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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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Sabbath | Following the King
Kyle and Jake hash out the spiritual discipline of Sabbath. They go through some Old Testament scripture that first introduces sabbath, discuss the benefits of…
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Silence and Solitude | Following the King
As we enter into the advent season and our Christmas series focusing on Christ as the greatest King, David and Kyle start a new 4 week series called Following…
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Romans 11:25-32 | S08E13
Jake and David discuss Romans 11:25-32 and break down some of the views that are commonly discussed when interpreting this text. They discuss the grander view…
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Titus 2:11-15 | Special Episode
This week on the pod Kyle and David unpack Titus 2:11-15 and how the Gospel of grace brings us salvation and transforms our hearts while we hope in Christ's…
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Romans 11:16-24 | S08E12
Jake and Kyle look at Romans 11:16-24 and discuss how salvation should spark humility, not arrogance, in the life of a disciple.
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Romans 11:11-16 | S08E11
Today on the TextLab, Kyle and David discuss Romans 11:11- 16 and how God has worked through all of redemptive history to bring about salvation through Christ…
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Romans 11:1-10 | S08E10
Kyle and Jake discuss Roman’s 11:1-10 where Paul continues his argument of the sovereignty and fairness of God inside the difficult topic of salvation…
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Romans 10:18-21 | S08E09
Kyle and Jake discuss in Romans 10:18-21 the outstretched arms of God that have forever been towards his people. They discuss the quotes that Paul uses from…
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Romans 10:14-17 | S08E08
David and Kyle discuss Romans 10:14-17 and consider what it means to be SENT as messengers of the Gospel, and how disciples can help others HEAR the good news.
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Romans 10:5-13 | S08E07
Kyle and David dive into Romans 10:5-13 and ask: How is a person made right with God? They discuss how salvation is a gift received by faith, not a prize…
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Romans 10:1-4 | S08E06
This week on the pod, David and Kyle dig into Romans 10:1-4 looking at why zeal must be accompanied by knowledge or else it will miss the most important thing.
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Romans 9:22-29 | S08E04
This week David sits down with Zack Serface and unpacks Romans 9:22-29, focusing on the interplay between God’s divine sovereignty & human responsibility. They…
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Romans 9:14-23 | S08E03
This week Jake and David tackle Romans 9 and the themes of election and free will. They offer advice towards heart posture and dig into Paul’s original intent…
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Romans 9:6-13 | S08E02
This week Kyle unpacks Romans 9:6-13 to explore how God has remained faithful to his promises even though Israel rejected Christ. We learn that God’s family…
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Romans 9:1-5 | S08E01
In today’s episode, Kyle & Jake unpack Romans 9:1-5 which focuses on Paul’s heartfelt anguish over the spiritual state of his fellow Jews, highlighting their…
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Joseph - Genesis 46-50 | S07E05
This week David & Kyle unpack Genesis 46-50 as we conclude the end of our Genesis series. As we follow the narrative of Joseph’s life we see how God takes our…
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Joseph - Genesis 42-46 | S07E04
This week David and Kyle unpack Genesis 42 to 46, looking at the overall story and narrative of the Genesis account, focusing on Joseph’s interactions with his…
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Joseph - Genesis 41 | S07E03
This week Jake and Kyle discuss Genesis 41 continuing the story of Joseph. They break down different implications of the text regarding the lens that the…
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Joseph - Genesis 39 | S07E02
This week Jake and David walk through part two of the story of Joseph from Genesis 39. They cover important contextual information that is vital to…
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Joseph - Genesis 37 | S07E01
This week Jake and David discuss the beginning story of Joseph found in Genesis 37. They offer you a rapid-fire, detailed conversation so that you can engage…
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Romans 8:31-39 | S06E20
This week David and Jake discuss Roman’s 8:31-39 where we hear that nothing can separate us from the love of God. They discuss the way this truth affects the…
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Romans 8:18-27 | S06E19
This week Jake and life group leaders Jenae and Shawn discuss the promise of suffering and how the Holy Spirit comes alongside us, intercedes on our behalf…
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Romans 8:14-17 | S06E18
This week David and Jake discuss life in the Spirit and the identity shift that occurs when the Spirit dwells within us. We encourage Life Group leaders to…
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Romans 8:5-13 | S06E17
This week Jake and Adam discuss the post-resurrection position that each believer stands in and the implications of the Holy Spirit living within us. Are there…
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Romans 8:1-4 | S06E16
