Venture Church Sermons
Religion & Spirituality
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At Venture, we believe Jesus invites us on a journey rich in relationships, authentic community, leadership development, and marketplace ministry. Listen each week for a new sermon that will not only encourage you but, more importantly, challenge you.
Episodes
- Deacons Serve
This message invites us into a powerful exploration of servant leadership through the biblical role of deacons. Drawing from Philippians 2:5-11 and Titus 1:5, we're reminded that Christ himself modeled the ultimate picture of servanthood—n…
- The Gift of Faith
- Deaconing
- Jesus Serves
This message takes us deep into Matthew 20:20-28, where we encounter a mother's bold request and Jesus's radical redefinition of greatness. At the heart of this passage lies a countercultural truth that challenges everything our world teac…
- And Your Response?
What happens after the resurrection? We often celebrate Easter Sunday with great joy, but this message invites us to linger in the aftermath of Christ's resurrection and examine how the early witnesses responded to encountering the risen S…
- Overflow With Hope
This Easter message confronts us with a stark reality: we live in a spiritual battleground where opposing forces have radically different plans for our lives. Drawing from John 10:10, we encounter the enemy's threefold strategy of distract…
- Develop Your Calling
This powerful message confronts us with an uncomfortable yet liberating truth: we all miss the mark. Through the visual of 613 Old Testament laws represented as targets, we're reminded that perfection isn't just difficult—it's impossible.…
- Grow to Become Like Jesus
In this powerful exploration of Titus chapter 2, we're invited to understand that salvation isn't just an escape from something bad—it's an entrance into something extraordinarily good. The message centers on the concept of 'epiphany,' the…
- Know Who You are Now in Jesus
This powerful message from 2 Corinthians 5 invites us into a transformative understanding of our identity in Christ. We explore three revolutionary truths that reshape how we see ourselves: first, that we are completely new creations—not r…
- SPIRE: Wrap Up
This powerful message invites us into a holistic understanding of what it means to love God with everything we are. Drawing from the foundational command in Deuteronomy 6 to love the Lord with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength, we di…
- SPIRE: Emotional
This powerful message takes us deep into the heart of the greatest commandment, examining what it truly means to love God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength. Through the moving account of Jesus at Lazarus's tomb in John 11, we di…
- SPIRE: Relational
What if the very thing we think we need to give up—our minds—is actually what God wants us to engage most fully? This powerful exploration of Romans 12:2 challenges us to understand that following Christ isn't about mindless conformity, bu…
- SPIRE: Intellectual
What if the very thing we think we need to give up—our minds—is actually what God wants us to engage most fully? This powerful exploration of Romans 12:2 challenges us to understand that following Christ isn't about mindless conformity, bu…
- SPIRE: Physical
At the heart of this message lies one of Scripture's most profound prayers—the Shema from Deuteronomy 6. We're invited to explore what it truly means to love God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength, and how this ancient command co…
- SPIRE: Spiritual
At the heart of this message lies one of Scripture's most profound prayers—the Shema from Deuteronomy 6. We're invited to explore what it truly means to love God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength, and how this ancient command co…
- Fresh Start Preview
Beginning in Deuteronomy and carried into the New Testament through the words of Jesus, we read time and again that, as servants of The God of the universe, we are to ‘love The Lord our God with all of our heart, soul, mind, and strength.’…
- Hope Unifies
In a world that promises hope but rarely delivers, we're invited to discover the kind of hope that never fades—hope rooted in Jesus Christ. This message takes us through Romans 15:4-13, where we discover that hope isn't just a seasonal fee…
- The Hope of the World
In a world that constantly disappoints us with broken promises and empty assurances, we discover a profound truth from 2 Corinthians 1:3-11: our hope is not of this world. This message reminds us that true hope isn't found in financial sec…
- Know Jesus, Know Hope - No Jesus, No Hope
In Matthew 12:15-21, we encounter a profound paradox: the hope the world had been waiting 400 years for didn't arrive as expected. Instead of a conquering superhero-Messiah wielding political power, Jesus came as a servant-Messiah, whisper…
- Where Hope Can Take You
Looking at your life, do you ever wonder why you feel hopeless sometimes? Here's what I learned this morning: when you feel an absence of hope, it's not because you lack hope—that's just a symptom. It's because there's a lack of faith. Hop…
- What Hope Promises
What does it truly mean to have hope? This message challenges us to redefine hope not as wishful thinking or empty optimism, but as an absolute, certain confidence in our eternal salvation. Drawing from Romans 8:18-39, we're invited to und…
- We Value Leaving a Legacy of Faith …
Mission, Vision, Values, Culture To know who we are, we need to know where we’re going. To know where we’re going, we need to know what we’re going to do to get there. To know what we’re going to do to get there, we need to know who we’re…
- We Value the Vulnerable...
