Scripture pressed into ordinary life.
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Veritas Church Iowa City is a sermon feed built around Scripture, gospel clarity, and direct application. Speakers work through books like Luke and Romans with warmth, urgency, stories, and repeated calls to trust Christ.
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About Veritas Church Iowa City
Veritas Church Iowa City is a sermon-focused feed from a church pulpit, shaped by Scripture, gospel explanation, and repeated movement toward practical response. The recent run leans heavily into Romans, Luke, Good Friday, and Easter. It asks direct questions. What does grace mean if change is still hard? What does resurrection require beyond intellectual agreement? What does money reveal about a person’s real trust? The speakers tend to begin with a human tension, move into the biblical text, and then circle back to daily obedience, confession, worship, and hope. Romans 6 is treated as more than a doctrine lesson; it becomes a framework for identity, baptism, freedom from sin, and the slow re-training of old habits. Luke supplies stories about wealth, the prodigal son, shepherds, and the peace promised through Christ. Good Friday traces goodness from creation through the cross. Easter turns John 11 into a direct appeal to transfer trust from the self to Jesus. The teaching is accessible without becoming thin. It uses ordinary comparisons, from bungee cords and national park trash cans to family moments, blizzard jokes, and building campaigns, to make theological points feel close at hand. The pace is brisk. The tone is warm, sometimes grave, and often urgent. These sermons do not float above their congregation; they are full of announcements, references, communion moments, prayer, and the recognizable rhythms of Sunday worship. That gives the feed a grounded church-family texture rather than a studio-polished feel. Listeners hear speakers pressing biblical claims into questions of addiction, shame, generosity, death, repentance, peace, and assurance. The show is best for people who want Christian preaching that explains the text clearly, repeats the central point until it lands, and keeps returning to the grace, forgiveness, and lordship of Jesus.
Made for: For listeners seeking Christian sermons with clear biblical exposition, direct application, and a warm church feel. It especially suits people drawn to teaching on grace, repentance, identity, money, resurrection, and daily obedience.
What sets it apart: The show’s strength is its live-sermon immediacy: rhetorical questions, everyday analogies, and repeated gospel application give abstract doctrine a concrete shape. It feels less like lecture audio and more like pastoral preaching in motion.
In their own words
Weekly sermons from Veritas Church and episodes of the Round Table with Mark Arant and Jeff Dodge.
As heard by us
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · August 2026
Veritas Church Iowa City offers close Bible preaching that turns Luke and Romans toward fear, repentance, generosity, and daily Christian formation.
Veritas Church Iowa City stays in the sermon lane of Religion & Spirituality, with Bible teaching shaped for a local congregation. The sampled episodes work through Luke and Romans in a steady way: read the passage, name the theological claim, then bring it toward fear, money,…
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You want grace applied to your wallet, fears, shame, and stubborn old habits.
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- Luke and Romans preached with enough everyday examples that the theology has shoes on
- gospel comfort that still asks what your money, fear, shame, and habits are obeying
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Episodes
- 1
Hagar | The Shadow of the Almighty
·41m - 2
Good Friday 2026
·28m - 3
Luke 16:18-31
·36m - 4
Luke 16:1-17
·36m - 5
Luke 15
·39m - 6
Luke 14:25-35
·23m - 7
Luke 14:15-24
·35m - 8
Luke 14:1-14
·35m - 9
Luke 13:31-35
·33m - 10
Luke 13:22-30
·38m - 11
Luke 13:10-21
·38m - 12
Luke 13:1-9
·35m - 13
Luke 12:49-59
·39m - 14
Luke 12:35-48
·31m - 15
Master the Restart | The Word
·33m - 16
Christmas Eve 2025
·26m - 17
Philippians 2:5-11 | The King Is Coming
·36m - 18
John 14:1-6 | The King Is Coming
·37m - 19
2 Peter 3 | The King Is Coming
·32m - 20
Luke 12:22-34
·33m - 21
Luke 12:13-21
·35m - 22
Luke 11:37-12:3
·35m - 23
Luke 11:27-36
·36m - 24
Luke 11:14-26
·34m - 25
Luke 11:1-13
·40m - 26
Luke 10:38-42
·32m - 27
Luke 10:25-37
·33m - 28
Why Do We Baptize the Way We Do?
·32m - 29
Why Do We Worship the Way We Do?
