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The Vine AustinHebrews - Jesus is Better & Jesus is God
In our last sermon on the book of Hebrews, we explore the truths that help us continue to follow Jesus together. REFLECTION QUESTIONS 1. What is something from…
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Hebrews - Faith That Keeps You Going
This week, Fabs unpacks Hebrews 11, digging into the concept of faith, and how it enables us to keep going on the path God has set for us. REFLECTION QUESTIONS…
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HEBREWS A Better Covenant
In this fourth sermon in the Hebrews series, Mark shares from Hebrews 10, discusses how Jesus fulfills the sacrificial system and invites us into a new…
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HEBREWS- An Anchor For The Soul
Welcome to week three in this Hebrews study! In this message, Mark shares from chapter six, about a connection between Abraham and Jesus, the power of…
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HEBREWS- Let's Talk About Sin
In this second sermon of this series, Mark talks about Hebrews chapters 3-4. In this message, we explore the comparison between the Exodus story and the…
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HEBREWS- The Paradox Of Jesus
In this introductory message to the book of Hebrews, Mark begins with opening remarks about this writing and the importance of placing Jesus at the center. To…
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Easter and the Resurrected Peacemaker
Happy Easter. This message not only marks the end of the Lenten season, but also marks the end of our series on peacemaking. This sermon explores John 20, the…
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Blessed Are The Peacemakers- Making Peace With Death
On this Palm Sunday, Mark shares a sermon about how we can make peace with death as we consider John 12:12-16 and 23-28. Credit: Song "No Hard Feelings" by the…
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Creation Care And Ecological Peacemaking
In this message, Mark turns the conversation about peacemaking to creation. Exploring scriptures and quotes from theologians, this sermon seeks to move us into…
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"Peace Among the Marginalized"
As we continue our Peacemaking series, we're looking at what it means to make peace in the world. This week we talked through what it means to make peace among…
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Racial Justice And The Peacemaking Of Dr. King
Considering the life and legacy of Dr. King and Romans 12, Mark explores the role of peacemaking in the presence of oppression and racial injustice. We do so…
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Blessed Are The Peacemaker- The Peacemaking Power Of Art
In this message, Mark is joined by guest presenter Greg Kwedar as they explore the potential power art has in making peace. thevineaustin.org Luke 13:18-21 and…
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SPECIAL- An Ash Wednesday Meditation
This is a special Ash Wednesday episode. Though we are not gathering on Ash Wednesday this year, this podcast provides music, a reflection on Psalm 103, and a…
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Blessed Are The Peacemkakers- A Vocabulary Of Peacemaking
As we continue in the second chapter of our series on peacemaking, Mark shares about disarming our words so that we can learn a vocabulary of peacemaking…
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Blessed Are The Peacemakers- The Redemptive Art Of Listening
In this sermon, Mark kicks off the second chapter in this series on peacemaking. In this message, Mark shares about the Redemptive Art of Peacemaking…
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Blessed Are The Peacemakers - Finding Peace With The Church
In this sermon, Fabs shares about what it means to find peace with the Church. REFLECTION QUESTIONS Discuss your experience with the journal this week. Has…
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Blessed Are The Peacemakers- Finding Peace With Self
In this sermon, Mark shares about the importance of finding peace with self. www.thevineaustin.org REFLECTION QUESTIONS 1. Discuss your experience with the…
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Blessed Are The Peacemakers- Finding Peace With God
The Vine is beginning a 12 week-long series on peacemaking. In this first sermon, Mark shares an overview of the series and discusses how we must begin by…
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2024 Vision Sunday- Pastor's Report
January 7th was Vision Sunday at The Vine. In place of a normal sermon, Mark shared an annual pastor's report. www.thevineaustin.org
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EMBODIED ADVENT- Christmas Eve and Mary's Embodied Vulnerability
In this Christmas Eve message, Mark shares about Mary's embodied vulnerability and the calling to be born again. thevineaustin.org
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Embodied Advent-Embodied Community
Join us as we continue in our Embodied Advent series by reflecting on what it means that Jesus came to communicate and connect with us by being a part of…
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EMBODIED ADVENT- The Emotions Of Advent
This Advent season, The Vine is engaging a series called EMBODIED ADVENT. In this sermon, Mark continues our theme and discusses the embodied experience of…
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EMBODIED ADVENT- An Embodied Savior
Welcome to the beginning of (unofficial) Advent. This week, The Vine is prematurely entering into the season of Advent into our series EMBODIED ADVENT. In this…
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JONAH- Chapter 4
In final sermon of the Jonah series, Mark explores the themes from Jonah 4 including the challenges of God’s mercy and the call towards enemy love. Applying…
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JONAH- Chapter 3
In this next sermon, Mark shares from Jonah chapter 3. In this message, we discuss ways to read this type of scripture, communal sin, repentance, and parity in…
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JONAH - Chapter 2
In the second sermon in our Jonah series, Fabs leads us through Jonah's prayer of Thanksgiving so that we can explore Jonah's experience of God's mercy…
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JONAH- Chapter One
In this first message, Mark shares from Jonah chapter 1, its context, how some people read it, and ultimately how Jonah gives us a cautionary tale about…
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SEEK FIRST: Seek Social Restoration Not Only Individual Salvation
In the final sermon in this series, guest Scott Erickson shares on how the Gospel is not just a personal salvation project but is about a new social order…
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SEEK FIRST Deeply Formed And Not Shallowly Shaped
In this sermon, Mark continues our SEEK FIRST series by exploring the difference between being deeply formed and shallowly shaped. Romans 11:33-12:2 DISCUSSION…
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Seek First The Kingdom Of God
As we continue to explore what it means to SEEK FIRST the Kingdom of God, Fabs shares what it might look like to seek integrated living vs a fragmented life…
