Corey Akeley: Creating A Biblical Culture – Bible Based
“The authority of Scripture means that all the words of Scripture are God’s words in such a way that to disbelieve or disobey any word of Scripture is to disbelieve or disobey God.” (Wayne Grudem)
Rob Norman: Practical Faith
Biblical faith grows and thrives under all conditions because it comes from God not from man. Biblical faith is simple and yet robust, it doesn’t relay on certain outcomes, such as health, wealth or even acceptance by others.
Rob Norman: Intro To Modern & Contemporary Gnosticism
Modern day Gnostics tend to over spiritualize everything. Often they ignore the historical teachings of Scripture and wise counsel from mature Christians, instead claiming that God has “told” them to leave their church, divorce their spouse, break a family relationship, etc.
Rob Norman: The Resurrection
There are at least 12 different appearances of Christ in the resurrection accounts, beginning with Mary and ending with Paul. They were physical, tangible experiences with Christ eating, speaking and allowing himself to be touched by them. On one occasion he appeared to over 500 people.
Debbie and Rob Norman: The Power Of Your Story
News flash! We probably will not win the World to Christ using Power Evangelism as a model. We will collectively win many more thousands, if not, millions of people to Jesus if we all simply share our story with whomever will listen.
Phil Moss, Lachlan Brockbank & Justine Guglielmo: The Reality of Sin and Redemption
Corey Akeley: Gaining A “Right” Idea of God – Gleanings from Jeremiah
Rob Norman: Fragrant Offerings
When we embark on a faith walk with Jesus there is every chance we will face seasons of living in want! The contemporary “faith message” doesn’t always deal with this fact well, many “faith preachers” leave us with the impression that to be ‘in want’ is to be without faith. Yet, the Apostle Paul, here, is strongly suggesting that followers of Jesus should expect to have seasons in our lives where we live in plenty and seasons where we live in want! Neither of these conditions are indicators of faith they are simply symptoms of life.
Rob Norman: The Lord Is Near
The kingdom of heaven is full of ‘hidden treasures’ waiting to be found. They are not hidden so that we can’t have them, they are hidden so that we will seek them and find them. The process of seeking is vital in the life of a disciple.
Garry Grosvenor: Position Yourself
The Apostle Paul, on positioning ourselves for what is to come Philippians 2:19-30
Rob Norman: We’re In This Thing Together
Like mindedness doesn’t mean we have the same opinion on every matter of life. Our like mindedness is based on being ‘united in Christ’. The brilliance of the church is that God has brought together people with different gifts and ideas for a common cause and purpose.
Rob Norman: The Meaning Of Life
The only solution to the helplessness of our generation is to call them to a radical obedience to Jesus. A Gospel that simply adds Christianity to our lives is profoundly deficient and an affront to God.
Rob Norman: The Joy Of The Lord
Paul’s joy was obviously NOT dependant on money, power, healing or acceptance of others. His joy came from knowing Jesus. Not a false or fabricated Jesus, but Jesus of Nazareth, God’s only begotten Son.
Corey Akeley: Introduction to 1 Corinthians
Southland School of Ministry provides mentoring and peer group support for students who study with Vineyard Institute. Q1, 2018 Corey is leading a course based on 1 Corinthians
Rob Norman: New Years Eve – Forget what is behind (Philippians 3)
We don’t forget what God has achieved, or attained, in us; these are the foundations upon which He will build. We do forget the pain and hardship because they are temporal; they belong to this world and are not worthy of the next world. In the end Jesus will ultimately wipe these hardships away.
Rob Norman: Discipleship – Works & Actions
Disciples do the works of Jesus – announcing the good news of His kingdom, healing the sick, casting out demons and releasing miracles. These actions require a paradigm shift and a leap into the unknown.
Rob Norman: Discipleship – Christlikeness
Sanctification and empowering are both miraculous works of the Spirit; in fact, it is arguably more miraculous to change the character of a person than it is to work miracles through them.
Rob Norman: Discipleship – Obedience
Obedience sounds simple. The truth is, it’s easy to be obedient when we agree with the other person, it’s a whole different ballgame when we are in disagreement with the person to whom we are meant to be obedient. It’s at this place where real obedience kicks in.
Rob Norman: Discipleship – The Outward Journey
Jesus is speaking to two groups of people here, those who hear His words and put them into practice, and those who hear His words and don’t put them into practice. The first group are able to withstand the tempest, the second group are destroyed by it.
Garry Grosvenor: God uses the ordinary in an extraordinary way – Support
Garry looks at the vital, sometimes unseen, roles of those who support front line leaders.