Veritas COMO

It’s been said the longest distance in the world is between our head and our heart. When it comes to living out who we really are, how do we close the gap between what we know to be true and what we feel is real?

Labels are a normal part of life. Whether it’s ingredient lists or book titles, clothing tags or mailing addresses, labels help us identify things. But when we label people, the result is reducing who they really are down to one word. In the end, labels just aren’t enough. So then how should we define who we are? Join Alex for answers as we continue in our series: Identity Crisis.

Christina, Alex, Davis, and Cole talk about finding our identity in our relationship status. They help us think through and answer the questions: Why is it so easy to find our identity in the fact that were’s single? Why is it easy to become co-dependent on our significant other? Why is Jesus actually the better answer and who we should actually seek to find our identity?

We all want to fit in and social media has given us the ability to craft our image until people accept us. And yet, we’re lonelier than ever. Why? Jesus tells us we weren’t made to just fit in, we were made to belong.

Three-fourths of Gen Z feels “inadequate” or “not enough.” What do we do with that? Just try harder? That only sends us into an endless cycle of comparison and discontentment. God offers a better way - a path to an identity we were made for.

Most, if not all of us, find our identity (at least in part) in what others want, expect, or need us to be. But constantly trying to live up to the expectations of other people is a miserable way to live. Jesus offers something better - an identity base not on what we do for others, but what he’s done for us.

If someone asked you, “Who are you?”, what would you say? What or who defines your identity? Do you feel like you know the real you, or just versions of yourself?Veritas is unpacking these questions and more with our series Identity Crisis. Join us as Alex kicks things off by asking the not so simple question: “Who Am I?”

What’s the issue with getting drunk? Does God really care if I drink underage? What does the Bible actually (if you can italicize, italicize actually) say about alcohol? For our last talk in this series, we’re asking all the questions you’ve probably had, but never wanted to ask, about drinking.

Guest Speaker: Patrick Miller

We live in a society that believes it is always right, so it’s no surprise that Christians fall victim to the same thing. But aren’t Christians called to live differently? We brought in guest speaker, Patrick Miller, to answer this weeks hard question, “Why can’t Christians admit when they’re wrong”.

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Guest Speaker: Greg Johnson

Homosexuality is a hot topic in today’s culture, but what does the Bible have to say about it? Does Jesus love gay people? Greg Johnson, a pastor at Memorial Presbyterian Church in St. Louis and author of Still Time to Care: What We Can Learn from the Church’s Failed Attempt to Cure Homosexuality, answers the question: “Is Jesus for Gay People?”