Venture Church
This is the teaching podcast of Venture Church. Venture is focused on sharing the life shaping love of Jesus with people in Wilmington NC; helping them become God chasing, grace shaped, love agents.
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Episodes
Sunday Jul 26, 2015
Sunday Jul 26, 2015
Many things shape us in this world (money, relationships, tragedy, freedom...) and at Venture Church, part of our Manifesto is to be "Grace Shaped." Shaped by the grace of God. We walk into a room full of people with a ball of clay (our life) shaped by the pain or joys of life. Instead of allowing those things to define us we strive to be shaped by the grace of God. God's son Jesus came down and paid the price for our sins so that we are no longer slaves. Listen in today to hear about the hope we have in Jesus Christ!
Sunday Jul 19, 2015
Sunday Jul 19, 2015
A manifesto is a published verbal declaration of the intentions, motives, or views of the issuer. So throughout this three week series we focus on why Venture Church strives to be God Chasing, Grace Shaped, Love Agents. We look to The Bible as always and see the clear principles on which Jesus taught and apply those to our church vision. This week as we kick it off we dive to an unordinary story of two kings and how their story unfolds of chasing God and not chasing God.
Sunday Jul 12, 2015
Sunday Jul 12, 2015
Venture had a guest speaker, Neal Alligood, come in and share a conversation we find in John chapter 6. A powerful conversation to say the least because Jesus feeds over 5000 people with 5 loaves of bread, 2 fish and his miraculous power. He takes what was given and multiplies it to feed 5000 people! Wow. This week Neal brings a hard driving question that we truly need to ask ourselves, "Are we chasing what really matters?" Jesus truly has the power and many times the things we seek lie about the power they have. Take time to listen up to the ending of Conversations with Jesus.
Sunday Jul 05, 2015
Sunday Jul 05, 2015
99 percent of you listeners probably don't have sheep... and that's okay. As for the 1 percent, you rock. Now certainly the passage Chris is talking about this week is not referring to literal sheep. They need to be fed as well but this conversation we look at today will show some of Jesus' true character and great responses to questions. Check it out!
Sunday Jun 21, 2015
Sunday Jun 21, 2015
There are many conversations that we find with Jesus in the Bible, but this week we went over the thought of, how did those conversations get started? Not even how but why? Why did people even want to talk to Jesus? Patrick Harrison, our Youth Minister, talks about the importance of the content of the conversations had but also how they were started. We hope you enjoy!
Sunday Jun 14, 2015
Sunday Jun 14, 2015
Conversations with Jesus didn't always happen when He was walking this earth. He indeed speak to people after he died, used His own power to rise from the grave, and then ascend into heaven. Yes, your eyes didn't deceive you. He did all those things. Not only was his death and resurrection important but one conversation he had with a bitter hearted man changed the history of the Church. We have record of that conversation and the revolution that sprouted from it. This week our very own Dylan Owney, a missionary through "Surfing The Nations," shares this conversation and the importance of the dialogue. You can see more of the mission of STN while also supporting him in sharing the light of Jesus here... https://surfingthenations.dntly.com/fundraiser/3684#/donate We hope you enjoy.
Sunday Jun 07, 2015
Sunday Jun 07, 2015
Real talk. Jesus was a real man but also a real God at the same time. He came to this earth to live life among His creation and we have reliable record of His conversations with people. During this series we are going to take six weeks to look at six conversations during the life of Jesus. This week we get a birds eye view of a conversation between Nicodemus and Jesus. With an answer to the question "What does it mean to be 'born again'?" you don't want to miss out on why this conversation is important!
Sunday May 31, 2015
Sunday May 31, 2015
Our mouths have more power than we give them credit. Generally we accept the fact that we can't unsay our words, but why do we continue to be okay with slander, gossip, and lying? Why do we allow our words to come out the way they do? Well, out of the heart, the mouth speaks. This week we learn about why Solomon wrote 1/6th of the book of proverbs all about watching what we say. So join in with us to become a generation that seeks wise words from a pure heart than easy words from a burdened heart.