This week Jake and Hannah discuss the beautiful benefits of the gospel and the joy it produces naturally in our hearts as we grasp its implications. They dive…
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Romans 7:13-25 | S06E15
This week Jake and Jen talk about our desperate and dependent nature through Romans 7:13-25. We discuss the different positions held in the exegesis of the…
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Romans 7:7-12 | S06E14
This week Jake and David discuss Romans 7:7-12 and the misconceptions surrounding the law in their town as well as our town today. They hit on the idea that…
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Romans 7:1-6 | S06E13
This week Jake and Zack discuss Romans 7:1-6 and what being dead to the law looks like and how Christ has perfectly fulfilled the law and given us His…
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Romans 6:20-23 | S06E12
This week Jake and Hannah discuss Romans 6:20-23 where Paul describes why a life lived to God is better for us and more joyful than a life enslaved to sin…
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Romans 6:15-19 | S06E11
This week Jake and Will discuss Romans 6:15-19 and what the relationship between joy and obedience is. They expand on our human nature and how Christ’s…
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Romans 6:1-14 | S06E10
This week Jake and Gary discuss Romans 6:1-14 and dive into detail on our new identity found in Christ. They talk about the radical shift that occurs when…
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Romans 6:5-11 | S06E09
This week Jake and Adam discuss Romans 6:5-11 and dive into detail what being dead to sin looks like in our lives today. Additionally, they discuss how this…
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Romans 6:1-4 | S06E08
This week Jake and Will discuss Romans 6:1-4 and dive into detail on being new in creation through Christ while still fighting against our fleshly inclination…
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Romans 5:15-21 | S06E07
This week Jake and Jasen discuss Romans 5:15-21 and dive into detail on God's amazing grace, what the cross and resurrection mean for us now in our day to day…
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Romans 5:12-14 | S06E06
This week David & Jake discuss Romans 5:12-14 and what our position is as humanity prior to Christ’s death and resurrection. We all were guilty because of…
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Romans 5:6-11 | S06E05
This week Will & Jake discuss Romans 5:6-15 and what it looks like to delight in the Trinity. They talk about how we all were once enemies of God, #butGod…
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Romans 5:1-5 | S06E04
This week Will & Jake discuss Romans 5:1-5 and the importance of justification by faith. They dive into the history of the Church, how justification leads us…
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Romans 4:16-24 | S06E03
This week Will & Jake discuss Romans 4:16-25 and the way that faith plays itself out in the story of Abraham (in Paul's eyes.) We will discuss the story of…
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Romans 4:9-15 | S06E02
In this episode, David and Jake unpack the Abraham narrative in Romans 4. They discuss the meaning behind Abraham's trust in God being credited to him as…
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Romans 4:1-8 | S06E01
Will and David are BACK for a new season of the Text Lab! On this episode, they take a look at Romans 4:1-8 and its significance as the summit of what chapters…
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Romans 3:9-20 | S05E10
This week Will & Jake discuss Romans 3:8-20 and how God is right to judge the world because of each person's own sin. The depth of the law points us to look at…
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Romans 3:1-8 | S05E09
This week David & Jake discuss Romans 3:1-8 and how God is faithful, even when we are unfaithful. When we recognize our true desperate dependence, we are able…
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Romans 2:17-29 | S05E08
This week David and Jake discuss Romans 2:17-29 and how everyone is in need of the Gospel; nothing saves us except the work of Christ, who desires to bring…
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Romans 2:12-16 | S05E07
This week, Will and David dig into Romans 2:12-16. Paul equalizes the early Roman church by helping them realize that all are guilty and in need of Christ’s…
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Romans 2:6-11 | S05E06
In this episode, Will and David unpack Romans 2:6-11 and Paul’s specific instruction to the Roman church that every person, no matter what background they come…
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Romans 2:2-5 | S05E05
In this episode, Will and David unpack what it means “not to judge” and how God’s loving kindness leads us to live desperate, dependent, humble lives full of…
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Romans 1:18-32 | S05E04
In this episode, Will and David examine Paul's definition of sin, how sin is viewed in our world, and the way that Paul expresses that there is only one judge…
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Romans 1:16-17 | S05E03
In this episode Will and David unpack Paul's Thesis statement in Romans, how the gospel unifies believers and sends them to live on mission everyday…
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Romans 1:8-15 | S05E02
In this episode Will and David discuss Paul's love for the Romans, how the book is a missionary treatise, and how the Gospel unites all people. Communitas is a…
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Romans 1:1-15 | S05E01
In this episode, Will and David unpack the author, audience, and purpose of the book of Romans as we launch our new series. They discuss why Communitas is so…