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TextLab
A podcast from Vintage Grace in El Dorado Hills, intended to equip Life Group Leaders and their participants to engage in meaningful conversations about scripture.
Episodes
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What Does It Mean To Be Oppressed By a Demon? | Matthew 8:14-17
Kyle and David dive into Matthew 8:14-17, exploring how the Bible talks about demons and the spiritual realm, and how Jesus has decisive authority over that…
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What Do the People Jesus Heals Teach Us About God’s Kingdom? | Matthew 8:5-13
Kyle and David explore how the identities of the people Jesus heals teach us that God’s kingdom is available to all people.
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Why Does the Leper Ask to Be "Cleansed" and Not "Healed?" | Matthew 8:1-4
Kyle and David unpack the idea of ritual purity/impurity that is presented in the Old Testament, and explore how being "cleansed" of leprosy radically…
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Why Should We Listen to God? | Matthew 7:24-29
Kyle and David explore how “hearing” and “doing” are intricately connected in scripture, and how true listening leads to obedience.
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What Does It Mean to "Bear Good Fruit" In Our Spiritual Lives? | Matthew 7:15-23
Kyle and David look at Matthew 7:15-23 and consider what “good fruit” is, and how we become disciples who bear good fruit in our own lives.
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Which Path Leads to Abundant Life? | Matthew 7:13-14
David and Kyle explore how Jesus’ words in Matthew 7:13-14 tap into a broader Biblical theme about “two divergent paths”, and how the way of Jesus leads to…
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How Does Our Image of Who God Is Shape How We Pray? | Matthew 7:7-12
Kyle and David unpack how our perception of who God is shapes the way we pray.
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Why Is Judging Others So Dangerous? | Matthew 7:1-6
Kyle and David unpack Matthew 7:1-6, and explore the danger of judging others harshly and being blind to our own sin.
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What Does Jesus Mean When He Talks About Anxiety? | Matthew 6:25-34
Jake and David dive into Matthew 6:25-34 and explore what Jesus means when he talks about anxiety and how we can live a non-anxious life.
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What Does It Mean to Have "Healthy" Eyes? | Matthew 6:19-24
Kyle and David dive into Matthew 6:19-24 and explore how our relationship to wealth reveals the reality of our heart.
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What Does Jesus Want to Teach Us About Fasting? | Matthew 6:16-18
Jesus assumes his disciples will fast. But what's the purpose of fasting? In this episode, Kyle and David explore how fasting frees us to feast on God's love…
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How Can the Lord's Prayer Change Us? | Matthew 6:9-15
Kyle and Jake explore how praying the Lord's Prayer can transform our own hearts, as well as the world around us.
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What Does Jesus Want to Teach Us About Prayer? | Matthew 6:5-8
Kyle and David explore how prayer is relational, not transactional, and an invitation to be honest, not good.
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What Does It Mean to Be a Hypocrite, and Why Is It a Big Deal? | Matthew 6:1-4
Kyle and David explore how Jesus defines hypocrisy, and unpack the dangers of doing "good deeds" in order to gain approval from others.
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Why Does Jesus Tell Us To Not Resist Evil People? | Matthew 5:38-48
Kyle and David explore Jesus' command to love and bless those who harm us.
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What Does Jesus Want to Teach Us About Lust? | Matthew 5:27-37
Kyle and David explore what the Bible teaches about sex, and how Jesus builds on that wisdom to show us how to steward our sexuality for our good and His glory.
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Is All Anger Sinful? | Matthew 5:21-26
Kyle and David explore what the Bible teaches about anger, and how that might shape how we understand Jesus' command in Matthew 5:21.
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What Does It Mean to Be Salt and Light? | Matthew 5:13-16
Jesus says his disciples are salt and light in the world. But what exactly does that mean? In this episode, Kyle and David talk about how Jesus invites his…
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What Does It Mean to Be a Peacemaker? | Matthew 5:9-12
The Hebrew word for “peace” is “shalom.” Kyle and David unpack what shalom means, and how we can join Jesus and bringing shalom to the world.
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What Does It Mean to Have a Pure Heart? | Matthew 5:6-8
Kyle and David explore what the "heart" is in the Biblical imagination, and how God wants to renew and cleanse our inner being.
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What Does It Mean to Be Blessed? | Matthew 5:1-5
In America, we often think that people are blessed when they are successful, healthy and safe. But Jesus talks about blessing in a very different way. In…
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What Is the Sermon On the Mount? | Matthew 5-7
People have argued for centuries about how Christians should read and understand the Sermon on the Mount. In today's podcast, we provide an overview of the…
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What Does It Mean To Follow Jesus? | Matthew 4:18-25
We talk all the time about "following Jesus." But what exactly does that mean? In this episode, we discuss how followers of Jesus are apprentices who seek to…
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What is the Kingdom of Heaven? | Matthew 4:12-17
When Jesus comes, he regularly talks about "the Kingdom of Heaven." But what is the Kingdom of Heaven? In this episode, Kyle and David reflect on what Jesus is…
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Why does the Spirit lead Jesus into the wilderness to be tempted? | Matthew 4:1-11
This week, Kyle and Paul explore how Jesus' temptation in the wilderness parallels Israel's wandering and testing in the wilderness (Deuteronomy 6-8), and how…
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Why did Jesus get baptized if he never sinned? | Matthew 3:13-17
In this episode, Kyle and David explore how Jesus’ baptism expands our understanding of WHAT baptism is and WHO Jesus is.
