Verve City Church: Weekly Messages
Exploring 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.
Episodes
305 episodes
How to Handle Anything: Success, Without Losing Your Soul
What if the greatest threat to your future isn't failure? What if it's success?Not because success is bad… But because it has a way of revealing what's really happening beneath the surface.In this message, we look at how Je...
How to Handle Anything: Failure, Without Losing Yourself
Failure has a way of following us around. A mistake, a missed opportunity, a relationship that fell apart, a dream that didn’t work out; before long, what happened starts to shape how we see ourselves.In this episode, we ...
How to Handle Anything: Impossible Decisions
Ever feel stuck between two tough options… or overwhelmed by a decision you really don’t want to get wrong?This week Josh continues our “How to Handle Anything” series with a message on navigating impossible decisions. How can followers...
How to Handle Anything: People Who Drive You Crazy
What do you do when someone drives you crazy, but Jesus still calls you to love them? This week we explored why love doesn’t mean becoming a doormat and how Jesus invites us to handle difficult people with curiosity, humility, and zero contempt...
The One Thing That Matters Most
Some things are too important not to pass on.In this special Mother’s Day message from Verve City Church, Josh Crain and Audrey Eisenberg explore one of the biggest questions every parent, mentor, friend, and follower of Jesus eventuall...
Choose Your Own Adventure | The Pilgrim's Way
Most of us have had moments of clarity. We notice the pattern, name the issue, and genuinely want life to look different. But insight alone rarely changes anyone. Real transformation happens when what we’ve awakened to becomes something we inte...
Choose Your Own Adventure | The Valley of Struggle
One of the most confusing things about faith is this: you follow Jesus… and life is still hard. The struggles don’t disappear. The questions don’t go away. And sometimes that can make you wonder if you’re doing something wrong. This week, we’re...
Choose Your Own Adventure | The Voice You Follow
Life gets heavy when you’re carrying what was never meant to rest on your shoulders. In a world of pressure, noise, ambition, anxiety, and endless voices competing for your trust, it’s easy to end up living on the edge of your seat: always brac...
Choose Your Own Adventure | The Habit Maze
Most of us want to change something. We want more peace, more discipline, more presence, more consistency. But no matter how strong the intention, we often find ourselves drifting back into the same reactions, habits, and patterns. Why? Because...
Easter
Ever wish you could rewind? Before the mistake. Before that big loss. Before life got complicated.Easter says you can’t go back. But you can start again. Jesus’ resurrection isn’t about restoring your old life. It’s about offering you a ...
Famous Last Words | The God Who Forgives and Welcomes
Luke’s Jesus forgives those who are killing him. He promises paradise to a criminal. He entrusts his spirit to the Father.Where Mark gives us anguish and Matthew gives us apocalypse, Luke gives us mercy.This week, we’ll see that t...
Famous Last Words | The God Who Shook the World
Matthew records the same cry as Mark but shapes its meaning differently.The earth shakes. Rocks split. The temple veil tears. Tombs open.Matthew wants us to see what Mark made us feel. The cross is not merely personal agony; it's ...
Famous Last Words | The God Who Feels Absent
“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”If you were inventing a religion, this is not the line you would end with.Mark gives us a Jesus who does not float above suffering. He does not deliver a polished speech. He does no...
Apocalypse Not Now
Have you ever noticed that some Christians seem to be pretty obsessed with the end of the world?Last week, the United States launched an attack on Iran. Throughout the past week, many American pastors stepped into pulpits explaining what...
Blood, Guts, and Fire | Scheduled Maintenance
In 2024, Cal Newport of Georgetown University proposed that we have entered into a period of American life he dubs "The Great Exhaustion." Many of us feel incredibly tired, and not just physically. Mentally. Emotionally. Existentially. In Levit...
Blood, Guts, and Fire | A Glitch in The System
Once you get behind, it's really hard to catch up. Debt doesn't magically clear. Power doesn't usually volunteer to shrink. Systems drift in the direction of protecting whoever is already winning. We all know this. So here's the surprising part...
Blood, Guts, and Fire | Life is Not Disposable
In the first week of our new series, Blood, Guts, and Fire, we begin a journey into one of the most mysterious books in Scripture: Leviticus. Raw and intense, Leviticus confronts us with blood and sacrifice and rituals that feel foreign to our ...
I've Got Issues. | Sometimes I'm Hard to Love
Relationships are messy because we’re messy. The Psalms show the pain of relational conflict and the beauty of restored connection. By understanding ourselves and others, we can build healthier, grace-filled relationships.
I've Got Issues. | Sometimes I'm Anxious, Pt. 2
If Part 1 is naming anxiety, Part 2 is developing practices to move toward peace. Scripture gives us rhythms, habits, and reframing techniques that retrain our anxious minds.
I've Got Issues. | Sometimes I'm Anxious, Pt. 1
Anxiety is the body’s alarm system, but many of us live with the alarm blaring. The Psalms normalize anxious feelings and Jesus reframes the way we relate to our worries.
I've Got Issues. | Sometimes I'm Controlling
Control is often fear dressed up as strategy. We manipulate, micromanage, and grasp for outcomes because we’re anxious about uncertainty. The Psalms bring us back to trust, surrender, and honest self-reflection.
I've Got Issues. | Sometimes I'm Restless
Restlessness comes from living without a clear sense of purpose, direction, or meaning. The Psalms give voice to our internal disorientation and point us toward practices that lead to groundedness and joy.
I've Got Issues. | Sometimes I'm Lonely
Loneliness isn’t a modern problem; it’s a human one. Even in our hyperconnected world, people feel unseen, unknown, and isolated. The Psalms name this ache and point us toward friendship, belonging, and spiritual community.
Joy of Christmas | Joy in the Dark
Joy doesn’t deny the darkness; it defies it. In this week's message, we explore the overlooked Christmas stories of Simeon and Anna to discover a kind of joy that exists alongside grief, waiting, and uncertainty — a joy anchored in Jesus rather...
Joy of Christmas | The Joy of Remembering
What if the joy you’re craving this Christmas isn’t something new, but a re-discovery of something true? Some of the earliest followers of Jesus discovered joy by remembering the stories of God’s faithfulness that anchored them when li...