Verve City Church: Weekly Messages
224 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsExploring the teachings of Jesus? Trying to determine whether God even exists? Or perhaps you’re a committed Jesus-follower looking for practical, relevant perspectives on Christ’s teachings and the Bible? Whatever your thoughts on church, whatever your beliefs about God, these weekly messages are for you.
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Discover Your Purpose
September 20, 2020 19:00 - 40 minutes - 27.6 MBSpark, Part 2: We were created on purpose, for a purpose. How do we faithfully lean into God’s purpose for our lives?
Know God
September 13, 2020 22:00 - 37 minutes - 25.8 MBSpark, Part 1: Christianity offers a direct, personal, love relationship with the Creator God. How did we get here, and why does it matter?
Enemy Love
September 06, 2020 22:00 - 38 minutes - 26.4 MBIt's Not About The Fish, Part 3: The book of Jonah ends on a cliffhanger: Jonah is so furious that God chooses to forgive Nineveh that he longs for death. God challenges Jonah, essentially asking him if he loves the Lord enough to offer a message of salvation to even his greatest enemies. Perhaps God is asking us the same question
Animals In Clothing
August 30, 2020 22:00 - 44 minutes - 30.4 MBIt's Not About The Fish, Part 2: The least likely outcome of Jonah’s 8-word sermon to the Ninevites is exactly what happens: they repent and dress up their animals. God’s compassion for even the worst of sinners in this story is inspiring. And perhaps unsettling.
The Stench of Salvation
August 23, 2020 22:00 - 38 minutes - 26.4 MBIt's Not About The Fish, Part 1: Not many people would volunteer to be swallowed alive by a giant fish, but what if the alternative was sinking to the bottom of the sea? Sometimes we endure a harrowing experience only to realize in hindsight that it led to our own redemption.
Ancient Practices & Holy Ghosts
August 16, 2020 22:00 - 38 minutes - 26.2 MBThe Good Life, Part 3: Some things change; some things never change. The same ancient practices that helped our spiritual ancestors connect to God can continue to guide us today. We just need some assistance from a special Helper.
Jesus-Shaped Community
August 09, 2020 22:00 - 35 minutes - 24.7 MBThe Good Life, Part 2: Healthy relationships require trust: a belief that the other person wants the best for you. Many of us struggle to connect personally with God precisely because we aren’t convinced we can trust him.
God Is (Actually) Good
August 02, 2020 22:00 - 31 minutes - 21.4 MBThe Good Life, Part 1: Healthy relationships require trust: a belief that the other person wants the best for you. Many of us struggle to connect personally with God precisely because we aren’t convinced we can trust him.
Built To Last
July 26, 2020 22:00 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MBThis week, we are excited to hear a special message from our very own Pastor Jim Lewis! Jim will be sharing some insights about building a life with Jesus as our foundation and teaching through some of his personal life experiences from when he was a bricklayer.
Forming True Disciples
July 19, 2020 22:00 - 37 minutes - 25.7 MBThe Church The World Needs, Part 3: The church the world needs must be unbundled from nationality, political ideology, or Facebook likes. Jesus didn't come to take sides; he came to take over.
Reaching A Post Christian Culture
July 13, 2020 01:00 - 36 minutes - 24.8 MBThe Church The World Needs, Part 2: The church the world needs must be unbundled from nationality, political ideology, or Facebook likes. Jesus didn't come to take sides; he came to take over.
What Is At Stake
July 06, 2020 01:00 - 39 minutes - 27.2 MBThe Church The World Needs, Part 1: The Church of Jesus was entrusted with a gift for the entire world. So why have we been guilty of keeping it to ourselves? Or of becoming prideful that we've been entrusted instead of burdened to pass it on? And what is at stake when the church doesn't fulfill its mission?
Whistling Past the Graveyard
June 29, 2020 01:00 - 41 minutes - 28.4 MBSurfing In The Storm, Part 3: In what could have been a moment of despair, Paul and Silas praise God while sitting in prison. It is a resolute belief in the God who holds the future that seems to give them peace in the present. When the storm rages around us, can we find hope in the eternal God Jesus points us to?
When the Church Embraced ONE
June 22, 2020 01:00 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MBSurfing In The Storm, Part 2: Jesus prayed that the church would be ONE. He seemed to know as he prayed that remaining as ONE would be the greatest challenge that the church faced. We’ll look closely at the first major church crisis in Acts 15 to see how they remained as ONE church while wrestling with the difficult issue of who gets to be considered a Christian.
Swimming Against the Tide
June 15, 2020 01:00 - 42 minutes - 29.1 MBSurfing In The Storm, Part 1: The first Christians came from different backgrounds and ideologies, yet displayed uncommon unity and purpose. How can we affirm the good in the world, push back against the bad, and choose to forge a new way forward in the name of Jesus?
Q&A - A Skeptic's Guide To Christianity
June 07, 2020 22:00 - 41 minutes - 28.5 MBA Skeptic's Guide To Christianity, Part 4: A Skeptic's Guide to Christianity concludes with an all Q&A message shaped by submitted questions. If you've ever wondered about faith or Jesus or dinosaurs or anything in between... this message is for you.
My Black Friends Are Tired
May 31, 2020 22:00 - 37 minutes - 25.9 MBWith injustice, conflict, and violence erupting all around us, the church has a role to play in setting an example of uncommon unity in a fractured world. In the aftermath of George Floyd's death and nationwide protests, how can we pursue a Jesus-centered way forward?
Don't All Religions Teach The Same Thing
May 31, 2020 22:00 - 34 minutes - 24 MBA Skeptic's Guide To Christianity, Part 3: Christianity stands apart from all other religions. So how can we remain faithful to demonstrating Christ's love when coming to an impasse with someone whose religious views differ from your own?
Hasn't Science Disproved Christianity
May 24, 2020 22:00 - 40 minutes - 27.5 MBA Skeptic's Guide To Christianity, Part 2: Science and religion are often presented as opposing points of view. In reality, we can learn a lot about God from both!
How Could A Good God Allow Suffering
May 17, 2020 22:00 - 34 minutes - 23.7 MBA Skeptic's Guide To Christianity, Part 1: Injustice and pain are all around us. It's clear God never promised a life without difficulty and suffering... but why does a loving God allow His people to go through tough times?
How to Not Ruin a Child
May 10, 2020 12:00 - 34 minutes - 24 MBHow To Survive Your Family, Part 4: A call for the church to always be thinking 3 generations deep. While parents have a particular calling in their lives to raise their children, the community of God is called to invest in future generations collectively. We have often failed to do so.
How to Be Single
May 03, 2020 12:00 - 24 minutes - 16.8 MBHow To Survive Your Family, Part 3: Don’t ever buy the lie that there is anything abnormal, weird, unfortunate about being single. In the kingdom of God that can be a gift. Marriage is honorable; singleness is also honorable.
How to Forgive Your Family
April 26, 2020 12:00 - 32 minutes - 22.1 MBHow To Survive Your Family, Part 2: Sometimes we have to kill off and bury being right and the power and juice that comes from being right in order for forgiveness to happen. The willingness to bury something in order to forgive it makes forgiveness the ultimate act of love.
How to Redefine Your Family
April 19, 2020 12:00 - 32 minutes - 22.3 MBHow To Survive Your Family, Part 1: Jesus redefines family away from bloodlines and toward disciples who follow him with their whole lives.