Vintage Grace's Podcast
528 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsVintage Grace is PASSIONATE about building joy-filled communities of faith whose very existence inspires individuals to live an abundant Christian life, made up of three key relationships: a deepening relationship with God, a life-changing relationship with other believers, and an engaging relationship with those yet to believe.
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John 4:43-5:15 | God's Glory
November 22, 2020 21:00 - 39 minutes - 27 MBJohn records these next miracles and we start to see the pattern unfold as people move from Miracle to Controversy to Decision: do they receive or reject? As Jesus decides when and who and where to heal, it is clear that his decision is to follow the will of the Father—John then asks us to consider: what will be our decision?
Text Lab | John 4:1-42
November 16, 2020 08:00 - 17 minutes - 12 MBDavid and Jesse walk through John 4:1-42 to help you lead meaningful discussions about the text Guiding Questions: What is God inviting me into? Where is God calling me to be faithful, despite discomfort? Standard Narrative Questions: What happened? Why here? What does John want us to know/feel/do?
John 4:1-42 | Living Water
November 15, 2020 22:00 - 31 minutes - 21.5 MBSummary Statement: This week we look at John 4 and the woman at the well. Though this woman had a messy life and looked for the good life in all the wrong places, Jesus brings her hope of restoration and soul-satisfaction.
Text Lab | John 3:22-36
November 09, 2020 08:00 - 23 minutes - 16.1 MBGUIDING QUESTIONS: What happened, Why Here, What does John want us to know feel do? (Go to 31-36 for the know feel do part in particular because that the the takeaway John has for us from the brief exchange between JB, his disciples, and the Jews.) How were John’s disciples measuring success? How was John measuring success? Why is John happy that Jesus is gaining a greater following? In John the Baptist's analogy there are three characters, the bride, the groom and the friend of the ...
Less Is More | Nov 8
November 08, 2020 22:00 - 46 minutes - 31.8 MBSummary Statement: The paradox ‘less is more’ is clearly seen in John the Baptist. He understood and experienced the reality that we find MORE joy in thinking LESS of ourselves and seeing Jesus. Like John the Baptist we must: Resist the temptation to think more highly of ourselves than we ought. (#Humility) Understand our position. (#Humility) Celebrate our role. (#JOY!)
John 3:22-36 | Less Is More
November 08, 2020 22:00 - 46 minutes - 31.8 MBSummary Statement: The paradox ‘less is more’ is clearly seen in John the Baptist. He understood and experienced the reality that we find MORE joy in thinking LESS of ourselves and seeing Jesus. Like John the Baptist we must: Resist the temptation to think more highly of ourselves than we ought. (#Humility) Understand our position. (#Humility) Celebrate our role. (#JOY!)
Text Lab | John 3:16-21
November 02, 2020 08:00 - 21 minutes - 14.5 MBMichael and Ryan walk through John 3:16-21 to help you lead meaningful discussions about the text References to God's Plan for the World: Gen 12:2 Gen 17:4-6; Gen 22:18; Gen 26:4; 1Chron 16:31; Psalm 2:8; Psalm 22:27 Standard Narrative Questions: What happened? Why here? What does John want us to know/feel/do? Guiding Questions: What's surprising about the idea that God loves the whole world? Would Nicodemus agree or disagree with Jesus's statement? Israel, who was called God's son, is be...
John 3:16-21 | For God So Loved the Dumpster Fire
November 01, 2020 22:00 - 38 minutes - 26.8 MBText Lab | John 3:1-15
October 26, 2020 07:00 - 20 minutes - 14.4 MBMichael and Ryan walk through John 3:1-15 to help you lead meaningful discussions about the text Guiding Questions: What barriers does Nicodemus have to belief? Jews like Nicodemus believed they were saved by their heritage, how is what Jesus said about being born again different from that? What is John trying to say about Jesus by recording him referencing Daniel 7:13-14? Read Numbers 21:4-9 as a group. John records Jesus allegorizing this narrative in 3:1-15, what do the following ele...