·36m - 30
Jacob | The Shadow of the Almighty
·34m - 31
Jonah | The Shadow of the Almighty
·35m - 32
Daniel | The Shadow of the Almighty
·40m - 33
Rahab | The Shadow of the Almighty
·39m - 34
Joseph | The Shadow of the Almighty
·33m - 35
Nadab & Abihu | The Shadow of the Almighty
·33m - 36
Elijah | The Shadow of the Almighty
·34m - 37
Easter 2026 | John 11:25-26
·23m - 38
Jeremiah 1 | The Shadow of the Almighty
·33m - 39
Why Do We Preach the Way We Do?
A pastor explains why their church preaches the Bible the way they do, concluding a series on church practices.
·30m - 40
Isaiah 6 | The Shadow of the Almighty
·29m - 41
Exodus | The Shadow of the Almighty
·38m - 42
Habakkuk 3 | The Shadow of the Almighty
·38m - 43
Luke 9:49-62
·36m - 44
Luke 9:37-48
·33m - 45
Luke 9:21-36
·35m - 46
Luke 9:1-20 (Vision Sunday)
·42m - 47
Luke 8:19-56
·34m - 48
Easter 2025
·24m - 49
Luke 8:1-18
·30m - 50
Luke 7:36-50
·33m - 51
Luke 7:18-35
·36m - 52
Luke 7:1-17
·35m - 53
Luke 6:43-49
·36m - 54
Luke 6:37-42
·34m - 55
Luke 6:17-26
·33m - 56
Luke 6:1-19
·31m - 57
The Book of Acts | week 3
·35m - 58
Luke 5:27-39
·32m - 59
Luke 5:12-26
·36m - 60
Luke 5:1-11
·33m - 61
Luke 4:31-44
·33m - 62
Luke 4:14-30
·26m - 63
Master The Restart | Trust
·34m - 64
Master The Restart | The Word
·39m - 65
Christmas Eve 2024
·32m - 66
The Light Of The World
·32m - 67
1 Timothy 6:17-21
·34m - 68
1 Timothy 6:11-16
·32m - 69
1 Timothy 6:1-10
·40m - 70
1 Timothy 5:17-25
·33m - 71
1 Timothy 5:3-16
·36m - 72
Embracing Different: Counter-Cultural Parenting (Part 2)
·54m - 73
Embracing Different: Counter-Cultural Parenting (Part 1)
·52m - 74
1 Timothy 4:11-5:2
·38m - 75
1 Timothy 4:1-10
·35m - 76
Introducing The Average Pastor Podcast
·49m - 77
1 Timothy 3:14-16
·32m - 78
1 Timothy 3:1-13
·37m - 79
1 Timothy 2:8-15
·35m - 80
Vision Sunday
·41m - 81
1 Timothy 2:1-7
·31m - 82
1 Timothy 1:18-20
·36m - 83
1 Timothy 1:12-17
·36m - 84
1 Timothy 1:1-11
·36m - 85
Outdoor Service
·31m - 86
The Parable of the Sower
·30m - 87
Luke 4:1-13
·38m - 88
Luke 3:21-37
·37m - 89
Luke 3:1-20
·37m - 90
Luke 2:41-52
·39m - 91
Luke 2:21-40
·36m - 92
Luke 1:56-80
·30m - 93
Outdoor Service
·31m - 94
Freely Loved (Hosea) | Week 5
·41m - 95
Luke 2:1-20
Pastor Brian from Veritas Church preaches on Luke 2:1-20, examining the birth of Jesus.
·31m·3 clips - 96
Master the Restart | Strength in Weakness
A pastor encourages Christians to embrace God's daily mercies and restart their faith journey, using a personal anecdote about a 'be better' sign at college.
·38m - 97
Luke 6:27-36
A pastor delivers a sermon on Luke 6:27-36, teaching about loving enemies and showing mercy as God does.
·36m - 98
Why Do We Take Communion the Way We Do?
Pastor Mark explains the history and practice of communion at Veritas Church, addressing why they do it the way they do.
·33m - 99
Luke 10:1-24
A sermon on Luke 10:1-24 about Jesus sending out 72 disciples and the importance of God's Word as a guide.
·35m - 100
Luke 12:4-12
Ryan, a staff member at Veritas Church, announces he is leaving to plant a church in Santa Barbara, California, with his wife and a team including Grant.
·39m·3 clips - 101
Romans 6:15-23
Hidden gemVeritas Church Iowa City’s Romans 6:15-23 sermon centers on Paul’s question, “What then?
Apr 19, 2026·35m·2 clips - 102
Romans 6:1-14
Hidden gemVeritas Church Iowa City spends Romans 6:1-14 arguing that baptism pictures burial and resurrection, and that believers “don’t have to keep sinning.” The sermon opens with Easter weekend baptisms, Owen and Brittany’s new faith, and the claim that Romans 6, 7, and 8 work like a handbook for first steps after conversion.