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SEEK FIRST: Contentment Not Consumerism
In this sermon, Mark continues our SEEK FIRST with a sermon about seeking contentment and not consumerism. Matthew 6:24-34 DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: 1. What has…
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Seek First- Sincerity Not Cynicism
As we continue in our SEEK FIRST series, Mark shares about the trappings of cynicism and how sincerity leads to restoration. www.thevineaustin.org DISCUSSION…
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SEEK FIRST: Unity And Not Sameness
We are continuing in our SEEK FIRST series with the next message on seeking unity not sameness. In this sermon, Mark shares the difference between the two and…
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SEEK FIRST- Seek The Living Christ And Not Empty Religion
Mark kicks off a new series SEEK FIRST with this sermon on Jesus' teaching of the narrow road. To begin this series, we must seek the living Christ and not…
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Moments With Jesus: Partnership With The Father
In this message, Fabs wraps up our 'Moments with Jesus' sermon series by exploring the dynamic between the Father and the Son, and how their partnership…
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Moments With Jesus: Shake The Dust And Notice The Harvest
In this message, Mark shares from the end of Matthew 9 and the beginning of Matthew 10. Connecting two teachings, we find a common thread of the plentiful…
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Moments With Jesus: An Everyday Pilgrimage with Jesus
In this message, Mark returns from his sabbatical to talk about the central concept of a life with Jesus- living on pilgrimage with Christ. Matthew 4:18-25…
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Moments with Jesus: Bartimeus and Jesus
Our VineKids Director, Mary Fisher, gave this week's message from Mark 10:46-52, when Jesus heals Bartimeus, who was blind. Mary shares about Jesus seeing us…
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Moments With Jesus
In our current series—Moments with Jesus—we are hearing from Vine members about specific moments in which Jesus taught them something meaningfully in a special…
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Moments with Jesus: Thomas and Jesus
Vine member Frank Vasquez shares his "moment with Jesus," encouraging us to remember how loved we are by God and referencing the scripture of Thomas and Jesus…
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Moments with Jesus: Peter and Jesus
Vine staff member Fabs Harford kicks off our new sermon series, "Moments with Jesus," with a message from Luke 22. Fabs shares how Peter's faith didn't…
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Distinctives - Relationally - Oriented
Gabe shares a practical message about being relationally-oriented, using the passage from Mark 2:1-12 about the paralytic man. We learn about the beauty of…
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Distinctives - Practice - Based
Christy explored what it means to be a practice-based community at The Vine. Just like his disciples in Matthew 4:18-22, we can follow Jesus by practicing…
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Distinctives - Outward - Focused
Haley shared from Mark 5 a lesson about being outward focused on those who are pushed to the outskirts of society and who experienced many forms of oppression.
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Distinctives — Third Way
This week in our DISTINCTIVES series, we heard a message from Vine staff member Fabs Harford on our Third Way distinctive. Referencing Romans 14:1-10 and other…
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Distinctives – Biblically-rooted
We continued our DISTINCTIVES series this week with a message from Vine member Ron Ragsdale about our distinctive of being biblically-rooted. Using Psalm 1 and…
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Distinctives - Jesus-centered
We are starting a new sermon series on our Distinctives at The Vine. Fabienne Harford, ministry operations director at The Vine, shares a sermon on our…
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Stations of the Resurrection: The Great Commission
In this Station of the Resurrection, we reflect on Jesus' last words in the Gospel of Matthew, the Great Commission. Mark shared a message about the song of…
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Stations Of The Resurrection: Peter Restored
In this Station of the Resurrection, we find Jesus restoring Peter, and we witness the work of Christ's grace. John 21:15-19 DISCUSSION QUESTION: 1. Read John…
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Stations Of The Resurrection: Returning To Where It All Began
In this sermon within our Stations of the Resurrection series, Mark shares from the first half of John 21. In this message, the Resurrected Jesus meets the…
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Stations Of The Resurrection: Peace For The Fearful And Wounds For The Doubter
In this sermon in our Eastertide series called Stations of the Resurrection, Mark shares from John 20:19-29. In this passage, Jesus breathes peace upon the…
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Stations Of The Resurrection: Mary Magdalene
In this next sermon in the Eastertide series, Stations of the Resurrection, Fabs preaches from John 20:1-2 and 11-18, where Jesus meets Mary Magdalene. John…
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Stations Of The Resurrection: On The Road & At The Table
In this second week of this Eastertide series, Stations of the Resurrection, Mark shares from Luke 24 and the story called the Road to Emmaus…
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Stations Of The Resurrection: Easter
Happy Easter! Mark kicks off a new series exploring the season called Eastertide. Using artwork from Scott Erickson, The Vine will walk through the stations of…
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Midweek Soul Care Convo: Week 6 Selfless Compassion
In our final midweek soul care convo, Mark chats it up with community members Dana Curtis and Haley Patterson to explore the idea of selfless compassion as a…
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SOUL CARE: Selfless Compassion
In this final sermon, Mark shares on Matthew 21, the story surrounding Palm Sunday, and how our souls were created for selfless compassion…
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Midweek Soul Care Convo- Week 5 Communal Presence
Let's get into our midweek soul care convo! This week, we have Gabe McKinney and Kyle Bender in the closet of The Vine's office talking about the importance of…
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SOUL CARE: Communal Presence
In this special message, Mark is joined by guest preacher, Kyle Bender. They explore the communal and relational nature of soul care. John 15:9-17…
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Midweek Soul Care Convo- Week 4 Interior Examination
Its time to talk about interior examination. In this episode of our midweek soul care convos, we hear Mary Tucker, Fabs Harford, and Adrian Patenaude discuss…