As we go into August 2023, Dudley shares his monthly message on how we can’t lose hope while fighting various spiritual battles between good and evil, light and darkness, truth and deception. In this episode, Dudley discusses how this spans various realms, encompassing sexual identity, transgender issues, gender roles, and the borders of our nation. As always, we must be aware of the enemy's tactics and stay rooted in the truth of God's Word to protect ourselves. For more information and resourc...
Aug 01, 2023•47 min
What truly defines a man and a woman? In this episode, Dudley and Sam explore gender identity and the role of fathers in shaping their children’s understanding of what it means to be a man or a woman. Discussed in this episode: * The importance of asking what a real man is. * Cancel culture. * Why it’s time for men to create communities among their own friends and relationships. * What is unique to masculinity and unique to being a boy? * Being God's partner. * The key differences between men an...
Jul 25, 2023•17 min
The EPIC Conference, put on every year by Kerygma Ventures, explores the deepest longings of the human heart and helps people discover gospel answers to life’s biggest questions. At this year’s conference, held at Sojourn Church in Carrollton, Texas, our special guest speaker Dr. Steve Brown: * Explores why we think and feel that we’re missing sin * Discusses how we’re all messy, dirty sinners * Reminds us that, even though we’ve sinned and we’re lonely and think we’re failures, Jesus says, "Wel...
Jul 18, 2023•37 min
In this episode, join Dudley and Karis for a conversation exploring the narrative of God's plan of redemption. We pick up where we left off, with God using human instrumentality to accomplish His purposes. Israel becomes the lineage through which the promised Messiah, Jesus, would come. But despite the covenant, Israel, like all humanity, failed to live up to it. To solve this problem, God sent Jesus as a representative of humanity and Israel. Jesus perfectly fulfilled the covenant, obtaining al...
Jul 11, 2023•17 min
As we go into July 2023, Dudley shares his monthly message on simplicity and how there are two vastly different stories being told about life. It might seem like life has gotten more complex and confusing lately. There might seem to be more depression, oppression, and hopelessness. You might even be someone who says, “It’s all just too complicated. I can't figure out what's right and wrong, what's true and false.” Dudley discusses these sentiments in this episode, and explores how the particular...
Jul 04, 2023•49 min
The EPIC Conference, put on every year by Kerygma Ventures, explores the deepest longings of the human heart and helps people discover gospel answers to life’s biggest questions. At this year’s conference, held at Sojourn Church in Carrollton, Texas, our special guest speaker Tom Hall: * Reminds us that we’re all saints in Jesus Christ. * Discusses why God desires a special and intimate relationship with us, regardless of our background or circumstances. * Explores how we each belong to God and ...
Jun 27, 2023•51 min
In this episode, join Dudley and Karis for a conversation on the importance of understanding our place in God’s story, which includes the period of time before Christ’s return to earth (known as the “end times”). Dudley and Karis also discuss the repercussions of people having believed that they are part of the last generation ever on this planet, the joy and importance of learning where we as individuals fit within the Biblical story, and “The Late Great Planet Earth,” a 1970 book by Hal Lindse...
Jun 20, 2023•11 min
In this episode, join Dudley and Karis for a conversation about how many of us view our current times as the worst it’s ever been, yet we strive for hope. While each day brings its own challenges, there is an optimism in knowing that, with God as our guide, each challenge fosters growth. While we are living in a divisive time, it’s important to continue to think Biblically and keep focused on human dignity and divine sovereignty. For more information and resources, visit https://kerygmaventures....
Jun 13, 2023•22 min
As we are approaching the half-way mark of 2023, June’s Monthly Message is about something critically important in our lives: hope. Government can’t give you hope, the world can’t give you hope, money can’t give you hope. But believers have eternal and unshakeable hope because of Jesus. Today, Dudley talks about what it means to live with hope and why the hope we have inside us has the power to defeat the darkness and sin we see in our world. We pray this monthly message encourages you and we en...
Jun 06, 2023•46 min
In this episode, join Dudley and Sam for a discussion on how we can be more gracious and follow God’s example during difficult conversations with those we love. Whether we are talking about race, politics, or marriage, it is important to approach these conversations with love and grace, however difficult it may be. We may not always agree with each other on these topics, but that doesn’t mean we love each other any less. For more information and resources, visit https://kerygmaventures.com/podca...
May 30, 2023•20 min
In this episode, join Dudley and Karis for a conversation on the Jesus Movement, and what it was like to experience the Lord moving in new ways during that time. They’ll get into the similarities and differences between this movement and others Dudley has experienced, why the turmoil of those times had people calling out to the Lord for guidance, and how we can learn so much about Him through the history of the church. For more information and resources, visit https://kerygmaventures.com/podcast...
May 16, 2023•21 min
In this episode, join Dudley and Sam for a discussion on the age of information and how it has changed the way people view religion. They’ll get into raising children to know and love God, turning your heart towards God and feeling His guidance, and knowing that we all have the ability to question the world around us, but that we must always choose to submit to God’s final authority. For more information and resources, visit https://kerygmaventures.com/podcast/ Follow and Subscribe: Apple - http...
May 09, 2023•18 min
As we go into May 2023, Dudley shares his monthly message on how to understand the Awakening taking place all around us. In this episode, Dudley emphasizes the importance of asking God to align our perspective with His about what is going on within our own lives and the lives of those around us, for we must ask for His guidance as we navigate this world and live by the Gospel. Join Dudley as he clarifies the new paradigm of grace, explains the nature and purpose of the cross, and explores how we...
