The Vine Sheffield Podcast

Ben Lacey concludes our series in which we look at how faith shapes our life. Here we focus on expressing God's mercy and justice and how that begins by turning to him, first, worshipping him and knowing his heart.   This talk is available as a video here: https://youtu.be/noAsgh2bUiw Living Prayerfully - Celebrating God’s presence in all things, at all times, through a daily rhythm of prayer and worship - (Davo Smith 6/6/21 - https://youtu.be/DQJ6DROJB6E) Celebrating Creativity - Enjoying and expressing God’s presence through colourful, generous and imaginative lives - (Claire Law 20/6/21 - https://youtu.be/ZQa7-SEwZaE) Practicing Hospitality - Cultivating generous space for others in our hearts and homes, as if they were Christ Himself in our midst - (Gill & Will Briggs 13/6/21 - https://youtu.be/0dYU1oclvkk) Expressing God’s Mercy and Justice - Honouring God’s presence in the poor and oppressed, throughs sacrificial compassion, reconciliation and advocacy - (This talk) Engaging Mission and Evangelism - Demonstrating God’s presence and relevance in word and deed, wherever He currently seems to be absent or ignored - (Phil Townsend 30/5/21 - https://youtu.be/g8wzbWq31VU) Learning and Discipleship - Worshipping with all our minds and developing disciples who can carry Christ’s presence powerfully into every sphere of society - (Will Briggs 23/5/21 - https://youtu.be/7sJEfNGILy4)   These are taken from the six practices of the Order of the Mustard Seed. You can learn more about them here: https://www.orderofthemustardseed.com/about/way-of-life/ You can also listen on our podcast by going to http://thevinesheffield.org.uk/podcast or searching for "The Vine Sheffield" in your favourite podcast app.

Claire Law continues our series in which we look at how faith shapes our life. Here we focus on Celebrating Creativity in which we lean into the creative work that God has prepared for us.   This talk is available as a video here: https://youtu.be/ZQa7-SEwZaE Living Prayerfully - Celebrating God’s presence in all things, at all times, through a daily rhythm of prayer and worship - (Davo Smith 6/6/21 - https://youtu.be/DQJ6DROJB6E) Celebrating Creativity - Enjoying and expressing God’s presence through colourful, generous and imaginative lives - (This talk) Practicing Hospitality - Cultivating generous space for others in our hearts and homes, as if they were Christ Himself in our midst - (Gill & Will Briggs 13/6/21 - https://youtu.be/0dYU1oclvkk) Expressing God’s Mercy and Justice - Honouring God’s presence in the poor and oppressed, throughs sacrificial compassion, reconciliation and advocacy. Engaging Mission and Evangelism - Demonstrating God’s presence and relevance in word and deed, wherever He currently seems to be absent or ignored - (Phil Townsend 30/5/21 - https://youtu.be/g8wzbWq31VU) Learning and Discipleship - Worshipping with all our minds and developing disciples who can carry Christ’s presence powerfully into every sphere of society - (Will Briggs 23/5/21 - https://youtu.be/7sJEfNGILy4)   These are taken from the six practices of the Order of the Mustard Seed. You can learn more about them here: https://www.orderofthemustardseed.com/about/way-of-life/ You can also listen on our podcast by going to http://thevinesheffield.org.uk/podcast or searching for "The Vine Sheffield" in your favourite podcast app.

Gill and Will Briggs continue our series in which we look at how faith shapes our life. Here we focuses on Practicing Hospitality which rests and springs out of of how he host the presence of God in our own lives. We give God the front door key to all that we have.   This talk is available as a video here: https://youtu.be/0dYU1oclvkk Living Prayerfully - Celebrating God’s presence in all things, at all times, through a daily rhythm of prayer and worship - (Davo Smith 6/6/21 - https://youtu.be/DQJ6DROJB6E) Celebrating Creativity - Enjoying and expressing God’s presence through colourful, generous and imaginative lives. Practicing Hospitality - Cultivating generous space for others in our hearts and homes, as if they were Christ Himself in our midst - (This talk) Expressing God’s Mercy and Justice - Honouring God’s presence in the poor and oppressed, throughs sacrificial compassion, reconciliation and advocacy. Engaging Mission and Evangelism - Demonstrating God’s presence and relevance in word and deed, wherever He currently seems to be absent or ignored - (Phil Townsend 30/5/21 - https://youtu.be/g8wzbWq31VU) Learning and Discipleship - Worshipping with all our minds and developing disciples who can carry Christ’s presence powerfully into every sphere of society - (Will Briggs 23/5/21 - https://youtu.be/7sJEfNGILy4) These are taken from the six practices of the Order of the Mustard Seed. You can learn more about them here: https://www.orderofthemustardseed.com/about/way-of-life/ You can also listen on our podcast by going to http://thevinesheffield.org.uk/podcast or searching for "The Vine Sheffield" in your favourite podcast app.