Mission, Vision, Values, Culture To know who we are, we need to know where we’re going. To know where we’re going, we need to know what we’re going to do to get there. To know what we’re going to do to get there, we need to know who we’re…
- We Value Open Hands...
Mission, Vision, Values, Culture To know who we are, we need to know where we’re going. To know where we’re going, we need to know what we’re going to do to get there. To know what we’re going to do to get there, we need to know who we’re…
- We Value Movement...
Mission, Vision, Values, Culture To know who we are, we need to know where we’re going. To know where we’re going, we need to know what we’re going to do to get there. To know what we’re going to do to get there, we need to know who we’re…
- We Value Authentic Worship
Mission, Vision, Values, Culture To know who we are, we need to know where we’re going. To know where we’re going, we need to know what we’re going to do to get there. To know what we’re going to do to get there, we need to know who we’re…
- We Value Deep Roots
Mission, Vision, Values, Culture To know who we are, we need to know where we’re going. To know where we’re going, we need to know what we’re going to do to get there. To know what we’re going to do to get there, we need to know who we’re…
- Go
Mission, Vision, Values, Culture To know who we are, we need to know where we’re going. To know where we’re going, we need to know what we’re going to do to get there. To know what we’re going to do to get there, we need to know who we’re…
- Mission & Vision
Mission, Vision, Values, Culture To know who we are, we need to know where we’re going. To know where we’re going, we need to know what we’re going to do to get there. To know what we’re going to do to get there, we need to know who we’re…
- Mission & Vision
Mission, Vision, Values, Culture To know who we are, we need to know where we’re going. To know where we’re going, we need to know what we’re going to do to get there. To know what we’re going to do to get there, we need to know who we’re…
- Good Friends
God is a good giver. Our Father is the ultimate example of The One who gives and gives and gives. All of creation was breathed into existence with such precision so as to create the exact environment that we need to even exist. And so life…
- Good Giving
God is a good giver. Our Father is the ultimate example of The One who gives and gives and gives. All of creation was breathed into existence with such precision so as to create the exact environment that we need to even exist. And so life…
- Good Things
- Time is a Tool
- Psalm 100
- Psalm 94
- Psalm 98
- Psalm 96
- Psalm 96
- Psalm 95
- Psalm 99
- Psalm 92
- Psalm 91
- Psalm 90
- Belief in the Storm
Once we witness the Jesus who changes everything...well...everything changes. And we are a part of the everything that has changed. The rest of our lives become a to - be - written document or, better yet, a to - be - painted canvas that b…
- Real Belief
Once we witness the Jesus who changes everything...well...everything changes. And we are a part of the everything that has changed. The rest of our lives become a to - be - written document or, better yet, a to - be - painted canvas that b…
- The Tension of Belief
Once we witness the Jesus who changes everything...well...everything changes. And we are a part of the everything that has changed. The rest of our lives become a to - be - written document or, better yet, a to - be - painted canvas that b…
- Beliefs Work
Once we witness the Jesus who changes everything...well...everything changes. And we are a part of the everything that has changed. The rest of our lives become a to - be - written document or, better yet, a to - be - painted canvas that b…
- Open Hands
The moment we begin to see Jesus as more than just another literary character or just another prophet or just another historical figure or just another name in a book full of names... the moment we begin to see Jesus as who He says He is,…
- Forgiveness
The moment we begin to see Jesus as more than just another literary character or just another prophet or just another historical figure or just another name in a book full of names... the moment we begin to see Jesus as who He says He is,…