Temple Students

As we continue through the life of Jesus, Alex Hinson teaches us through a conversation Jesus has with those who hate Him: the Jewish leaders. To teach them about who they are and who He is, Jesus uses the illustration of shepherd and sheep. Jesus is the Good Shepherd of God's flock.

In our second session from March Serve Month, Jessica Hinson unpacks Jesus' practical teaching from Matthew 18 all about the biblical process of navigating conflict within the church. 

As we begin our first message for March Serve Month Alex Hinson starts us off by realizing that dependence on God is essential. We will look to Jesus who is our perfect example of this and he showed that through prayer. Let's dive into the life of Jesus and learn from Him how to rely on God.

This is session 1 of our dating and relationship series. Here we will discuss the purpose of the series and why we redoing it. Topics covered are: why singleness is not bad, the world's view of dating, and the biblical view of dating. If you find this helpful, share it with your friends that could also benefit from it!

This week as we continue our series through the life of Jesus, Nick Lewis teaches us about the transfiguration of Jesus Christ on the mountain in front of three disciples Peter, James, and John. We learn through this story the coming glory of Jesus when he returns and the reality of Heaven when we see Moses and Elijah on the mountain with Jesus. 

This week, Jessica Hinson teaches through the story of peter's incredibly significant declaration of Jesus as the Christ. Tune in as we learn about what this passage reveals about the identity of Jesus, Peter, and the Church, as well as how our identity as the New Testament Church shapes our calling. 

This week we continued our series through the life of Jesus as Alex Hinson teaches us about Jesus feeding the 5,000, Jesus walking on water, and the teaching that Jesus does the next day. We learn from these stories that Jesus is the bread of life who gives eternal life to those who place their faith in Him. The main question to ask yourself is "Why do I follow Jesus?" 

This week we continued our series through the life of Jesus when Alex Hinson taught on Jesus and Nicodemus. We learned what it means to be born again and we also talked about the gospel that Is available to all who have faith in Jesus. 

This week on 1-26-2025 as we continue through the life of Christ, Nick Lewis teaches on the call to be a disciple. Jesus calls all of us to follow and obey Him and when we do this we will become fishers of men and seek to call others to know the Lord.

Through the story of Jesus being tested in the wilderness, Jessica Hinson teaches us this week what we can practically learn from the way that Jesus responds to satan's various strategies of temptation. In the desert, Jesus did what humanity could never do: He trusted God's way to truly be better by perfectly obeying the will of His Father. Tune in to learn how the complete victory of Jesus over s...

This week on 1-12-2025, Alex Hinson our student minister talked through the story of John the Baptist starting his ministry and calls the people of Israel to repent. Jesus comes to be baptized to identify with the people and to initiate His ministry.  Music clip - "Star Wars" Main Title - Original Score by John Williams

This week on 1-5-2025, Alex Hinson our student minister helped us learn that Jesus was in the beginning of time with God and also that Jesus is God. Jesus left the glory of heaven to come and give His life for us on the cross. 

In the final week before Christmas break on 12-8-2024, our student minister Alex Hinson tells us about how God has finally sent the one who will fulfill all of the promises that He made in the Old Testament. Jesus is born to a faithful girl named Mary who is engaged to Joseph. The miracle of Jesus' birth is the beginning of the climax of God's story of redemption. 

In the final message during our trip, Alex Hinson closes us off with the story of Daniel making a choice between bowing down to the earthly king or bowing to the heavenly King. His faith and God's protection lead king Darius to praise God. In the same way our faith can have an impact on those around us.

In the third message on Daniel during our trip, Nick Lewis tells us about the faith of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego as they stand tall while everyone else around them bows down to the golden image King Nebuchadnezzar made. We learn that even when you are in the fire and might be suffering if you stay obedient to God and do not bow or bend to idols you will also not burn because the Lord will pr...

In the second message of Daniel on our trip, Jess Hinson teaches us about the exile Daniel and the resolve in his heart to follow God by not eating the kings food. God blessed Daniel and his friends obedience. If we want to live as faithful exiles we must resolve in our hearts that we are going to follow God over everything. 

This week, Alex Hinson, starts us off with the first of four messages on the book of Daniel during our fall Retreat as he walks us through the story of the exiles from Judah who were taken to Babylon. We will learn how Babylon destroyed Jerusalem, how they influence the exiles, and how they rename the exiles.

This week, Alex Hinson, the student minster, teaches on Ezra and Nehemiah telling us about God leading Nehemiah on a seemingly impossible task to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. With a burden for the city, a dependence on God through prayer, a team of willing people, and great leadership, Nehemiah accomplished the God-sized task. Even after the walls are rebuilt their sin problems didn't end. To f...

In this weeks episode, Jessica Hinson teaches about the New Covenant from the books of Jeremiah and Ezekiel. God promised to take out their hearts of stone and give them new hearts that could follow Him.

As we continue our study through the Old Testament, Nick Lewis presents the book of Jonah, highlighting God's mercy. Service Date: October 27, 2024