Welcome to Vcast where church and culture come together. Praying is one of the most humbling acts we could do. In prayer we bring out our deepest desires, emotions and fears to God making it incredibly personal. God knows exactly all of the things that you may be feeling and going through. So prayer is not what you do to let God in on all the details, rather prayer is the acknowledgement that regardless of the fact that you may be going through tough times that you need him.

Welcome to Vcast where church and culture come together. The church in Ephesus was in a season of discouragement . They were facing many afflictions whether these afflictions be testimonial, demonic, empathetic and even vicarious. However Paul, who was most likely in a lonely cold and dark prison (which would have most likely been a literal hole in the ground), writing to his church “not to lose heart”. How can we be like Paul and not have our afflictions make us lose affection?

Welcome to Vcast where church and culture come together. Today there are many physical walls that separate people all over the world, and within the spiritual realm it's no different. Many people today have what is known as “identity idolatry”. People will idolize their nation, culture, race, class and even generation leading to things like nationalism, racism, classism, sexism and even ageism. It can even trickle down into the church of God. However one day, the local church as we know it will become the kingdom of God and those who inhabit this kingdom will be extremely diverse. Because we will all be with God forever despite our differences we must have reconciliation in this life.

Welcome to Vcast where church and culture come together. When born into this world, we are born into a fallen nature and are in need of a Savior. Through the crucifixion of Christ, we are sparred and rescued from the death we should have had and saved by Jesus to glorify God through the good works he has prepared for us.

It is common in ministry today for many people to feel as if they are under-appreciated. When nobody sees us, God does. We are God’s workmanship and whenever people appreciate you, they are inadvertently praising the creator for His creation. We should change our perspective since attention and praise from people only last for so long, but God appreciates us and that will be worth more than anyone else’s praise. His praise is enough.

There is a false assumption many of us believe in our relationship with God that we must somehow earn His blessing or manipulate Him to give it to us, but that could not be any farther from the truth. God IS our blessing and the source of all our blessing; He blesses us to the praise of the glory of His grace. Blessing is not situation based but it is rooted in having a loving and upright relationship with the Father.

It is extremely easy in our spiritual walk with Christ to feel condemnation over our sin and for sin to become our identity. God calls us to look at our identity through a different approach. While we feel conviction for our sin, we are made saints in Christ. We are not fully sanctified, but we are getting closer each day to becoming the perfect image bearers and saints of Christ.

Through our fallen sin nature, we identify as being “in Adam”. Through the redemptive work of the Cross, we are now “in Christ”. No longer do we have to search for identity in Adam or in what we do but rather, all we must do is understand the identity of Christ and learn to bear Christ’s image as a light on a hill for all the world to see.

Welcome to Vcast where church and culture come together. When God creates woman, He gives her a unique identity and purpose in life. God designs a specific role for woman to fulfill and, by living out that role, to increase human flourishing.

Welcome to Vcast where church and culture come together. When God creates man, He gives him a unique identity and purpose in life. God designs a specific role for man to fulfill and, by living out that role, to increase human flourishing.