The Mission Hill Youth Podcast

Dear listener, did you know that one of the most debated topics in Christianity is whether or not women can hold certain positions of leadership in the church? It is! Paul has some seemingly clear things to say about women in the family, women in the church, and it's caused quite an uproar over the course of church history. At youth group last night, we tackled this question. Mind you, this topic...

March is probably one of my most favorite months of the year. Why? Because March is STUDENT TEACHING MONTH!!! That's right, for the entire month of March I take a back seat so that a handful of our students can get up and try their hand at teaching. This week, Isaac Diehl took the stand! So have a listen, and enjoy :)

March is probably one of my most favorite months of the year. Why? Because March is STUDENT TEACHING MONTH!!! That's right, for the entire month of March I take a back seat so that a handful of our students can get up and try their hand at teaching. This week, Ethan Shannon took the stand! So have a listen, and enjoy :)

March is probably one of my most favorite months of the year. Why? Because March is STUDENT TEACHING MONTH!!! That's right, for the entire month of March I take a back seat so that a handful of our students can get up and try their hand at teaching. This week, Faith Gillman took the stand! So have a listen, and enjoy :)

March is probably one of my most favorite months of the year. Why? Because March is STUDENT TEACHING MONTH!!! That's right, for the entire month of March I take a back seat so that a handful of our students can get up and try their hand at teaching. This week, Joschua McCurley took the stand! So have a listen, and enjoy :)

This question was actually a two-parter that I changed into a four-parter. The original two questions were, "Why was the Bible written?" and "Why do Catholics have a different Bible?" But I added two more questions: What is the Bible? And how was it created? Yes, we crammed a seminary level course into 30 minutes. Why? Because not many people know how we got the Bible that we have!!! I remember wh...

If you are a protestant, you may have some opinions on the Catholic church. After all, we did break away from them in the 1500's. There had to be a reason (or two) right? And the truth is, you'd be right! We DID break away from the Catholic church! But why? And are the reasons why we broke away from the Catholic church dangerous? Is the salvation of all Catholics jeopardized because of their belie...

Sometimes, we read stories of God doing something in the Bible, we can't help but feel like His methods were a little severe for the outcome that was desired. The flooding of the earth. The conquest of Canaan. Even Jesus' crucifixion! Sometimes, it feels like God does something intense or even crazy, for an outcome that doesn't seem to match the method(s). If you've ever experienced this, then thi...

In our current cultural moment, the word "justice" is thrown around a lot. ESPECIALLY in Christian circles. If you've ever been on Christian TikTok or Instagram reels, you'll most likely find people debating about how to best pursue "justice", if they believe "justice" is to be pursued AT ALL! It can be very confusing, as is evidenced by the fact that this question was asked for our "Got Questions...

I am very excited about all of our questions, but this one holds a special place in my heart because, for many of my teenage years, I was VERY concerned that I had committed blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. Lo and behold, it's a question MANY Christians have struggled with! As evidenced by it's submission into our "Got Questions??" series. So, what is blasphemy, and why is blasphemy of the Holy Spiri...

We are starting a new series for the Spring of 2026, and it's a little new to us! Usually, we walk through books of the Bible. However, this spring we wanted to try something different. We asked the youth to submit questions that they'd like to have answered on a Wednesday night, and boy did they deliver! So now, instead of doing a book, we are going to be answering 13 questions that the youth hav...

Jude has been making the same point with different nuances for the past few weeks: God will judge ungodly teachers. This week is no different, as he makes a reference to the Book of Enoch. Just like with his other references, he adds nuance to this one as well. He says that one of the things that ungodly teachers will do is "grumble and complain". Which begs the question: what does it ACTUALLY mea...

LISTENER DISCRETION IS ADVISED!!!! Join us for our second episode in our series that we're calling "A Moment for the Martyrs", where we take the time to talk about various martyrs throughout Christian history. For October, we are telling the story of Perpetua, a woman of noble descent who had been imprisoned, and subsequently executed, in the city of Carthage in 203 AD, all because she had given h...

