The McFalls Vineyard Podcast! The Mechanic Falls Vineyard
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- Religion & Spirituality
The "McFalls Vineyard" podcast is an invitation to sit at a table with people who are part of the unfolding story of the Vineyard Church of Mechanic Falls. These conversations center around the incredible stories of God intervening with our very ordinary, sometimes messy, daily lives and discovering how he wonderfully weaves us into His great story.
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Lent Week 7 - In The Power Of The Spirit
This week, in the final installment of our Lent series, Josh & Dick Ray have a conversation about Jesus finishing His time in the desert, passing the tests of the Devil, and starting His ministry in “The Power Of The Spirit”.
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Lent Week 6 - The "All In" Life
This week, Josh Ray talks about the “All In Life” of worship. In looking at Luke 4 and the story of Jesus in the wilderness, we see Jesus being tempted to worship the devil as a way out of suffering. Josh unpacks the invitation of Jesus to go “All In” to receive eternal life.
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Lent Week 5 - The Future Has Already Begun
This week, Josh Ray talks with Aaron Skolfield about the power of the word of God. They discuss Jesus using scripture to silence the devil and unpack how the Holy Spirit is an “earnest deposit” of future hope and gives us possession of eternal life as a present reality.
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Lent Week 4 - Jacob & Sarah Altemus
This week, Josh Ray talks with Jacob and Sarah Altemus, youth pastors at the McFalls Vineyard, about cultivating the “secret place”, raising children, leading youth, learning to surrender, and risking to journey with God.
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Lent Week 3 - The Lies Of A Liar
This week, Josh Ray talks about the voice of “the accuser.” He references the devotional book, “Jesus In The Wild” by Dan Wilt and the book “ The Gospel Of The Kingdom” by George Ladd. Josh discusses how the big lies wreak havoc on humanity and the kingdom of God's power to bring value, worth, and freedom.
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Lent Week 2 - Led By The Spirit
This week, Josh Ray talks about being led by the Spirit into seasons of “testing.” It’s a dense theological idea that requires us to be humble as we wrestle to understand how God tests us. To help frame our ideas around this idea, he shares from Dan Wilt’s book, “Jesus In The Wild”, A.W. Tozer’s book, “Delighting In God”, and shares some personal stories about being tested in his faith. Check it out!