Davo Smith continues our series in which we look at how faith shapes our life. Here he focuses on a Life of Prayer and draws on the Lord's Prayer to show how the fullness of it is in how it's about God and not ourselves.   Also available as video here: https://youtu.be/DQJ6DROJB6E Living Prayerfully (This talk) - Celebrating God’s presence in all things, at all times, through a daily rhythm of prayer and worship. Celebrating Creativity - Enjoying and expressing God’s presence through colourful, generous and imaginative lives. Practicing Hospitality - Cultivating generous space for others in our hearts and homes, as if they were Christ Himself in our midst. Expressing God’s Mercy and Justice - Honouring God’s presence in the poor and oppressed, throughs sacrificial compassion, reconciliation and advocacy. Engaging Mission and Evangelism - Demonstrating God’s presence and relevance in word and deed, wherever He currently seems to be absent or ignored - (Phil Townsend 30/5/21 - https://youtu.be/g8wzbWq31VU) Learning and Discipleship - Worshipping with all our minds and developing disciples who can carry Christ’s presence powerfully into every sphere of society - (Will Briggs 23/5/21 - https://youtu.be/7sJEfNGILy4)   These are taken from the six practices of the Order of the Mustard Seed. You can learn more about them here: https://www.orderofthemustardseed.com/about/way-of-life/ 

Phil Townsend continues thinking through the senses in which faith shapes our life. Here he focuses on Evangelism in the light of the hope that wells up within us as we love and are loved by God. A video of this talk is available here: https://youtu.be/g8wzbWq31VU In this series we are looking at the following topics. Living Prayerfully - Celebrating God’s presence in all things, at all times, through a daily rhythm of prayer and worship. Celebrating Creativity - Enjoying and expressing God’s presence through colourful, generous and imaginative lives. Practicing Hospitality - Cultivating generous space for others in our hearts and homes, as if they were Christ Himself in our midst. Expressing God’s Mercy and Justice - Honouring God’s presence in the poor and oppressed, throughs sacrificial compassion, reconciliation and advocacy. Engaging Mission and Evangelism - Demonstrating God’s presence and relevance in word and deed, wherever He currently seems to be absent or ignored - (This talk) Learning and Discipleship - Worshipping with all our minds and developing disciples who can carry Christ’s presence powerfully into every sphere of society - (Will Briggs 23/5/21 - https://youtu.be/7sJEfNGILy4)   These are taken from the six practices of the Order of the Mustard Seed. You can learn more about them here: https://www.orderofthemustardseed.com/about/way-of-life/ 

On Pentecost Sunday Will Briggs introduces a new series to shape our summer of substantial dreams. Here we focus on Learning & Discipleship in the context of the Pentecost story in Acts 2.  In weeks to come we will be looking at the following topics.    Living Prayerfully - Celebrating God’s presence in all things, at all times, through a daily rhythm of prayer and worship. Celebrating Creativity - Enjoying and expressing God’s presence through colourful, generous and imaginative lives. Practicing Hospitality - Cultivating generous space for others in our hearts and homes, as if they were Christ Himself in our midst. Expressing God’s Mercy and Justice - Honouring God’s presence in the poor and oppressed, throughs sacrificial compassion, reconciliation and advocacy. Engaging Mission and Evangelism - Demonstrating God’s presence and relevance in word and deed, wherever He currently seems to be absent or ignored Learning and Discipleship - Worshipping with all our minds and developing disciples who can carry Christ’s presence powerfully into every sphere of society.   These are taken from the six practices of the Order of the Mustard Seed. You can learn more about them here: https://www.orderofthemustardseed.com/about/way-of-life/   You can also watch this talk as a video here: https://youtu.be/7sJEfNGILy4

Andy Wier draws together our series on Jesus' teaching in his Sermon on the Mount by giving an overview of the last few weeks and bringing us to the firm foundation of obeying God's word in his parable of the builders on the sand and the rockl. Recorded live druing May 16th, 2021.   Available as a video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRIPjjjVfRk Listen on our podcast: http://thevinesheffield.org.uk/podcast or search for "The Vine Sheffield" in your favourite podcast app.

On the morning in which we also hold our annual meetings, Will Briggs continues our series on Jesus' teaching in his Sermon on the Mount. Here we imagine bringing ourselves and our growing post-covid world to sit at Jesus' feet and hear his words. Recorded live during on May 9th, 2021.   Watch a video of this talk: https://youtu.be/4DQdXLNpMOU Listen on our podcast: http://thevinesheffield.org.uk/podcast or search for "The Vine Sheffield" in your favourite podcast app.

