Aug 12, 2018
Worship and Connect
Acts 2:42-47
The second section of Discovering VGBC is “Our Statements.”  Since we have covered our doctrinal statement in the sermon series called We Believe, we focus on our mission statement in this series.  Our mission is to make disciples who worship, connect, serve, and impact.  In this sermon, we discover what it means to grow as disciples who worship and connect at VGBC.
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  • Aug 12, 2018Worship and Connect
    Aug 12, 2018
    Worship and Connect
    Acts 2:42-47
    The second section of Discovering VGBC is “Our Statements.”  Since we have covered our doctrinal statement in the sermon series called We Believe, we focus on our mission statement in this series.  Our mission is to make disciples who worship, connect, serve, and impact.  In this sermon, we discover what it means to grow as disciples who worship and connect at VGBC.
  • Aug 5, 2018Our Salvation
    Aug 5, 2018
    Our Salvation
    We begin this sermon series by talking about our salvation because our salvation is central and foundational to everything else we believe and practice.  We go through select passages in Romans and summarize the gospel using the paradigm GOD, MAN, CHRIST, RESPONSE.  After explaining the gospel, we talk about implications of the gospel such as regenerate church membership and salvation symbols (baptism and the Lord’s Supper).
  • Jul 29, 2018Religious Liberty
    Jul 29, 2018
    Religious Liberty
    In this final sermon in the series, we discover what we believe about religious liberty. We talk about the unique role of the state and the distinct role of the church. We also explore ways the church and state should be separate and how they should relate.
  • Jul 22, 2018The Social Order & War
    Jul 22, 2018
    The Social Order & War
    In this sermon, we talk about what role Christians should serve in society.  We discover two extremes we should avoid: withdrawing from the world and losing sight of the central issue, the gospel.  Being salt and light in our society requires us to address societal issues, and we learn that we should prioritize certain social issues because they are strongly connected to the gospel.  We address the sanctity of all human life, sexual immorality, helping the helpless, and war.
  • Jul 15, 2018Stewardship and Cooperation
    Jul 15, 2018
    Stewardship and Cooperation
     
    Mark 10:17-27
    In this sermon, we focus on what we believe about stewardship.  We discover basic principles such as everything is owned by God.  And we are responsible for stewarding what God has loaned us.  We also learn that we should love God more than money and our giving reflects what we value.  We see the ultimate motivation for why we should be good stewards and give sacrificially.
  • Jul 8, 2018Education
    Jul 8, 2018
    Education
  • Jun 24, 2018Evangelism and Missions
    Jun 24, 2018
    Evangelism and Missions
    Acts 1:6-11
    In this sermon, we discover what we believe about evangelism and missions.  We answer the big questions: who, what, when, where, why, and how.  The goal is for us to become more motivated to be involved in what God is wanting to do through us in our neighborhoods and to the end of the earth for Him.
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  • Jun 17, 2018The Family
    Jun 17, 2018
    The Family
     
    In this Father’s Day sermon, we focus on the family.  What the Bible teaches about the family is probably under attack right now more than anything else we believe.  We talk about ways the culture is opposed to God’s good design for the family.  We discover what biblical family, marriage, and parenting look like and why we should be motivated to be the best husband, wife, father, mother, son, or daughter.
     
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  • Jun 10, 2018The Kingdom and Last Things
    Jun 10, 2018
    The Kingdom and Last Things
    1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
    In this sermon, we discover what we believe about the Kingdom of God and the end times.  We learn two extremes we should avoid.  One extreme is claiming to know more about the future than the Bible clearly reveals.  The other extreme is ignoring what the Bible clearly teaches.  We emphasize what the Bible emphasizes in order to be encouraged and motivated by Christ’s second coming.
     
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  • Jun 3, 2018The Ordinances
    Jun 3, 2018
    The Ordinances
    In this sermon we talk about the Lord’s Day, baptism, and the Lord’s Supper.  We discover similarities and dissimilarities between the Lord’s Day and the Sabbath, and we learn about the meaning of the Lord’s Day.  We also learn how baptism and the Lord’s Supper are the two symbols of our salvation, and we discover how they both have a past, present, and future aspect.