Beyond the Message

This week on Beyond the Message, Sam and Jake dive into 2 Corinthians 13:11-14, where we see that we must submit to God’s truth, together with God’s people, to experience God’s presence. We unpack the sermon's main points and go beyond yesterday with additional insight into the text. Highlights from the message: Submit to God’s truth together with God’s people to experience God’s presence We shoul...

This week on Beyond the Message, Sam and Jake dive into 2 Corinthians 13:1-4, where we see that Jesus-professing people should examine themselves for Jesus-following actions within a Jesus-following community. We unpack the sermon's main points and go beyond yesterday with additional insight into the text. Highlights from the message: Jesus-professing people should examine themselves for Jesus-fol...

This week on Beyond the Message, Sam and Danny dive into 2 Corinthians 13:1-4, exploring how protection from sin flows from taking sin seriously—and taking sin seriously flows from taking Jesus seriously. We unpack the sermon's main points and go beyond yesterday with additional insight into the text. Resources Currently Available at the Veritas Church Bookstore: The Discipline of Grace Bright Hop...

This week on Beyond the Message, Sam and Michael dive into 2 Corinthians 12:11-21, exploring how real Christian ministry isgladly-exhausting, fatherly pursuit of another person’s soul. We unpack the sermon's main points and go beyond yesterday with additional insight into the text. Highlights from the message:Real Christian ministry is a gladly-exhausting, fatherly pursuit of another person’s soul...

This week on Beyond the Message, Sam and Ian dive into 2 Corinthians 12:1-10, exploring how embracing suffering can lead to experiencing God's power. We unpack the sermon's main points and go beyond yesterday with some additional listener questions. Highlights from the message:Embrace suffering to experience God’s powerYou can embrace suffering because it's from God and used by God. Satan Always A...

In this special episode of Beyond the Message - Before the Message. Jake and Sam talk about Good Friday and Easter 2025.

How would you defend the authenticity of your faith? Paul goes about this in a unique way—perhaps counterintuitively. Paul boasts in his suffering for Christ in a way that highlights the worthwhile sacrifice. The main point of this message is that genuine conversion is displayed in counter-cultural living. In this episode, we unpack that more at a practical level. Highlights from the message:The w...

In this episode of Beyond the Message, Sam Anderson and Jordan Howell discuss further application from the message on 2 Corinthians 11:1-15. Following up from Jordan's sermon, we explore how we guard against false teaching by practicing covenant devotion to Christ and careful discernment in a world full of deception. Highlights from the message:Practice covenant devotion to Christ. Practice carefu...

What does it look like to live a life free from approval? It's something many of us struggle with, and for some, it can become a real problem. But here's the good news: God already approves of you if you're in Christ. That changes everything, freeing us up to live with confidence, integrity, and without constantly comparing ourselves to others. When we know we're approved by God, we're more likely...

In this episode, we continue our discussion on 2 Corinthians 10:1-6. In yesterday’s message, we explored how Paul's actions were driven by the life of Christ and how we can apply this to our lives. We also examined the dangers of spiritual strongholds and how to fight spiritual battles with biblical truth. Remember, spiritual warfare is powered by God and fought with the weapons of God! Highlights...

In this message, Garrett explored 2 Corinthians 8-9, emphasizing that godly generosity starts with giving ourselves first to the Lord. He reminded us that true wealth is found in Christ, not in earthly possessions, and challenged us to reflect on whether our lives—particularly our stewardship of money—reflect our confession of faith. On the cross, Jesus gave his all for us, withholding nothing. As...

In this text, we looked at three motivations for generosity: to expand the gospel by displaying the power of God in us, to express the gospel by authenticating the profession of God from us, and to experience the gospel through the provision of God to us. Glorify God and you will experience God. Highlights from the message:Giving is a submission that comes from a confession. Giving is the proving...

In this text, we saw that generous Christian giving should not be an exaction, nor done sparingly, reluctantly, or under compulsion. Instead our giving should be a willing, generous, thoughtful, cheerful, confident decision! Highlights from the message:How we give should honor God. Don't let sinful emotions undermine godly commands. Give intentional, gospel-minded thought to your giving decisions....

How does integrity shape the credibility of our faith? In 2 Corinthians 8:16-24 Paul goes to great lengths to prove his integrity to the Corinthian church. But, why was this so important to him? Because he understood that his integrity wasn’t just about his reputation—it was about defending the credibility of the gospel itself and helping the Corinthian church do so as well. Highlights from the me...

Does God care about us being rich and acting like it? The answer is yes, but definitely not in a worldly way. In 2 Corinthians 8:8-15, Paul encourages believers to attain spiritual wealth through Christ's salvation and to demonstrate this by generously giving to God's people. This giving should be complete, proportional, and selfless, reflecting a life transformed by God's grace. Highlights from t...

Did you know there is a type of giving that dishonors God? Giving should not be dependent on wealth, circumstances, or comfort. Christian giving is a voluntary, sacrificial, joyful, overflow of God's grace, despite circumstances, testifying to a changed heart. The call for followers of Christ is to excel in giving out of an overflow of God’s ultimate act of grace to us. Our giving is a big deal. S...

People who are willing to cause and receive godly grief find deep joy. There are two kinds of grief, godly grief and worldly grief. Why you feel bad matters - the right kind of grief is key to deeper joy. Godly grief is good because of God's mercy.

Our holiness is key to our effectiveness for God and our intimacy with God. Holiness is something we should care about, and if we better understood why, we would have a greater passion for it. Christ died to remove the offense of sin and break the practical power of sin over us. The motivation for holiness is promises -- good news drives good behavior. 

Depend on the grace of God in your devotion to the mission of God. We are called to spiritually invest in the lives of others - like soldiers who are laser-focused, athletes who compete with integrity, and farmers who work hard. This mission of God is too important for you not to participate, but too large for you to accomplish on your own. So, we need to be strengthened by the grace that is in Ch...

The rhythm of weekly worship encourages us and others with the realities of Christ - his past work and future hope. We were created to worship and we all worship something. Our foundation and motivation for worship is that Christ has invited us into right relationship with God the Prize. Recommended Resources: Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life God the Prize Worship: The Reason We Were C...

Did you know we can approach prayer with improper motivations, mindsets, and methods? The right motivation for prayer is one in which we pray to be heard by God, not seen by others. The correct mindset in prayer is one in which we pray intentionally to enjoy God, not mechanically to appease God. And the proper method for prayer is when we pray God-centered prayers, not self-centered prayers. Highl...

Are you a Bible Person? Followers of Jesus are Bible people. Someone is a Bible person if they love their Bible, read it daily, memorize scripture, align their life with God’s Word, and others know that the Bible guides and directs their life. Highlights from the message: Reading the Bible at least four times a week is proven to result in a dramatic change of behavior and missional engagement. Pra...

The good news of Jesus Christ is song-producing news! The good news of Jesus Christ is cause for celebration, especially singing. Understanding the good news of Christmas results in song-producing JOY! Highlights from the message: If someone looked at your response to the good news of Jesus, would it appear that you get it? A life lived in continual response to the good news of Jesus is one where...

Praising God starts with trusting God. God has graciously given us a Savior while we were spiritually hungry. Worship of God reflects his holiness and our wretched state apart from his saving power. Public praise of God in the extraordinary moments of life overflows from people who privately praise God in the ordinary moments of life.

2 Corinthians 6:1-13 Grace is real and God is worth it. Paul gives a call to follow Christ wholeheartedly. The call to follow Jesus is a call to embrace hardship, engage in ministry, and live for eternity.