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What does it mean to repent? | Matthew 3:1-12
What does it mean to repent? Does it mean that we feel bad? Or that we say "sorry?" In this episode, we explore what the word "repent" means in the Bible, and…
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What do Old Testament prophecies teach us about Jesus? | Matthew 2:13-23
Why does it matter that Jesus fulfills Old Testament prophecy? In this episode, we answer that question and learn how to connect the dots between the New…
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Why is Jesus called "Immanuel?" | Matthew 1:18-25
Matthew makes a point to stress that Jesus is "Immanuel - which means 'God with us." But why does it matter that Jesus is WITH US? To answer this, Kyle and…
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Jesus and Exile: How does Jesus end our exile? | Matthew 1:12-17
After Adam and Eve sinned the Garden of Eden, humanity was exiled from God's presence. From that point, the entire Bible is exploring the question, "How can we…
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Jesus and David: Why is Jesus called the "Son of David?" | Matthew 1:6-11
What does it mean that Jesus is the "son of David?" Kyle and David explore how Jesus fulfills God's promise to David, and how we can now participate in God's…
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Jesus and Abraham: How does Jesus fulfill God's promise to Abraham? | Matthew 1:1-6
David and Kyle discuss genealogies. What are they? Why are they in the Bible? And what is the genealogy in Matthew all about?
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Matthew Overview | S11E01
Kyle and David provide an overview for the book of Matthew, exploring major themes, highlighting the main characters, and unpacking historical background.
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1 Thessalonians 4:9-12 | S10E08
Kyle and David discuss key themes of 1 Thess 4:9-12 - that the Gospel would grow and develop “more and more” in the lives of the Thessalonians and overflow in…
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1 Thessalonians 4:1-8 | S10E07
Paul and Kyle discuss 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8 and explore how, when it comes to sex and sexuality, Jesus offers us a better script and a path that leads to life.
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1 Thessalonians 3:11-13 | S10E06
This week, Paul and David discuss what it means to be filled with Christ's love that results in ongoing spiritual transformation and growing deeper in our…
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1 Thessalonians 3:6-10 | S10E05
Paul and Kyle dive into 1 Thessalonians 3:6-10 and discuss how Paul models what it means to live as a disciple-maker.
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1 Thessalonians 2:13-3:5 | S10E04
Kyle and David look at 1 Thessalonians 2:13-3:5 and consider how God's church is called to live as a family united by love and affection.
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1 Thessalonians 2:1-12 | S10E03
Paul and Kyle dive into 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12 and consider how disciples of Jesus are called to live to please God, not man, and how God's church is intended…
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1 Thessalonians 1:2-10 | S10E02
This week, Kyle and David unpack 1 Thessalonians 1:2-10, and look at how the Gospel shapes the life of a disciple.
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Romans 15:14-21 | S09E13
Kyle and Jake dive into Romans 15:14-21 and consider how we can speak truth to one another in a loving way, and what it means to be "proud" of the work God has…
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Romans 14:13-23 | S09E11
Jake and Kyle dive into Romans 14:13-23. They discuss the importance of loving everyone even when they have different beliefs or convictions and to focus our…
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Romans 13:11-14 | S09E10
David and Kyle dive into Romans 13:11-14. They explore what it means to "wake up" as disciples, and highlight the danger of sleepwalking through our spiritual…
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Romans 13:8-10 | S09E09
Matt and Kyle reflect on what it means to "owe" love, and discuss how love fulfills the law that God gave to his people.
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Romans 13:1-7 | S09E08
Kyle and Jake dive into Romans 13:1-7 and reflect on how Christians should relate to the government, and how God sovereignly reigns over all things (even when…
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Romans 12:14-16 | S09E06
Kyle and David dive into Romans 12:14-16, and discuss how disciples are called to imitate the sacrificial love of Jesus.
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Romans 12:9-13 | S09E05
Jake and Kyle work through Roman’s 12:9-13 and break down how this passage reflects Christ’s character as well as our own areas of growth as we strive to…
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Romans 12:3-8 | S09E04
Kyle and David explore Paul’s call to live with humility as a way to maintain unity, and how every disciple is empowered by the Spirit to serve the church.
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Romans 12:2 | S09E03
Kyle, Jake and Matt discuss Romans 12:2, diving into the details of what Paul is trying to say to his audience and how we can practically be transformed in the…
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Romans 12:1 | S09E02
Kyle and David unpack Romans 12:1 and talk about what it means to be a living sacrifice in our everyday life.
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Romans 1-11 Recap | S09E01
Jake and Kyle pause to recap the first 11 chapters of Romans and explore how important it is to meditate on the richness of the Gospel so that the good news…