Have you ever seen one of those pictures on the internet of an animal that is perfectly blending into their environment? God is super awesome to design animals to be able to camouflage so well that they are basically invisible to the human eye. The problem is, what if that animal is dangerous? Often times, you don't know it until it's too late... That's what Jude's getting at in today's passage. W...

This week one of our leaders, Alison Hurley, taught on Jude 5-7! This is the first chunk of a pattern in Jude where he tends to rely on Old Testament references to make a point. The question is, what is the point that Jude's trying to make? Tell ya what, I'll let Alison walk you through it ;) We're glad you're here! Let's get into it...

What do you agonize over? Perhaps you don't like thinking about that because, for most of us in 2025, we don't like the word "agony". But I fully believe that "agonizing" over something doesn't HAVE to be a bad thing. We can agonize over good things as well! That's what Jude is telling us in our passage today. There is something that all Christians all over the world are called to agonize over, an...

WARNING: LISTENER DISCRETION IS ADVISED! We are beginning our bonus series through the 2025/2026 school year: A Moment for the Martyrs! Once (or sometimes maybe twice) a month we will be telling the story of a different martyr in Christian history. If you don't know what a martyr is, it is someone who has lost their life because of their testimony about Jesus. But something we'll do that's a littl...

Did you know that, when you meet a new person, they formulate an impression of you within the first 5 seconds? That's not a lot of time to communicate information! The Biblical authors know this. That's why it is so important to study how the authors of the letters of the New Testament introduce themselves! Jude is no different. In our second episode in our Jude series, we tackle the first two ver...

We're back at it again with a series through the letter of Jude! Did you even know that there is a book in the Bible entitled "Jude"? I wouldn't blame you if you didn't. It's only 25 verses long, and not many people talk about it! But Jude is a really intriguing "book" (it's actually a "letter!). It is only 25 verses long, yet it's absolutely stuffed to the brim with Old Testament references. It a...

Alas, we have reached the final set of "7's" in Revelation: the 7 bowls of God's wrath! We've been operating under the idea that each set of 7 (7 seals, 7 trumpets, 7 signs, and 7 bowls) are all talking about the same period of time from different perspectives. Last night, our pastoral intern Braden Shannon walked us through the 7 bowls of God's wrath. It's a heavier section of Revelation, but tha...

If someone were to ask me, "what is the MOST debated part of the book of Revelation?", I would be very tempted to say Revelation 12-14. Why Revelation 12-14? Because it is here that we see dragons, sea-beasts, earth-beasts, pregnant women clothed with celestial bodies, and probably the MOST debated part of all: the dreaded Mark of the Beast. In this episode of our Revelation series, we are tacklin...

There are parts of Revelation that are pretty straightforward. There are other parts that are hotly debated. Our passage for this week is one of the latter! At youth group last week, we tackled what is colloquially called "The Two Witnesses". They are given authority to breathe fire from their mouths to consume their foes, as well as shut up the sky and turn water into blood. Many people believe t...

From April 11 to April 13 we took the youth of Mission Hill on a retreat! The theme for the weekend was "Beyond the Surface", where we took a look at the power of testimonies. This episode comes from our first session, where I taught on the subject, "What is a testimony?" So have a listen! We're glad you're here, let's get into it :)

From April 11 to April 13 we took the youth of Mission Hill on a retreat! The theme for the weekend was "Beyond the Surface", where we took a look at the power of testimonies. This episode comes from our third session lead by our very own Debbie Young, where she taught on the subject, "How do we share our testimonies?" So have a listen! We're glad you're here, let's get into it :)

From April 11 to April 13 we took the youth of Mission Hill on a retreat! The theme for the weekend was "Beyond the Surface", where we took a look at the power of testimonies. This episode comes from our second session led by our very own Rachel Bricker, where she taught on the subject, "Why are testimonies important?" So have a listen! We're glad you're here, let's get into it :)