Apr 12, 2026·37m·2 clips - 103
Good Friday 2026
A reflection on the goodness of God from creation to the fall, emphasizing that God's goodness overflowed into creation and was declared 'very good'.
Apr 5, 2026·28m - 104
Easter 2026 | John 11:25-26
Hidden gemPastor Mark shares a story about visiting a dying man and uses John 11:25-26 to proclaim Jesus as the resurrection and the life on Easter Sunday.
Apr 5, 2026·23m·1 clip - 105
Luke 16:18-31
Pastor Jeff teaches on Luke 16:18-31, addressing divorce and remarriage, then the parable of the rich man and Lazarus, emphasizing the importance of heeding God's word.
Mar 29, 2026·36m - 106
Luke 16:1-17
This guest sermon at Veritas Church Iowa City, preached on Luke 16:1-17, argues that three qualities mark genuinely saved people: shrewdness (investing money in eternal relationships rather than material things), faithfulness (devotion to God at the heart level rather than mere duty), and genuine need of salvation (as opposed to the self-justifying religiosity of the Pharisees).
Mar 22, 2026·36m·2 clips - 107
Luke 15
James, a staff member at Veritas Church in Iowa City, preaches through all of Luke 15 during a Sunday service with a blizzard warning in effect and spring break in session.
Mar 15, 2026·39m·2 clips - 108
Luke 14:25-35
Mar 8, 2026·23m - 109
Luke 14:15-24
Mar 1, 2026·35m - 110
Luke 14:1-14
Feb 22, 2026·35m - 111
Luke 13:31-35
Feb 15, 2026·33m - 112
Luke 13:22-30
Feb 8, 2026·38m - 113
Luke 13:10-21
Feb 1, 2026·38m - 114
Luke 13:1-9
Jan 25, 2026·35m - 115
Luke 12:49-59
Jan 18, 2026·39m - 116
Luke 12:35-48
Jan 11, 2026·31m - 117
Master the Restart | Strength in Weakness
Jan 4, 2026·38m - 118
Master the Restart | The Word
Dec 29, 2025·33m - 119
Christmas Eve 2025
Dec 24, 2025·26m - 120
Philippians 2:5-11 | The King Is Coming
Dec 21, 2025·36m - 121
John 14:1-6 | The King Is Coming
Dec 14, 2025·37m - 122
2 Peter 3 | The King Is Coming
Dec 7, 2025·32m - 123
Luke 12:22-34
Nov 23, 2025·33m - 124
Luke 12:13-21
Nov 16, 2025·35m - 125
Luke 12:4-12
Nov 10, 2025·39m - 126
Luke 11:37-12:3
Nov 2, 2025·35m - 127
Luke 11:27-36
Oct 26, 2025·36m - 128
Luke 11:14-26
Oct 20, 2025·34m - 129
Luke 11:1-13
Oct 12, 2025·40m - 130
Luke 10:38-42
Oct 5, 2025·32m - 131
Luke 10:25-37
Sep 28, 2025·33m - 132
Luke 10:1-24
Sep 21, 2025·35m - 133
Why Do We Preach the Way We Do?
Sep 14, 2025·30m - 134
Why Do We Take Communion the Way We Do?
Sep 7, 2025·33m - 135
Why Do We Baptize the Way We Do?
Aug 31, 2025·32m - 136
Why Do We Worship the Way We Do?
Aug 24, 2025·36m - 137
Jacob | The Shadow of the Almighty
Aug 17, 2025·34m - 138
Jonah | The Shadow of the Almighty
Aug 10, 2025·35m - 139
Daniel | The Shadow of the Almighty
Aug 3, 2025·40m - 140
Rahab | The Shadow of the Almighty
Jul 27, 2025·39m - 141
Joseph | The Shadow of the Almighty
Jul 21, 2025·33m - 142
Nadab & Abihu | The Shadow of the Almighty
Jul 13, 2025·33m - 143
Elijah | The Shadow of the Almighty
Jul 6, 2025·34m - 144
Hagar | The Shadow of the Almighty
Jun 29, 2025·41m - 145
Jeremiah 1 | The Shadow of the Almighty
Jun 22, 2025·33m - 146
Isaiah 6 | The Shadow of the Almighty
Jun 15, 2025·29m - 147
Exodus | The Shadow of the Almighty
Jun 8, 2025·38m - 148
Habakkuk 3 | The Shadow of the Almighty
Jun 1, 2025·38m - 149
Luke 9:49-62
May 25, 2025·36m - 150
Luke 9:37-48
May 18, 2025·33m