by Eric Spivey | Nov 18, 2021 | Advent 2021
November 21 – Luke 24:13-35 This week at Vintage Church Downtown we’re parachuting into the end of Luke’s Gospel, where Jesus has already resurrected, has appeared to a few folks, but hasn’t yet revealed himself to all the disciples. In 24:13...
by Eric Spivey | Nov 12, 2021 | Abound
Week 6 – Nehemiah 8:1-12 This week is the final step in kicking off our Abound Initiative. We’ve spent almost two years preparing, the past four months meeting with leaders like you, and the past six weeks going through the Abound series as a church. Now...
by Eric Spivey | Nov 7, 2021 | Abound
Week 5 – Nehemiah 5:1-13 If you and I were inventing a religion and writing the backstory, what we would make up would never look like what we read in the Bible. We would flaunt superhuman heroes who always win in the end, but the Bible instead features broken...
by Eric Spivey | Oct 28, 2021 | Abound
Week 4 – Nehemiah 4:7-23 Last week we were introduced to a few dastardly characters, Sanballat, Tobiah, and Geshem, who were threatening the work of rebuilding Jerusalem. This week we’ll see their threats boil over into in a plan to ambush Nehemiah and the...
by Eric Spivey | Oct 7, 2021 | Abound
Week 3 – Nehemiah 2:11-20 It took about 55 days to travel the 1,100 miles from Susa, the capital of the Persian Empire, to Jerusalem, assuming your horses were all walking fine and you didn’t hit any bad weather. For perspective, if you started that...
by Eric Spivey | Oct 7, 2021 | Abound
Week 2 – Nehemiah 2:1-8 Every good story has some big problem or tension, but when you reread a story it can be hard to truly feel that tension because you know the ending. It’s hard for me to feel like Harry is ever really in jeopardy when I reread a...
