last" series and hear testimonies of how this series is impacting the lives of those in our church community. Three members share their lives with us: Josh Colley who shares on freedom from "people-pleasing" and living an "exterior" Christian life; Kelly Colley who shares on freedom from a controlling spirit and growing in trust with God; and Ernie Eash who shares on freedom from false rule-keeping .. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Fight for Freedom Sermon Audio from Sunday, April 24, 2005 – Remember we arrived last week to a turning point, a place of opportunity I called it. Paul had led us throughout Galatians with a lot of freedom talk: when we put our trust in Jesus, then our sin is forgiven and we are made heirs of God’s kingdom. Our past debts are canceled and our future inheritance is sure. From that place of freedom, though, Paul says, Do not use your freedom as an opportunity to indulge the sinful nature [live for your self ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Use It, Don't Abuse It Sermon Audio from Sunday, April 17, 2005 – Imagine that all of your debt is canceled as of today. The bank calls and tells you that you won some kind of promotion and your mortgage is now paid off, your place of education calls and tells you the same thing, your loan agency who owns your cars calls and tells you the same thing. You no longer have any debt. Furthermore, you no longer have to worry about earning wealth; your future is secure. Let’s say a long lost relative dies and leaves ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Freedom in Trusting Sermon Audio from Sunday, April 10, 2005 – I believe the rollercoaster is rounding the top of the first hill and we are just now picking up steam as we begin the next phase of our journey with Paul, a journey that is teaching us what it means to live the free life purchased for us by Christ. After today’s text, Paul’s words begin to shift from gospel and freedom to the Spirit and the flesh, and his attitude follows suit from an adamant rage to more of instructive teaching. Paul has been c ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Freedom of Maturity Sermon Audio from Sunday, April 3, 2005 – We've been walking through the book of Galatians, Paul's letter of liberation, these past two months. Last Sunday marked the celebration of Easter, Jesus' resurrection from the dead. I am so grateful that we mark the holiday with special celebration since it is such a pivotal moment in history. Because of Jesus' work on the cross and resurrection from the dead (and last week we talked about depending on Jesus' work rather than our own efforts) our l ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Choose Your Path Sermon Audio from Sunday, March 27, 2005 – C. S. Lewis once said, "There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, 'All right, then, have it your way.'" Every person who is seeking God is on one of two paths. Every person is living a certain kind of life in search of God. Every person is dealing with the wrong-ness, the sin in our lives in one of two ways. One path is the path of self-effort the other is the path of surrender. One is the ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Life Pleasing to God Sermon Audio from Sunday, March 20, 2005 – “For freedom Christ has set us free!” The Apostle Paul wrote that to the churches in Galatia. And there were some Christians who were following him around saying, in effect, Hey, what are you doing? Do you really mean to say that people are fully accepted by God by faith in Christ? Do you really mean to tell people their lives are pleasing to God by faith in Christ? That’s it?! What kind of life, what kind of society will result if we don’t te ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Freedom to Boldly Live Sermon Audio from Sunday, March 13, 2005 – We’re studying Christian freedom—what it looks like and how to experience it—in the book of Galatians. One of the freedoms that Christ died to give us in this life is the freedom to boldly live your convictions, to be who you are with no apologies, to live your Christian life openly and honestly without worrying about what others think of you. This freedom results in the kind of person who “knows well that [other people] will never see him as God ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Letting Go and Letting God Sermon Audio from Sunday, March 6, 2005 – One of my favorite stories about Jesus is found in John 13 in which Jesus just blows away his friends’ image of how God works. His apostles had been following Jesus and looking to him as their righteous leader, commander, teacher for three years. They were convinced that he would lead a God-blessed revolution of their world and would bring revival (for lack of a better term) to their city. He was their master and commander. He was their lord. S ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Gospel: No Additives or Preservatives Sermon Audio from Sunday, February 27, 2005 – There are plenty of groups, some we may even call cults, that are openly guilty of this “no-gospel” theology – Jesus death and resurrection + my good works = complete salvation. But most mainline Christian churches, when you examine their statements of faith, are sound in their understanding and explanation of the gospel – Jesus death and resurrection is the only source of salvation. That being said, I think, and this may be your experience as ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Free Life Begins with a Rescue Sermon Audio from Sunday, February 20, 2005 – Imagine for just