Sermons from Pastor Aaron McCarter and other teachers from Vineyard Church in Maryville, TN. For more info, visit vineyardchurch.us
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In this message, discover how God meets us in our deepest exhaustion—and how we can help one another take the next step toward hope.
This Sunday, discover why most of life needs nuance—but who sits on the throne of your life demands a clear choice.
This Sunday we’ll look at Elijah and the widow of Zarephath and explore how even our anger and questions for God can become the very doorway into deeper faith and unexpected provision.
We often approach Scripture like an encyclopedia—reading isolated verses and disconnected stories—instead of the unified narrative Jesus himself said points to him. This Sunday, we'll step back to see that bigger story, tracing the Bible's recurring patterns and themes from Genesis to Jesus. Along the way, we'll discover that Scripture is meant to be read as communal literature that shapes us into life-giving people, fostering unity and hope as we join God in the renewal of his good world.
It is always helpful to know you roots. This sermon explores the history and values of the Vineyard Movement.
How do we decide what is good? The answer to that question affects everything in our lives.
This sermon examines Psalm 22 as a biblical framework for honest lament, offering believers permission to bring their raw pain and questions before God during seasons of perceived silence. By connecting David's cry to Jesus' experience on the cross, the message helps move the despair of feeling forsaken into an enduring song of hope and global praise for all the nations.
The better that you know a person, the deeper a relationship you can have with them. Lord you have searched me and know me. KEYWORDS: knowledge, relationships, lost, search
A message from Anthony Jones about a Psalm of praise.
We are made in the image of God, and this changes everything about the way we understand ourselves and the way we see others.
Living a life of worship is the most human thing that we were designed to do.
God is our Creator and our maker. And in His great intelligence, He designed us to thrive & flourish. And honoring the Sabbath, working six days a week and taking one day to stop, rest & worship is part of His design. The Sabbath is a gift - a gift we are commanded to enjoy.
We tend to measure success and ministry by visible, quantifiable metrics ("scoreboard mentality" or "empire logic"), but this preoccupation distracts from the true, hidden nature of God's work. The kingdom of God is advancing through "seed logic"—small, faithful acts planted in the dark that God sovereignly multiplies and transforms into the expansive kingdom.
The Kingdom of Heaven is a treasure to be discovered. Whether you're searching or simply happen upon it, it is worth giving everything to obtain it because Jesus gave everything for us.
We have been given an invitation to God's great banquet. Have we accepted or have we made excuses? In the same moment, we have the invitation in hand to give to others. Who are we giving those invitations to?
Moms were called to give life... And so is everyone else! God gave life by speaking life, and He called us to do the same. This means that our words matter. What we say and how we speak has the power to hurt or heal, spread fear or faith, bring death or life.
What does it mean if God is pursuing us, but we aren't getting closer to him?
How to get out (and stay out) of a prison you may not eve know you're in.
We can glitch from life's detours, closed doors, and hurting ourselves, and yet God has been using people with those types of struggles for thousands of years.
Life wrecks us. We bounce back. But, sometimes we bounce back, and it doesn't stick. What does it mean when we still feel lost after we've been rescued?
When a vehicle is 'totaled' it's given a salvage title, and can never be given a clean title again. What happens to us when we get busted up beyond restoration?
It can be a struggle to navigate the mystery and the abstraction of prayer--but power is undeniable! We'll look at a beautiful image from scripture to help us begin to grasp just how powerful it is.
Reading the Bible can sometimes feel like trying to assemble a giant jigsaw puzzle after the picture on the box has been lost. Most of the pieces are (probably?!) still there, but we are often left holding fragments without a clear sense of how they fit together. This Sunday, we’ll step back and try to rediscover the “picture on the box”— the grand story of Scripture that gives meaning to the individual stories and helps us see how all the pieces were always meant to fit together.
What it really means to be strong and courageous.
This sermon relies heavily on a visual demonstration. You can watch the Sunday livestream here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j3Tk3QqLkA&t=4934s If our allegiance is to the Kingdom of God, can we still have strong political views? Can we support a political party if we agree with some, but not all of it's platform? What happens when a political policy collides with Kingdom values?
