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The Vertical Teaching Podcast features the weekly teaching from Vertical Church. Each episode is rooted in Scripture and designed to help you encounter God, follow Jesus, and experience freedom.
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Thirsty Hearts | John 4:1–42 | Meghan Petyak (opens the original)
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What well do you keep running to? In John 4, Jesus meets a Samaritan woman at a well and offers her something far greater than the water she came to draw: living water. Jesus already knew her story, her struggles, and the places she had searched for fulfillment—and He met her there anyway. We all have thirsty hearts. We look to success, approval, relationships, money, comfort, control, and countless other things to satisfy something they were never designed to satisfy. Every other well eventuall
Born Again | John 3:1-21 | Nathan Hughes (opens the original)
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What does it actually mean to be “born again”? In John 3, Nicodemus comes to Jesus with an impressive résumé. He is respected, educated, moral, religious, and knows the Scriptures. But Jesus tells him that none of those things can produce the transformation he truly needs: “You must be born again.” We often try to answer our deepest questions about identity, belonging, security, and purpose through achievement, morality, success, or religion. But Jesus offers something we could never accomplish
The True and Better King | 1 Samuel 18 | Nathan Hughes (opens the original)
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Who is really sitting on the throne of your life? Throughout the story of Saul and David, we see two kings with very different hearts. Saul is driven by fear, insecurity, and control. David shows us trust, humility, patience, and repentance—but even David eventually fails. The same man who showed incredible restraint in a cave would later show devastating selfishness from the rooftop of a palace. Even a man after God’s own heart needed grace. That’s why the story doesn’t end with David. In 2 Sam
Spears and Caves | 1 Samuel 18 | Nick Hughes (opens the original)
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What happens when someone else’s hurt becomes a weapon aimed at you? In 1 Samuel 18 and 24, Saul throws the spear—but David refuses to throw it back. Through jealousy, wounds, trauma, temptation, and revenge, David’s story shows us that evil wins when it successfully reproduces itself in us. The cave becomes the place where David must decide: Will he become like the man who hurt him, or trust God enough to respond differently? But David’s story doesn’t end in the cave. Years later, the man who o
God Looks at the Heart | 1 Samuel 16 | Nathan Hughes (opens the original)
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What matters most isn’t what people see—it’s what God sees. In 1 Samuel 16:1–13, Samuel arrives at Jesse’s house looking for Israel’s next king. Like everyone else, he is immediately drawn to what looks impressive. But God reminds him of a truth that changes the way we see ourselves and others: “People look at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.” — 1 Samuel 16:7 David wasn’t even invited into the room. He was overlooked, unnoticed, and tending sheep while everyone else was b
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