a moment that we are a church in Galatia, and some missionaries come by from the mother church in Jerusalem, the church led by the original Apostles. [In character] “We know, dear church, that Paul is a brilliant man, a Christian man who makes many wise and impressive points. You came to love him during his visits here as the church began. His message is very persuasive and very attractive. But remember, he did not know Jesu ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Christian Freedom: An Introduction Sermon Audio from Sunday, February 13, 2005 – Test yourself to see if you are an informed and responsible citizen of this country. Do you recognize these words? “We are led, by events and common sense, to one conclusion: The survival of liberty in our land increasingly depends on the success of liberty in other lands. The best hope for peace in our world is the expansion of freedom in all the world.” "There is only one force of history that can break the reign of hatred and resentment, a ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Expressing God's Love by Serving Others Sermon Audio from Sunday, February 6, 2005 – Danish proverb: What you are is God’s gift to you; what you do with yourself is your gift to God. We’re finishing our series on Kingdom New Year’s resolutions, resolutions that God honors and actually help us to live more like Christ. We’ve talked about worship, fellowship, and last week, outreach [Diagram]. We said that most Christians would not think twice when encouraged to worship and grow in fellowship but when we begin talking about gett ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Believe It or Not, Every Christian is a Missionary-Evangelist Sermon Audio from Sunday, January 30, 2005 – We’re in the middle of a series of Kingdom-centered New Year’s resolutions. It’s that time of year to evaluate who we are and make necessary changes to our lives. And it is appropriate at this time each year to do the same in our lives of faith, to ask how it’s going and to make any necessary changes of direction. Certainly, though, this isn’t the only time of the year when we seek to change for the better in our faith. We’ve talked about wor ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website True Biblical Friendship Sermon Audio from Sunday, January 23, 2005 – It’s that time of year: New Years resolutions time—in which we make an evaluation of who we are, what we are doing in life and what our purpose is in life. Each January we want to do that as a church, ask who are we, what are we doing, what is our purpose? What should we as people in the Vineyard church resolve to do in 2005? Last we looked at the heart of worship, resolving to ask God to make us into heart-to-heart worshipers, those who freely ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Becoming the Kind of Worshiper that God Seeks Sermon Audio from Sunday, January 16, 2005 – It’s that time of year again, right? New Year’s resolutions time! Beginning a new year at “day 1” just invites us to think about who we are and what our lives are like, doesn’t it? So, it’s appropriate that we as a church and as individuals take a look at what we are all about. We want to revisit our purpose, why God has formed us into a church. In so doing we will revisit our purpose as individuals in God’s kingdom, why God has created you. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Christian Understanding of God and Natural Disasters Sermon Audio from Sunday, January 9, 2005 – We are all familiar with the monumental tragedy that was produced by the tsunami in Southeast Asia on December 26th. I think it would only add to the tragedy of the disaster if we as a church did not spend some time this morning trying to understand the disaster from a Christian perspective, and also to try to connect with the heart of God regarding the disaster. God wants His people to feel what He feels and to see things the way He sees them, ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Going for a Drive in 2005 Sermon Audio from Sunday, January 2, 2005 – Assistant Pastor Sharon Mutchler speaks on the coming year and understanding God's plans. Taught by Assistant Pastor Sharon Mutchler. (Length: 33:14 / 8.8MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website God of the Unexpected Sermon Audio from Sunday, December 19, 2004 – Let’s conclude our Advent study of four angelic encounters that lead up to and surround the birth of Jesus. This morning we’ll take a peek at the shepherds who were unexpectedly interrupted with a glorious invitation by a glorious messenger of God. Taught by Senior Pastor Chris Macky. (Length: 33:39 / 10.5MB) - [Sermon Outline (PDF) / Sermon Slides (PDF)] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website God of the Unpredictable Sermon Audio from Sunday, December 12, 2004 – How predictable has your life been? Knowing what you know now, go back 5 or 10 years into your past. Is the path that lies before you a predictable path or are there some twists and turns that you could have never predicted? Now, I’m not talking about unpredictable paths that result from your own sin or someone else’s sin, your own bad decisions or someone else’s bad decisions. I’m talking about following God on the adventurous path He has m ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website God of the Impossible Sermon Audio from Sunday, December 5, 2004 – Here we are on the second Sunday of Advent preparing for the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. Advent is comprised of the four Sundays before Christmas and is designated as a