May 02, 2023•1 hr 2 min
In these days we are trying to discern what God is saying, not only by studying the written word (which is relevant at all times), but in the events we are watching both in the church and in the world. His ways are beyond finding out by those whose eyes are blind, but to those admitting hunger, thirst, and desperation, He shows himself and His ways. Learn more: www.KerygmaVentures.com
Apr 04, 2023•58 min•Season 2023Ep. 4
For a relationship to flourish, each person must know how the other sees it. In the greatest relationship mankind can have—with God, we should know how He views it. Invest in Kerygma Ventures: www.KerygmaVentures.com
Mar 07, 2023•41 min•Season 2023Ep. 3
The American culture is convulsing now as a result of conflicting ideological agendas vying for supremacy. Wokeism, CRT, LGBQT-plus, Progressivism, Trump- ism, Anti-Trumpism, Pandemic over- reach, Immigration... Without the message of the gospel, the world is moving toward darkness and corruption. Only when the church rightly identifies itself and begins to act like who we are is there any hope for finding answers to the questions that plague us and the problems that confound us. Invest in Keryg...
Feb 01, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 2023Ep. 2
When a new administration comes to power, the list of values of that administration will be different than the previous one. When Jesus came on the scene, He announced that a new administration (kingdom) had come, and this administration was the final one. No other power would ever rise to replace it. Invest in Kerygma Ventures: www.KerygmaVentures.com
Jan 03, 2023•42 min•Season 2023Ep. 1
God completes whatever He begins! He is not at the mercy of human fickleness to get His enormous and majestic plan done. We hope for what we are sure of but can’t yet see. There is tension, but it is full of hope. Invest in Kerygma Ventures: www.KerygmaVentures.com
Dec 06, 2022•41 min•Season 2022Ep. 12
Each time you meet someone you can be sure of this: You are looking into the face of a person who desperately wants to be known, to be loved, and to be valued. We are designed for those longings to be met. When they are unmet, we are not only unsatisfied, but dangerous to ourselves and to our society. Invest in Kerygma Ventures: www.KerygmaVentures.com
Nov 01, 2022•43 min•Season 2022Ep. 11
We often cling to the belief that being a good person is the goal, and that God’s favor is dependent upon our being good. The New Testament gospel (the kerygma) counters that belief system, and the implications of Christ’s finished work become mandates for our ethic. Invest in Kerygma Ventures: www.KerygmaVentures.com
Oct 03, 2022•40 min•Season 2022Ep. 10
When a person sees the cross as the center of the Bible story, it is either the best news ever… or the worst. From Paul’s point of view, the cross of Jesus Christ is the crux of the matter, the climax of the story, and the only hope of eternal life. Invest in Kerygma Ventures: www.KerygmaVentures.com/give
Sep 06, 2022•45 min•Season 2022Ep. 9
Dudley's Monthly Message for August 2022 Learn more: www.KerygmaVentures.com
Aug 02, 2022•51 min•Season 2022Ep. 8
It is important that we get a proper view of holiness because God is holy. He is the most liberated person in the universe. He is the most fulfilled. He is the most fun. If he is holy, it must be a good thing. Learn more: www.KerygmaVentures.com
Jul 06, 2022•49 min•Season 2022Ep. 7
There is no magic formula we can work to force God to send the revival we order, but there is a distinct pattern of how God has worked to bring life to dead situations. We can align with His pattern and trust Him to do what He longs to do through us. Learn more: www.KerygmaVentures.com
Jun 07, 2022•48 min•Season 2022Ep. 6
To repent is to bring our minds in line with the reality that Jesus now is the Lord over all things and that He is the full and final hope of Israel and the world. For more information, please visit: www.KerygmaVentures.com
May 11, 2022•35 min•Season 2022Ep. 5
We know that the life of Christ being manifest in believers makes us either attractive to those who are thirsty for life or scary for those determined to eliminate God from their existence. We either emit an aroma of life or death. For more information, please visit: www.KerygmaVentures.com
Apr 07, 2022•58 min•Season 2022Ep. 4
Because the gospel as proclaimed by the New Testament apostles is the only power able to transform people, the purity and clarity of it is the most critical issue of our day. In Paul’s letter to the Galatians, he addresses the importance of the gospel of grace in initial salvation and in living as God’s people now and forever. Learn more: www.KerygmaVentures.com
Mar 09, 2022•38 min•Season 2022Ep. 3
It has always been true that the good news from God to mankind is offensive. It seems strange because, after all, it is good news. Typically we like good news. When the stock market goes up or the weather forecast is sunny and mild or the kid’s report card has “A’s”- we love it. Why then does the natural mind react to the news that God has acted in history to save us and that His mercy is behind it? To learn more, visit: www.KerygmaVentures.com
Feb 04, 2022•49 min•Season 2022Ep. 2
The inevitable fruit of grace in a person’s life is graciousness toward others. We are living in a time when graciousness is rare. Vitriol and contention are the more common modes of relating. Efforts to solve this growing cancer in our society don’t seem to be effective. It’s not that we can’t see the problem. It’s that we can’t see the deep root that is producing it. For instance, racism is not primarily about color of skin or societal structures that still show evidences of it. It cannot be s...
Jan 04, 2022•46 min•Season 2022Ep. 1
We are people of promise. The Law did its part. We honor it. Now we glorify His glorious grace. According to the biblical narrative, people are designed to live in the blessing of the good and sovereign Creator. That blessing includes the consciousness of His presence, the abundance of His provision, the guarantee of His protection, and the privilege of working as His partners in the development of creation. When the first humans chose to yield to the seduction of the devil, the blessing was for...
Dec 03, 2021•42 min•Season 2021Ep. 12