John 3:1-15 | Starting All Over Again
October 25, 2020 20:00 - 35 minutes - 24.5 MBTextLab | John 2:12-25
October 19, 2020 07:00 - 16 minutes - 11.4 MBDavid and Michael walk through John 2:12-25 to help you lead meaningful discussions about the text. Questions from the Conversation: Why was Jesus mad about the individuals selling goods and exchanging money in the Temple? How does John connect Jesus’s actions to Old Testament Prophecy? Why is that an important aspect of Jesus’s character? How does Jesus’s cleansing of the temple foreshadow the way he will cleanse us? What’s the significance of Jesus’s comment about tearing down the tem...
John 2:12-25 | DTR (Define The Relationship)
October 18, 2020 21:00 - 42 minutes - 29.2 MBText Lab | John 2:1-11
October 12, 2020 17:00 - 11 minutes - 8.12 MBDavid and Michael walk through John 2:1-11 to help you lead meaningful discussions about the text. Questions from the Conversation Narrative Questions: In narrative, we’re always asking these 3 simple questions to get to the big idea. What happened? (summary & key points) Why here? (how it fits in John’s Gospel) What does the author want us to know/feel/do? Supplemental Questions: What did Jesus mean when he said, “My hour has not yet come”? What is significant about the wedding me...
John 1:35-51 | Jesus' Recruitment Strategy
October 04, 2020 19:00 - 45 minutes - 31.6 MBTextLab | John 1:35-51
October 02, 2020 02:00 - 18 minutes - 12.9 MBDavid and Michael walk through John 1:35-51 to help you lead meaningful discussions about the text. Questions from the Conversation: Summarize the narrative in your own words. (Try breaking it up into Day 1 and Day 2 v35-42 & v 43-51) What words, phrases, or ideas are repeated? How do they point to a main idea? What titles are used for Jesus in this text? What do they tell us about the identity of Jesus? How did Jesus invite people to follow him? How does he do that today? How does thi...
John 1:35-51 | TextLab
October 02, 2020 02:00 - 18 minutes - 12.9 MBDavid and Michael walk through John 1:35-51 to help you lead meaningful discussions about the text. Questions from the Conversation: Summarize the narrative in your own words. (Try breaking it up into Day 1 and Day 2 v35-42 & v 43-51) What words, phrases, or ideas are repeated? How do they point to a main idea? What titles are used for Jesus in this text? What do they tell us about the identity of Jesus? How did Jesus invite people to follow him? How does he do that today? How does thi...
Text Lab | John 1:19-34
September 28, 2020 08:00 - 13 minutes - 9.62 MBJohn 1:19-34(ESV) 19 And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” 20 He confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, “I am not the Christ.” 21 And they asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” And he answered, “No.” 22 So they said to him, “Who are you? We need to give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?” 23 He said, “I am the voice of one crying out i...
Sept 27 | How to Behold Jesus
September 27, 2020 21:00 - 42 minutes - 29.5 MBJohn 1:18-34(ESV) 19 And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” 20 He confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, “I am not the Christ.” 21 And they asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” And he answered, “No.” 22 So they said to him, “Who are you? We need to give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?” 23 He said, “I am the voice of one crying out i...
John 1:19-34 | How to Behold Jesus
September 27, 2020 21:00 - 42 minutes - 29.5 MBJohn 1:19-34(ESV) 19 And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” 20 He confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, “I am not the Christ.” 21 And they asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” And he answered, “No.” 22 So they said to him, “Who are you? We need to give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?” 23 He said, “I am the voice of one crying out i...
TextLab | John 1:6-18
September 21, 2020 13:00 - 20 minutes - 14.1 MBDavid and Michael walk through John 1:6-18 to help you lead meaningful discussions about the text. John 1:6-18 (ESV) 6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him. 8 He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light. 9 The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know ...
John 1:6-18 | The "Good" Life PT2
September 20, 2020 20:00 - 42 minutes - 28.9 MBTextLab | John 1:1-5
September 14, 2020 10:00 - 14 minutes - 10.3 MBDavid and Michael walk through John 1:1-5 to help you lead meaningful discussions about the text. John 1:1-5 (ESV) In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. Questions from the Conversation: What do you think ...