Vineyard Church of the Peninsula October 18, 2020 Invited! Jesus’ coming was not a judgment or condemnation or disapproval or a ‘setting the bar too high’ event. It was a…
October 11, 2020 AOx4 (awake and oriented times four) Following an accident, emergency medical technicians (EMTs) evaluate the level of awareness of all involved parties. The optimum condition, accident or…
Vineyard Church of the Peninsula September 27, 2020 “I did it My way!” * The Gospel is good news. The Church is the group of ‘called out ones’, charged with…
The Presence of the Future (Enacted Inaugurated Eschatology) Bethlehem. A Star. A Baby. Shepherds. Who ever would have guessed that an event so improbable and obscure would have forever, tectonic-plate-shifting,…
Vineyard Church of the Peninsula September 6, 2020 “And that’s what it’s all about, Charlie Brown.”* Bite-size. Simple. A.B.C. Childlike. Our clear, easy-to-follow guide to growth and maturity in Kingdom…
These last five months of pandemic have been pummeling us into accepting, or reluctantly acquiescing to, restrictions in more areas of our lives than can easily be counted. Simultaneously, the…
Paul and his fellow church planters encountered major, sometimes violent, opposition in their travels throughout the region. There were snakes and stonings and shipwrecks and sabotage and secret plots and…
Where to Focus: On the Seen or the Unseen? Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) seems to typify humankind. We laugh and say: “Squirrel!” We blame the aging process. We attribute it…
May grace and perfect peace cascade over you as you live in the rich knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. Everything we could ever need has already been…
Flying by the seat of one’s pants. On-the-job-training. The school of hard knocks. The steep learning curve. Whatever you might call it, Peter’s pulse was racing wildly as he swept…
Picture a lake that evokes these words: placid, limpid, serene, untroubled, transparent, clear. Ahh! That would be a setting providing good medicine for restoring one’s soul. Room to breathe. Space…