Vertical Ministries Podcast

We're excited to hear from Myles Olenski, who will walk us through James 5:12 and the call to commitment.

This week, Myles Olenski takes us into James 4:13–17, unpacking what it means to trust God in our decision making. In a world where we constantly wrestle with uncertainty, Myles reminds us of three key truths: – We lack knowledge – We lack time – God lacks nothing

This week, we're joined by Connor Baxter, lead pastor at Onward Community Church! Connor will be diving into James 3:1-12, unpacking the power of the tongue and our words—how they shape our lives, reflect our hearts, and impact those around us.

This week we have a new guest speaker—Trey Etter from Columbus Avenue! Trey speaks on how to have an Active faith

This week Vertical dives into James 2:1-7 with guest speaker Marquise Cox from Community Bible Church in San Antonio! We'll explore the topic of favoritism—how it distorts the image of Jesus, conflicts with the Gospel, and lacks the humility we're called to model.

guest speaker Kam Coe from Harris Creek speaks on Trials…reveal faithproduce maturityrequire eternal perspectiveTemptations…are not from Godcome from withincan grow to sin

this week our own Anna Webb speaks on Hearing and Doing in James James 1:19-27

To start off the new semester, Vertical is going over James and today myles reads thorough the whole book of James. 

this weeks Myles speaks on the importance of family thorough ephesians 5 and 6

this week Myles talks about biblical dating.

Camilo Buchana from passion city church speaks on friendship and community in the church.

this week Will Bowden & Jack Dugger speak about the need for mission 

Today Myles goes over our heart in prayer and god's heart in prayer

during Family Weekend, Myles goes over how to stand out in a world that is telling you to fit in. he goes over 1 peter 5:5, Isaiah 66:2, mark 10:45, 2 chronicles, and jeremiah 15:16

Today Myles goes over Ephesians 4:1-18 where he talks about the call to unity, the gifts of unity, and the mark of unity.

In this message to kick off the school year, Myles teaches through Matthew 6:19-33 as we discuss living in a world seeking things to find, we ought to find the One seeking us.

Our brokenness leads us to isolation and to trying to do live alone which leads us to being stuck in rhythms and cycles that are hard to get out of, so this week, Myles leads us in looking at the life of Mephibosheth and what we can learn from him on this.

For women's night, Anna Webb is joined by the hosts of the podcast "Call Her Holy" as they walk through what it looks like to follow Jesus and some things they've learned in their journeys.

Have we gripped the power of fully living in the light? Are we forgiven but not healed? Grant Troutt teaches on the power of living fully known and sharing our "2%".

Tonight, Myles teaches us how our view of God determines our response to God, so if we want a big response to God, we have to have a big and clear view of Him as we look at John 3 and John the Baptist.

This week, Myles teaches on the topic of comparison and how jealousy of an object can turn to hatred of a person as we look at Genesis 4.

Continuing our series called, Mind The Gap, Myles teaches on the topic of alcohol and what God's Word has to say about it so we can find clarity & conviction.

Joel shows us what we can learn from Joseph's fatal flaw of hidden pride and how that can instruct and teach us today.

Purity is the pursuit of freedom from anything that contaminates or pollutes our lives, so Myles walks us through the story of David and Bathsheba as we pursue purity of heart.

How do we prevent fear from taking us on a rollercoaster? Myles walks us through how fear is our belief in the worst possible scenario and how we can combat fear in our lives.

This week, in a night partnered with Compassion International, we look at 2 Timothy 4:5-8 and learn 6 things we need to finish the race well.

As we continue our series in 2 Timothy, this week Myles teaches on the importance of Scripture and what we do with it.

Case Smith encourages students to "take off the mask" as he continues our series, "Letter's to a Younger Me" through 2 Timothy.

This week, we continue our series, "Letter's to a Younger Me" through 2 Timothy, Myles teaches on how we can prepare our lives to be used by God.

This week, guest speaker Olayinka Obasanya teaches through 2 Timothy 2:1-13.

This week, we start a new series called "Letter's to a Younger Me: The Last Lessons from an Older Leader" through 2 Timothy as Myles walks us through 3 things the Gospel gives us.

This week, Madi Prewett Troutt asks the question: "are you living with something that's slowly killing you?". How do we break free from the things that are keeping us bound?

For Missions Night, Myles walks us through what serving looks like in college.

Guest speaker, Shane Pruitt, talks about how the Gospel saves us to send us to know Jesus and to make Him known.

This week, Myles teaches on how we can have deep and meaningful friendships in college.

This week, JD teaches on Luke 5:4-11 as he walks us through how our view of God determines our response to God as we seek out what He's calling us to.

What is our purpose? It's the question that circles in the back of each of our minds and drives what we give our focus to. Myles walks us through how your purpose will define your college years.

This week, guest speaker Luke Lezon talks about the "true north" of dating as he walks through 1 Corinthians 10:23-24.

In this message, Pastor John Durham walks us through 3 reasons why we should never give up when we face trials and difficulty.

This week, Grant Skeldon talks about what comparison is, how we see it in our lives and how we can combat it.

This week, Myles walks us through the feeling and emotion of anxiety and we can combat it.

This week, Jennie Allen, walks us through Daniel 1 as we discuss what we can learn from Daniel's example and what we see about the character of God.

Myles explores how we often find ourselves trying to find satisfaction and life in things that simply won't give it to us, but will leave us wanting and empty.

What does it mean to enjoy God and invite others to enjoy Him too and how does that change us? Join us as Austin Murray, College Pastor at Antioch Waco, continues in our series called "Stressful and Not Restful".

This week, Myles continues our series called "Stressful and Not Restful" with a message teaching us what the Bible has to say about conflict.

In this message, Myles walks through the necessity of Biblical community in our lives.

This week, Myles continues our series called "Stressful and Not Restful" with a message teaching us what the Bible has to say about our need for confession.

This week, Nate Hilgencamp walks us through Luke 1 as we look at God's promises through the Christmas story.

In this message, Drew walks us through 1 Thessalonians and asks the question - "do we sit in the anxiety of death or the security of hope?".