Andy Wier continues our series on Jesus' teaching on his Sermon on the Mount. Here we explore the weight of concern we have about our time, energy, and worry, and apply the wisdom of Jesus. Recorded live during our livestream on May 2nd, 2021. This talk is available as a video here: https://youtu.be/IBGRiWpYtng Listen on our podcast: http://thevinesheffield.org.uk/podcast or search for "The Vine Sheffield" in your favourite podcast app.

Andy Bryce continues our series on Jesus' teaching in his Sermon on the Mount. Here we explore our spiritual lives - our prayer and good works - and ponder how "on show" they are, or deeply real. Recorded live during our livestream on April 25th, 2021.   Watch the video of this talk: https://youtu.be/liRsVSdzFaQ In today's talk Andy refers to the Prayer Course. For more information you can visit https://prayercourse.org/ Listen on our podcast: http://thevinesheffield.org.uk/podcast

Claire Law continues our series on Jesus' teaching in his Sermon on the Mount. Recorded live during our livestream on April 18th, 2021.   Watch this talk as a video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbTMrudmRr4 Listen on our podcast: http://thevinesheffield.org.uk/podcast

Tina Powell-Wiffen begins our post-Easter series of talks on Jesus' teaching on the Sermon on the Mount. Recorded live during our livestream on April 11th, 2021. Also available as video at https://youtu.be/6211hck77I4

This talk is taken from the sixth and final zoom meeting of our Lent Course on March 31st, 2021. In Romans 8 Paul reaches a crescendo as he brings all that he says so far to encourage us to live according to the Spirit of God. He shows us the riches of our spiritual inheritance, and the power of God in the hope for the days of present suffering. He strengthens us with a reminder of the certainty of God's love for us in Jesus.   The video, including all the visuals, can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/YdHFmYbXj2I The handouts and visuals are available here:  http://www.thevinesheffield.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/6b-Wednesday-6-Romans-8-Handout-Slides.pdf The discussion questions that were used in breakout rooms during this session are: http://www.thevinesheffield.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/6b-Wednesday-6-Romans-8-Discussion-Questions.pdf For more information about the Roaming Through Romans Lent series see http://thevinesheffield.org.uk/roam2021 Any questions? Contact will@thevinesheffield.org.uk or ask anonymously through http://briggs.id.au/jour/qanda For other videos of talks in this series see http://thevinesheffield.org.uk/roam2021videos Talks also available on our podcast at  http://thevinesheffield.org.uk/podcast

On the last Sunday in our Roaming through Romans series in Lent we come to Romans 8. Paul is writing to encourage his friends in the real world. All that has gone before in his letter is to deepen their understanding so that they can trust in the presence of God's Spirit in the midst of their world, and live in the depths of that truth.  We have the Spirit of God in a creation that groans.  In this talk Will Briggs gives a brief overview of Romans 8 and Gill Briggs applies it from her experience of groaning in suffering.   Recorded live during our livestream on March 28th, 2021.   Talk available as video here: https://youtu.be/BDHC3YYANOA For more information about the Roaming Through Romans Lent series see http://thevinesheffield.org.uk/roam2021 Any questions? Contact will@thevinesheffield.org.uk or ask anonymously through http://briggs.id.au/jour/qanda For other videos of talks in this series see http://thevinesheffield.org.uk/roam2021videos Talks also available on our podcast at  http://thevinesheffield.org.uk/podcast

This video is taken from the fifth zoom meeting of our Lent Course on March 24th, 2021. We revisit the gospel that Paul expounds, and explore how we engage with it, and some thoughts about what we actually mean by "sin."  We then turn to Romans 7 where Paul speaks of the power of sin being reinforced by the truth of God's good law; and the joy of being freed from that bond through the cross of Christ.   This talk is available as a video here: https://youtu.be/Dh3bwZ9hlIs In the talk Will refers to a blog post about sin, you can read that here: http://briggs.id.au/jour/2015/04/sin/ The handouts and visuals are available here:  http://www.thevinesheffield.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/5b-Wednesday-5-Romans-7-The-Power-of-Sin.pdf The discussion questions that were used in breakout rooms during this session are: http://www.thevinesheffield.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/5b-Wednesday-5-Romans-7-The-Power-of-Sin-Discussion-Questions.pdf For more information about the Roaming Through Romans Lent series see http://thevinesheffield.org.uk/roam2021 Any questions? Contact will@thevinesheffield.org.uk or ask anonymously through http://briggs.id.au/jour/qanda For other videos of talks in this series see http://thevinesheffield.org.uk/roam2021videos Talks also available on our podcast at  http://thevinesheffield.org.uk/podcast

