The Mission Hill Youth Podcast

How to trust God in a period of silence.

Tonight Kyle started off the next letter of our EMPTY series: T, for "Teaching". Jesus has died, resurrected, ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of God. He's given the Holy Spirit to His disciples and empowered them to take the Gospel to Jerusalem, Judea/Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. They've planted churches and started communities all over the place. But what is a fled...

In tonight's episode, we see walk through the rest of Acts, and we see how the Holy Spirit moves the disciples, specifically Paul, out to the ends of the earth to preach to the Gentiles. We talk about the Jerusalem Council, God's upside down Kingdom, and Paul's imprisonment, which sets us up for the next letter of EMPTY. Stay tuned for the next episode to know what that letter is...

We are on to our next letter: P! Which stands for "Pentecost". Tonight we shot through Acts 1-12, where we saw Jesus tell his disciples that they will be His witnesses "to Jerusalem, Judea/Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." Lucky for us, Acts 1-12 covers Jerusalem and Judea/Samaria! Join us as we shoot through these 12 chapters and see how Jesus takes the church from the city of Jerusalem out...

If you're like me, you may rejoice that Jesus was raised from the dead... but you may not know why it's a big deal? Like, coming back from the dead is a BIG deal... but why? Didn't His death accomplish reconciliation? Why did He need to come back from the dead? If you've ever had any of these questions, welcome! We're glad you're here!

You know it, you love it, you might be... kinda confused by it. What's the big deal with Jesus riding into Jerusalem on the donkey? What was He trying to say? How does it relate to what happens at the last supper? If you've ever had any of these questions, welcome! We are glad you are here!

Last week Pastor Peter shared with us how to interpret parables! This week, we spent the entire night talking about a single parable: the parable of the lost sheep. On the surface, it's a good parable that highlights the love of the shepherd for the sheep. But in reality, this parable is so much deeper. In just a few details we learn that the shepherd deeply, sacrificially, and relentlessly loves...

Tonight we had a guest speaker, an alumnus of Mission Hill Youth, Dominick Ban. How can we make sense of what happened on the cross? Is it possible for God to be loving and just at the same time? Was Christ’s sacrifice on the cross cosmic child abuse? Or is there something else going on? If you’ve ever asked any of these questions, or even if you’re just curious, welcome! Have a listen! We’re glad...

Part of what Jesus did during His earthly ministry was perform miracles! The question is, why? Why did he do them? Maybe you've never considered that? Was there a purpose behind His miracles? If so, what was it? Do miracles still happen today? If so, why don't we see them play out in our own lives? If you've ever asked any of these questions, welcome! We're glad you're here!

In the past few weeks, I have been asked at least four times, whether directly or indirectly, "Is there any proof of Christianity?" It's a good question, and the answer is, absolutely! Tonight we walked through the most compelling piece of evidence that proves Christianity to be true: The Resurrection of Jesus. Paul says in 1 Corinthians 15 that if Jesus was not raised from the dead, our preaching...

What is the point of the sermon on the mount? It feels like a really long list of "to do's", but is there something deeper going on here? That's a great question! Why don't you listen and find out! One of our pastoral residents, a gentleman and scholar by the name of Kyle Jacobs, taught tonight! So take a listen, and welcome! We are glad you are here!

What was the purpose of Jesus' baptism and temptation? What even is baptism about? Tonight, one of Mission Hill's pastoral residents, a most excellent man by the name of Michael Jacobs, dropped in to drop some knowledge about these two VERY important passages in the Gospels. Welcome! We're glad you're here!

We all know it, we all love, and we all go over it every year in December: the Nativity Story! But was Luke and Matthew trying to tell us THROUGH the Nativity story? Many things, and tonight we tackled one thing: that Jesus is everything! Seriously, He is, He is the culmination of all God was doing since the beginning of time, He is the fulfillment of all the hopes and promises of Israel, and He i...

We have come to our next letter of our EMPTY series, which is "M" for Messiah! Tonight we focused entirely on the Gospels as a genre. Believe it or not, genres play a really big role when it comes to knowing and understanding the medium you are engaging. The genre of "Gospel" is no exception! So we spent the entire night discussing what the genre of Gospel entails, specifically "why were they writ...

Three weeks ago we walked through the first part of expectations, which was the historical expectations. God showed the Israelites what would happen in history leading up to the Messiah's arrival. This week we did part 2, where we talked about what would happen when the Messiah arrived. In other words: historical expectations are about what will happen leading up to the Messiah, the kingdom expect...

Tonight we discussed our next letter in our CASKET series, which was "E" for "Exile". Right around BC 586 Judah was conquered by Babylon because they broke the covenant and didn't listen to God's prophets. In judgment, God booted them from Israel and into Babylon. The key questions, then, would be, "Where is God?" and "What about us?" It's these questions we tackle tonight, so join us, we're glad...

Podcast episode description:¿¿Welcome to our first episode in our casket series! In this episode we talk about the first half of creation! Genesis 1 and 2 are fascinating chapters, and in modern Christianity we tend to look at those chapters and have debates about how long it took God to create the universe, but the truth is that the question of HOW LONG is not the point of the chapters. In realit...

In this episode, Brenton Clark, Erin Burkholder, Christa Luckenbach, and Joel Black address the problems of evil, abortion, LGBT issues, and tattoos, respectively.

Let me ask you a question: why do you love Jesus? What made you choose to follow Him? Be honest with yourself. Was the promise of an eternal reward what sealed the deal? Maybe it was a promise of health and wealth? Or was it because who Jesus is, what He's about, and the idea of having a relationship with Him was so irresistible that you couldn't help but give your life to Him and jump on board wi...

APOLOGETICS NIGHT!!! Have you ever had someone ask you a question about your faith that was meant to trip you up? Have you ever had a "young" Christian ask you a question because something in scripture was difficult for them to reconcile? Have YOU had any questions about the Christian faith? Tonight was your night! We took some time to address 4 questions that are commonly asked of Christians and...

Last week we talked about what the Bible has to say about Spiritual Warfare. This week, recapped it and applied it to our lives. In this episode we walked through 1 Thessalonians 2: 17-20, and we saw in this short passage two incredible principles: that spirits in rebellion fight the most when the kingdom of God is on the move, and that spirits in rebellion attack in subtle, mundane ways to oppose...

What does scripture say about Spiritual Warfare? Many of us throw the terms around, but if you're like me, you never had a really full understanding of it. Tonight, at Mission Hill Youth, we simply gave what the Bible has to say about the topic: that God created a diverse population of spiritual beings, He created them to rule with Him in the heavenly places, but some rebelled, and God has judged...

What is the Gospel? We use that word all the time, but what exactly is it? Tonight, we let Jesus tell us in his own words. In Mark 1: 14-15 Jesus says, "the time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent and believe the Gospel". According to Jesus, the "gospel", the "good news" is that the kingdom of God has come. We spent the night talking about what exactly Jesus means by "the king...

Jonah is a rebellious prophet who runs from God when God invites him into His mission: to go to the city of Nineveh and preach against them. In chapters 3 and 4 we see the real reason why Jonah ran, how God addresses this, and how this applies to us today.

This lesson dives deep into Hosea 4-14, in it we will look at Isreals interactions with god, and what true repentance should look like.