Central Vineyard Church Sermon Podcast

In the fifth and final part of our Deadly Sins for Lent series, Dan explores simplicity as a counter-practice to greed. Looking at Jesus’ teaching in Matthew 6, this sermon unpacks how greed is more than wanting money or possessions — it is the restless ache for more — and how simplicity becomes a Spirit-formed pathway into contentment, trust, and learning to live with enough in the Kingdom of God.

In this fourth talk of our Lent series, Deadly Sins for Lent, Alisha speaks on generosity as the counter-practice to greed, and how generosity is far better than we can imagine, but it will cost us.

In this third talk of our Lent series, Deadly Sins for Lent, guest speaker Lyndon Reiff shares with us his real life experiences of practicing generosity as a counter-formation to greed, and encourages us to do the same with some helpful wisdom.

In this second talk of our Lent series, Deadly Sins for Lent, Alisha explores greed — not simply as having a lot, but as the subtle, restless pull for more that can quietly shape our hearts. Through Jesus’ words and the story of the rich young ruler, this talk names greed for what it is: a trap, a false promise, and a rival to the life Jesus offers.

But this is not a talk about shame. It’s an invitation to freedom. As we begin this Lenten journey, we’re invited to come honestly to Jesus, to loosen our grip on what cannot satisfy, and to discover the deeper abundance of a life shaped by trust, generosity, and surrender.

Join us for Family News: A Sunday of vision, updates and inviations to join Jesus in the restoration of all things. Co-leaders Dan Sheed and Alisha Wiseman share on our mission to join Jesus in the restoration of all things, and significant pieces of how we sense to do this: generation-to-generation life, a micro-enterprise endeavour of creating a consignment store to support our outward initiatives, and our sense to build an intentional pathway for global missions. Also they update us on our continued exploration of buildings and facilities for the future and Josh Kimpton from our board then announced that the Wisemans’ will be taking a sabbatical at the end of this year.

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