On the second-to-last Sunday of our Roaming through Romans series in Lent we arrive at Romans 7. Here Paul notoriously tangles himself up in the dilemma of encountering the goodness of God's truth yet finding it humanly possible to live by it. Here we delve into that dilemma, and arrive at the joy of how the gospel of Jesus is that it has been overcome through covenant relationship and faith.   Recorded live during our livestream on March 21st, 2021.   This talk is available as a video here: https://youtu.be/5FVU-AmiXKA For more information about the Roaming Through Romans Lent series see http://thevinesheffield.org.uk/roam2021 Any questions? Contact will@thevinesheffield.org.uk or ask anonymously through http://briggs.id.au/jour/qanda For other videos of talks in this series see http://thevinesheffield.org.uk/roam2021videos Talks also available on our podcast at http://thevinesheffield.org.uk/podcast

This video is taken from the fourth zoom meeting of our Lent Course on March 17th, 2021. In this we go into the "last lap" of our journey into Romans 1-8 as we arrive at chapter 6. Paul poses a question about whether God's grace allows us to keep on sinning. This is a doorway question into some fundamental aspects of our discipleship with Jesus. Paul answers the question by looking at how, in the gospel, we have been rescued, and made a new people in Christ, belonging to eternity.   This talk is also available as a video (with all the visuals etc.) on youtube at https://youtu.be/3FmrrE4ALKM The handouts and visuals are available here:  http://www.thevinesheffield.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/4b-Wednesday-4-Romans-6-Applied-Eschatology.pdf The discussion questions that were used in breakout rooms during this session are: http://www.thevinesheffield.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/4b-Wednesday-4-Romans-6-Applied-Eschatology-Discussion-Questions.pdf For more information about the Roaming Through Romans Lent series see http://thevinesheffield.org.uk/roam2021 Any questions? Contact will@thevinesheffield.org.uk or ask anonymously through http://briggs.id.au/jour/qanda For other videos of talks in this series see http://thevinesheffield.org.uk/roam2021videos Talks also available on our podcast at  http://thevinesheffield.org.uk/podcast

Our Lent series into Romans brings us to Romans 6. Here Paul begins to explore questions that will help his hearers grasp the gospel for their everyday lives. The gospel is not academic. As he talks about the freedom we have, and alludes to the story of the Exodus, we are exhorted to  live in that freedom, and not in cheap grace.   Recorded live during our livestream on March 14th, 2021.   Also available as a video here: https://youtu.be/5vXgcRUZ_E4 For more information about the Roaming Through Romans Lent series see http://thevinesheffield.org.uk/roam2021 Any questions? Contact will@thevinesheffield.org.uk or ask anonymously through http://briggs.id.au/jour/qanda For other videos of talks in this series see http://thevinesheffield.org.uk/roam2021videos Talks also available on our podcast at  http://thevinesheffield.org.uk/podcast

This audio is taken from the third zoom meeting of our Lent Course on March 10th, 2021. In this session we recapped the previous weeks, and then looked at Romans 4-5. Paul appeals to the story of Abraham, to demonstrate how the God's blessing can only flow fully through faith, not as an earned reward. He then contrasts Jesus to Adam, showing how the gift that flows through Jesus exceeds the power of whatever sin came before. Jesus is a like a second Adam, a new humanity, into which, by faith, we are included.   Video available here: https://youtu.be/NBfrzr5Qdnk The handouts and visuals are available here:  http://www.thevinesheffield.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/3b-Wednesday-3-Romans-4-5.pdf The discussion questions that were used in breakout rooms during this session are: http://www.thevinesheffield.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/3b-Wednesday-3-Romans-4-5-Discussion-questions.pdf For more information about the Roaming Through Romans Lent series see http://thevinesheffield.org.uk/roam2021 Any questions? Contact will@thevinesheffield.org.uk or ask anonymously through http://briggs.id.au/jour/qanda For other videos of talks in this series see http://thevinesheffield.org.uk/roam2021videos Talks also available on our podcast at  http://thevinesheffield.org.uk/podcast

As we continue our Lent series into the book of Romans, we arrive at chapter 4. Here Paul begins to illustrate, demonstrate, and celebrate the way in which the gospel is made real in the lives of his people. The story of righteousness by faith is not some second-chapter afterthought, it integral to the family history of all of God's people, including ourselves. Will encourages to consider Abraham's example, to allow the current difficulties to challenge the story we tell ourselves, and so find how God's truth in Jesus defines our lives and our church.   Also available on youtube at https://youtu.be/EnHAea2KIgk Recorded live during our livestream on March 7th, 2021.   For more information about the Roaming Through Romans Lent series see http://thevinesheffield.org.uk/roam2021 Any questions? Contact will@thevinesheffield.org.uk or ask anonymously through http://briggs.id.au/jour/qanda For other videos of talks in this series see http://thevinesheffield.org.uk/roam2021videos Talks also available on our podcast at  http://thevinesheffield.org.uk/podcast