Vintage Church Podcast

Join us as Pastor Matt Smith shares part 3 of our series “Plain & Simple”. In chapter three of Paul’s letter to the Galatian church, he is trying to convey a very straightforward message: the plain and simple gospel. Sometimes we overcomplicate things, this especially applies to our faith today. It was also an issue for the early church, hence Paul’s need to address this issue here in Galatians 3. In this passage is a very clear message. We did nothing to earn salvation, it is a free gift. However, sometimes we live with fear and anxiety that we will risk our relationship with God if we don’t jump through the right hoops. The beauty of this passage is in Paul’s presentation of God’s gift as a desire for a relationship with His children motivated by love.

Join us as Pastor Matt Smith shares part 2 of our series “Plain & Simple”. The apostle Paul wrote to the churches in Galatia to call attention to the areas that need correction and recalibration. These Gentile believers were being burdened by the practices of Jewish law - hoops that were unnecessary and hindering people from knowing Jesus. When Peter engaged with the Gentiles, he was warm, welcoming, and friendly, but when his Jewish counterparts were in town, Peter would separate himself from the Gentiles because he feared what these Jewish people might think of him. Paul is outraged by this hypocrisy and opposes Peter to his face. Hypocrisy is dangerous and contagious. We need to ruthlessly eliminate the spirit of hypocrisy from the Church, which means we need to be honest about what it looks like.

Join us for part 1 of a brand new series we are calling “Plain & Simple”. Much like us, or people we know, the Apostle Paul was not always passionately focused on the Gospel. Before he had an encounter with Jesus, Paul valued the religious traditions and wanted to keep Jesus from affecting those traditions. But when Paul was confronted by the risen Jesus, his world was changed and his focus centered only on Jesus. He would later write to the church at Galatia and confront them for their departure from the Gospel of Jesus Christ. This time, however, people were adding old religious traditions to Jesus. Paul wanted to make it plain & simple: Jesus plus anything is nothing and Jesus plus nothing is everything!

Join us for part 2 of Salt and Light. In the sermon on the mount, Jesus covered so much but he began by listing the attributes of those who are blessed. Then Jesus said “You are the salt of the earth” (those whom He was describing as blessed). By being the salt of the earth, we have the opportunity to have influence over others. We can leverage our influence to advance His kingdom (like Jesus did when He met with Zacchaeus). Your circle of influence may feel small but it is not insignificant. We can’t advance the kingdom if we avoid the lost. We must earn trust, then speak truth. The influence you earn opens the door for the truth you know.

Join us for part one of a new series called “Salt and Light”. In Part 1, Pastor Matt Smith, unpacks the importance of our influence, challenging us to protect it and leverage it to build God’s kingdom.

Join us for part 7 of our series, “Win Within”. This week Pastor Matt Smith leans back into part of King David’s story. We watch as on the other side of sin David chooses concealment over confession. This is a dangerous pattern than many of us choose. But there is a better way. No matter how great the failure there is a way forward. And it starts with confession.

As we extend our series, “Win Within”, Pastor Matt Smith moves us into a look at one of the most epic failures in all of scripture. King David is known as “a man after God’s own heart”, yet somehow found himself in a series of sinful decisions. How? How did someone so faithful do something so foolish?

Throughout our lives we experience things that inflict wounds. Those wounds create a gap that only God’s grace can close. If we don’t find healing, in those gaps, bitterness will grow. When bitterness takes root it turns us into people we never thought we could be. Join us for part 4 of “Win Within” as Pastor Matt Smith walks us through more of Saul’s story, helping us to unroot any measure of bitterness in our lives.

Throughout our lives we experience things that inflict wounds. Those wounds create a gap that only God’s grace can close. If we don’t find healing, in those gaps, bitterness will grow. When bitterness takes root it turns us into people we never thought we could be. Join us for part 4 of “Win Within” as Pastor Matt Smith walks us through more of Saul’s story, helping us to unroot any measure of bitterness in our lives.

We have decided 2021 will be the year we finally get out of our own way. Slaying the enemy within is not easy, but with God’s help, it’s possible. In part 3 of our series, “Win Within”, we continue to identify and overcome the weapons of self-destruction. Looking at the life of Saul, Israel’s first king, we learn valuable lessons and the danger of envy. Join us as we seek to break the cycle of self sabotage.

In Part 2 of our series, “Win Within”, we continue to learn how to avoid the traps of self-sabotage. Identifying the weapons of self-destruction is key to getting out of our way and moving toward the life God desires for us. In a message entitled, “The Intention Deficit”, we dive once again into 1 Samuel and learn from the life of Saul. Join us as we learn some vital principles to overcoming our mistakes and finding a way to end the cycle of disobedience.

Success in life is often most determined by winning the battle within. It’s the internal war not the external battles that most shape our lives. We are far too often victims of our own negative emotions. How the year ahead will shape out is much more about us than them. It’s much more about what’s happening in us than around us. King Saul is the perfect example of self-destruction. He had been chosen by God to be king over Israel, yet early on in his reign he developed attitudes and made decisions that would eventually cut his reign as king short. Like, Saul, we are often our own worst enemy. We just can’t get out of our own way. We miss out on the fullness of God because of our own unwillingness to recognize our shortcomings. In this series, we will look at 5 attitudes/actions that ended Saul and learn how we can avoid those in our own lives. Impatience will often cause us to do the right things at the wrong times. We let circumstances drive our decisions instead of obedience to God. We act by what we see