time of preparation so that we have the right heart and mind to celebrate Christmas rightly. We started last week with a look at the first of four angelic encounters, specifically the journey and battle the angel Gabriel and others fought to bring the message of th ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Advent: An Angel's Story Sermon Audio from Sunday, November 28, 2004 – Beginning this morning, we are recognizing the time of the calendar year called, “Advent,” which literally means, “coming.” The four Sundays before Christmas are traditionally designated as the Sundays to recognize and prepare for Christ’s coming as a baby in Bethlehem. We don’t want to just cruise through this holiday season distracted by the commercialism and the merriment. We want to be sure to recognize and appreciate the magnitude of the ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Big Picture Sermon Audio from Sunday, November 21, 2004 – We’re finishing our “Be Prepared” Series today, a series that is based on Peter’s challenge to us, “Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have” (1 Peter 3:15). We want to be a group of people who are prepared at any time in any place to share with others who have questions about our faith, about what we believe and why we believe it. As we close our “Be Prepared Series” I think it ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Bible is Accurate and Reliable Sermon Audio from Sunday, November 14, 2004 – One of the more difficult tasks of moving was moving all of the books on our bookshelves. We have quite a few books, many about God and Christianity and other religions, a Book of Mormon and The Teachings of Buddha. Most if not all of you have wonderful books that teach about life and about people and God. What makes the Bible unique, different from every other book ever written? We believe that, you know. The Bible is unique, stands alone o ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Putting Words to Our Actions Sermon Audio from Sunday, November 7, 2004 – We’re nearing the end of our series called, “Be Prepared” based on the verse that Peter wrote which says, “Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have.” Eugene Peterson says it this way, “Be ready to speak up and tell anyone who asks you why you are living the way you are.” We, at the Vineyard, want to be a group of people who are prepared to share with others what we believe and w ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Walt Mallach Testimony Sermon Audio from Sunday, October 31, 2004 – Pastor Walt Mallach from Grace Community Church here in Mount Vernon, Ohio gives the testimony of his recent motorcycle accident and how God has worked in him through his great trials. Given by Guest Pastor Walt Mallach. (Length: 36:52 / 10.3MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Testimonies From The Vineyard Sermon Audio from Sunday, October 24, 2004 – Part of "being prepared" for Jesus is being ready to share your story. This morning we hear from three individuals within the Vineyard Church of Knox County who will share the work of the Lord in their lives: Rita Hockenberry, Denise Beveridge, and Cyndi Miller. Facilitated by Assistant Pastor Sharon Mutchler. (Length: 46:00 / 13.2MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Was Jesus Raised From The Dead? Sermon Audio from Sunday, October 17, 2004 – I remember sitting in a seminary class being taught the Book of Matthew and coming to the end of the book where it describes the death and resurrection of Jesus. The professor arrived at the text in which the women come to the tomb of the recently crucified Jesus in order to care for the body. As you know, the women were greeted by an angel who said something like, Why are you looking for a living person in a tomb? As we came to the angel’s me ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Cross Was For Me Sermon Audio from Sunday, October 10, 2004 – We live in Christianized county in a Christianized nation. Show people a cross and 99 out of 100 will identify it as a Christian symbol of some kind. In fact, most people know the story that Jesus of Nazareth died on a cross 2000 years ago in Israel, but what many people don’t realize is how that death relates to them. They don’t realize that he was their substitute, the payment for their sins. He took their place. Many people look at Jesus ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What Do You Believe About Jesus? Sermon Audio from Sunday, October 3, 2004 – How many of you watched some of the Presidential debate? They were prepared, weren’t they? They wanted to be ready to explain what they believe in a clear and attractive way. We have a message that is even greater than any presidential candidate’s platform. Our message is the truth about the love of God for people and the way to know God personally through Jesus Christ. We want to be prepared to answer anyone who asks us about what we believe ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Case For A Creator Sermon Audio from Sunday, September 26, 2004 – We’ve reached a turning point in our study of the Book of Acts. Chapter 13 is the beginning of the story of Paul’s (and Barnabas’s) missionary journeys. If you remember, we studied the beginning of this chapter which records the meeting in the church in Antioch in which the Holy Spirit spoke to those gathered and instructed them to send out Paul and Barnabas into the mission field in order to reach out to the Gentiles in Asia Minor. We said ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Our One Year Anniversary Celebration Sermon Audio from Sunday, September 19, 2004 – One year after beginning Sunday morning worship services, and two years after starting as a small home group, we review where we've been, where we're going, and God's unmistakable hand in bringing us along to this point. Led by Senior Pastor Chris Macky. (Length: 45:11 / 13.7MB) - [Sermon Slides (PDF)] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Does Your Life Pattern Reflect A Kingdom Worldview Sermon Audio from Sunday, September 12, 2004 – Did anyone watch the TV special report on Aron Ralston, the hiker who was trapped in Blue John Canyon? Aron got his right forearm caught between two rocks when hiking in Utah in the spring of 2003. He was caught for 5 days in this spot without food or water and with an arm that was literally decaying. He recorded his final thoughts on a video cam he had brought with him and then prepared to die there in that rock. But a few things happened ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Seeing The Unseen: Developing A Kingdom Worldview Sermon Audio from Sunday, September 5, 2004 – I was nearly killed when I was eleven. I was riding my bicycle on the road during the summer after my 5th grade year. Turning to look behind me for oncoming cars and not seeing any, instead of turning right onto the side street, I took a wide turn and moved to the middle of the road before veering back to the right toward my turn. While I was moving left into the middle of the road, a car, thinking I was turning left, sped up behind me just be ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Becoming Naturally Supernatural Sermon Audio from Sunday, August 29, 2004 – How many of you wear glasses to see clearly? Would you know that everyone in my family wears glasses but me? I have been blessed with strong eyes. I don’t need glasses to see clearly. But did you know that I do wear glasses like all of the rest of us. They aren’t glasses that help my eyes to see, they are glasses through which I interpret the world. They are worldview glasses. A worldview is simply the way we look at and interpret everythin ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cultivating Courageous Christians Sermon Audio from Sunday, August 22, 2004 – Persecution was par for the course to the early Christians. Virtually immediately after Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit birthed the first New Testament church, pressure arose from the religious leaders. We’ve studied this summer the arrest and trial of Peter and John after they healed a crippled beggar. They were brought before the religious judges, questioned and flogged for preaching Jesus Christ in the streets. Pentecost is in chapter 2 and ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2004 Backpack Giveaway Wrap Sermon Audio from Sunday, August 15, 2004 – Senior Pastor Chris Macky leads us in hearing testimonies of our community outreach Backpack Giveaway held this past week. Following in our Book of Acts series, this event was an opportunity for us to walk the talk and step out to bless our community in a "Book of Acts" sort of way. The church tells stories of the blessings that ensued ... Coordinated by Senior Pastor Chris Macky. (Length: 38:08 / 10.9MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Do You Know Him? Sermon Audio from Sunday, August 8, 2004 – Assistant Pastor Sharon Mutchler shares a message on obedience to the Lord. Taught by Assistant Pastor Sharon Mutchler. (Length: 34:30 / 10.7MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website How To Be Used For Divine Healing Sermon Audio from Sunday, August 1, 2004 – We’re studying the Book of Acts because it is an exciting drama of God’s work in the first century church, and we’re studying with an ear to the Spirit of God as He shapes us in this church to be a part of that grand, cosmic drama that is His Sovereign will. I said last week that we want to be a “Book of Acts” kind of church, that is, in thirty years—which is the time-span of Acts—we want to be able to look back on some version of all the things t ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Believing God For The Miraculous Sermon Audio from Sunday, July 25, 2004 - "The apostles performed many miraculous signs and wonders among the people. And all the believers used to meet together in Solomon's Colonnade. No one else dared join them, even though they were highly regarded by the people. Nevertheless, more and more men and women believed in the Lord and were added to their number. As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on beds and mats so that at least Peter's shadow might fall on s ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Learning To Share Sermon Audio from Sunday, July 18, 2004 - When we were in Boston two weeks ago, we went to “Cheers,” the bar that inspired the television series. We saw other historic landmarks, but “Cheers” was the highlight. This week, I spent the first few days of the week with 4 of my college buddies, an annual camping trip that gets better each year. I spent the rest of the week at a watercolor workshop at MVNU. What do all of these experiences have to do with our study of the book of Acts? You’l ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Giving Outward Expression To Our Inward Faith Sermon Audio from Sunday, July 11, 2004 - Can I ask you a question? Have you been baptized? How? When? Were you baptized as an infant? As a young teen after a catechism class? Or as an adult? Did you have to get baptized in a particular way to join a particular church? Were you sprinkled? Poured over? Or dunked? Dunked forward, backward? Three times or one time? In the name of Jesus or the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. There are so many teachings on baptism and so ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Becoming A Worshiping And Witnessing Community Sermon Audio from Sunday, July 4, 2004 - Special Guest Dennis Hill shares the importance of being a worshiping and witnessing community of believers. Taught by Guest Speaker Dennis Hill. (Length: 48:39 / 10.1MB) - [Sermon Slides (PDF)] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Learning To Serve Like Jesus Sermon Audio from Sunday, June 27, 2004 – Special Guest Eli Dorman of Mulberry Street United Methodist Church speaks on how to learn to serve like Jesus. Taught by Special Guest Eli Dorman. (Length: 31:43 / 8.3MB) - [Sermon Slides (PDF)] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Playing Your Part In God's Blockbuster Sermon Audio from Sunday, June 20, 2004 – The book of Acts is the story of the early church, about the first followers of Jesus going out on their own after Jesus had ascended to the Father, but more than that, it is the story of God’s sovereignty, His plan in the world. Acts is an incredible blockbuster! There is wonderful drama in this story! It is truly amazing! In one scene, a gathering of people begin spontaneously speaking in languages that were not their own, languages that they ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website How To Kill A Church Sermon Audio from Sunday, June 13, 2004 – Can you imagine this commander instructing the soldiers who were to drop on Normandy beach the next week telling these men, “When you land on the beach find your fellow soldiers who are in your company, huddle up and focus all your energies on one another. Do not move. Do not take your eyes off of yourself. Just stay where you are and take care of one another. Your mission is stay put and love one another.” Can you imagine such crazy instructi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Getting Involved in Our Father's Business Sermon Audio from Sunday, May 30, 2004 – It is a rare parent who has never lost track of a child at any time, and Jesus’ parents are no exception. Each year, with thousands of other Jews, Jesus and his family journeyed to Jerusalem to celebrate the Feast of the Passover. When Jesus was twelve, instead of walking back to Nazareth with his parents, he stayed behind in Jerusalem talking with the religious teachers in the temple courts and astonishing them with his wisdom and knowledge. Well ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Empowering Spirit of God Sermon Audio from Sunday, May 23, 2004 – Jesus came and told his disciples, "I have been given complete authority in heaven and on earth. Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age” (NLT). I believe that most Christians realize that they are called to be a part of the f ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jesus Models How Ordinary People Can Make Disciples Sermon Audio from Sunday, May 16, 2004 – Like the current at the middle of a river, God is on the move in the world, creating a multitude, a great nation of people from every tongue, tribe and nation who will worship him and reign with him for all eternity. He’s creating a people for Himself by saving souls and healing minds and bodies. If we want to be a part of this Great Mission of God, we need to make some changes in our minds about how we view the church and how we view missions, tha ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website On Mother's Day Sermon Audio from Sunday, May 9, 2004 – Assistant Pastor Sharon Mutchler shares on Mother's Day. Taught by Assistant Pastor Sharon Mutchler. (Length: 31:16 / 9.4MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website It's Time To Change the Way We Think About Missions Sermon Audio from Sunday, May 2, 2004 – We want to participate fully in the Mission of God, what we call the Great Commission given by Jesus as his last words on earth (Matt 28:18-20). Churches all over the world have as their goal the completion of the Great Commission; that much is true. But it is my contention and the contention of scores of others in ministry that the N. American church has gotten it wrong when it comes to our strategy. It is time for a change of thinking about the i ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Calling All Doubters, Weaklings, and Failures Sermon Audio from Sunday, April 18, 2004 – I remember wanting to be on the varsity basketball team so badly at my high school. It was my freshman year and our varsity team was as good as any team that had ever played at Wilmington Area High School. This team had won the league and the district, a feat that had been done only once in school history, and made it all the way to the State Semi-final game, further than any other team in school history. Oh, I wanted to be in uniform so badly! ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What Difference Does the Resurrection Make to Me? Sermon Audio from Sunday, April 11, 2004 – We live in a “Whatever” society, a “What do I care” society, a “What’s the difference” society. When it comes to morality, to how we are to live our lives in relationships, to our sexuality, we hear, “What’s the difference?” So, two teenage lovers want to be sexually active, what’s the difference; it’s their lives, not mine? Or two men want to be married, so what? What difference does it make to my life? In spirituality, our culture encourages ... 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