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Often our secrets keep us from Jesus; but our secrets don’t keep Jesus from us.

John, chapter 4.

Jesus is creator; are you willing to allow Him to change your life from what is to what could be?

Everyone wants to be respected; the key is to give it to everyone.

Purity pleases God. Jesus is Pure. Be like Jesus. Ephesians 5:1-20.

Dishonesty is an illusion of self-protection; honesty actually guards your soul.

Responsibility is more than something you take; it's a lifestyle that develops into strong character.

Envy says that you deserve what others have; God says to celebrate others.

How much can you really know a person? We can't know what's going on in their mind or heart. What if parts of our heart leaked out whether we want it to or not? If you could rip open your chest and reveal your heart…and I don’t mean your physical heart organ…but if your heart and soul was revealed for all to see, what would we see? Would it be virtually the same way you live? Or, would it be like two different people? Our true character, our hearts leak out, bit by bit through things like: our words, laziness, anger and envy. Patrick Garcia speaks about the dangers of laziness.

How much can you really know a person? We can't know what's going on in their mind or heart. What if parts of our heart leaked out whether we want it to or not? If you could rip open your chest and reveal your heart…and I don’t mean your physical heart organ…but if your heart and soul was revealed for all to see, what would we see? Would it be virtually the same way you live? Or, would it be like two different people?

Our true character, our hearts leak out, bit by bit through things like: our words, laziness, anger and envy.

Part 1 :: Our words are powerful. They can build people up and reveal a heart for Christ or they can tear people down and reveal our insecurities.

Obedience is the pathway to knowing God

Let God in and let God out

It’s simple really. Romans 12 is about submitting to God – offering your body – in view of, or because of what Christ did on the cross for you, you submit and give yourself to God. He changest he way you look at life, the way you think. Romans 12 is about submitting to God. Romans 13 is about submitting to human authority.

"Learning to submit to authority reflects a life submitted to Christ."

All summer we’ve been in the bible book of Romans. The first part we called “Unashamed.” Paul said in Romans 1:16, "I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes."

And if you are a follower of Jesus Christ and unashamed of the good news – we believe that if you live out the teachings of these last few chapters (12-15), your life will look unique, weird, a little freaky to those watching. It’ll be a freak show. But not in the way where people come to watch in a “gross me out, show me something freaky” kind of way. But people will see something in your life that is freaky, but genuine and real. A life at peace and full of love and kindness and obedience to Christ.

Romans 12 - What you believe determines how you behave: offer your body, change your mind, join the freak show.

Our summer intern, Tim Williams preaches for both of our High School services on Romans chapter 5.

Sin separates, faith connects...but there's got to be someone in the middle to make it happen.

We're going through the book of Romans for the summer. The first 5 weeks is Volume 1: "Unashamed". This is Romans chapter 2.

The book of Romans is the 6th book of the NT. Paul, who used to be a Jewish Religious Leader (a Pharisee) and had Christians killed – became a follower of Jesus (Acts 9) and became the greatest missionary preacher of all time, and he wrote ½ of the NT. Paul wrote this letter to Christians in Rome about 30 years after Jesus was crucified. Romans is considered the greatest description of the gospel ever! And what God has given us in this bible letter, is the truth about our sin-dilemma and the good news of Jesus’ rescue! God, People, Savior, Choice. Romans 1-3:20 deal with the first two head on.

Romans 1:16-17, NLT is the heart and theme of the entire book...

Shepherd Middle School Pastor, Chris Nicely, speaks to our High School Ministry about the most powerful person in our lives...our earthly father. Whether present, distant or completely not available to us, he shapes so much of who we are. Chris looks at the story of the Prodigal son from an entirely different perspective than usual.

Prayer should be like breathing. 1 Thessalonians 5:17 says to "pray continually." But just like with breathing…you can’t exhale without first inhaling. We’ll never really know what to say to God and we’ll never truly understand how prayer can stain every area of our life without first breathing in.

Inhale ... Exhale

"Heaven is not heaven without God's presence"

The fact of hell should point us to the object of heaven. This sermon is a look at what the bible says for sure about hell. There is also a time of Q&A at the end and we've put a section on our website to attempt some answers to questions we couldn't get to. Go to www.hsministry.org/pages/hell.

Ideas, opinions and interpretations abound concerning the Return of Jesus Christ...but what can we know FOR SURE from God's Word about His Second Coming?

Nate Milnik (VINE College Ministry Staff) preaches about why Jesus taught through stories and breaks down the story of the prodigal son in Luke 15.

Have you ever felt like everything hung on one important decision? Have you ever been caught up in a moment when you weren’t exactly sure how things were going to turn out?

In Luke chapter 7, a woman with a broken and sinful past, interrupts a respectable party, falls a Jesus’ feet, does something “foolish” and hangs by that moment, unsure how things would turn out.

A look at Demon-Possessed-Graveyard-Freaks and Dead Girls :: A Day in the Life of Jesus in Luke chapter 8.

Phil Allen, Director of HSM Discipleship, preaches on Jesus as teacher.

"Everything” – that is what Jesus Christ is. Everything is what He asks for. Everything is caught in the balance. Everything begins now. Jesus, the carpenter from Nazareth who lived 2000 years ago, claimed to be the One and Only Son of God as well as the One and Only Way to know God and go to heaven after we die. The bible claims (Colossians 1:16-17) that He created the world and everything in it and that he holds everything together. Everything. For the next few weeks, we are going to be zooming in on the bible book of Luke. Today is from Luke 5:1-11, 27-32 and 19:1-8.

This is a special – 5 minute podcast concerning a couple of the issues we talked about during our sex series these last 7 weeks. I’ve heard some feedback that there were more than a few student upset with some things said a couple weeks ago, during the “how far is too far” sermon. Honestly, that’s exciting for me to hear. Not because I like it when people are upset with me but because it means that (A) you were paying attention and (B) that it hit a nerve.

This weekend was so powerful for our ministry. Looking at John 8 and the woman caught in adultery, we went in and out of the sermon and worship time.

Ever wonder what the "line" is? Actually, have you ever asked the question, "What is sex?" You might be suprised...

It's a hot topic and there is much debate and much confusion within the Christian community. What does the bible really say? And what is the responsibility of Jesus-followers concerning this subject?

Phil Allen, director of discipleship, brings a message about dating...

Part 3 of our series on what God has to say about sex...

Part two of our series attempts to debunk the myth that sex outside of God's plan can be safe.

This generation has more access to information about sex than any before it. But information + experience does NOT equal understanding. Just because you know stuff about sex … even if you’ve messed around a little or a lot … this doesn’t mean you understand?

So, sex-wise – where does your information come from? What’s your plan for experience? Sex-wise – how will you answer the difficult questions about sex in your life? God has plenty to say about sex...

The Cross is the Signature of Jesus's life and call on ours. It's what He uses to tatoo and stain our hearts; infected with the love of God! Jesus is the centerpiece of Scripture and His cross is the spotlight. Jesus calls us to follow Him in the way of His cross.

The Cross is the Signature of Jesus's life and call on ours. It's what He uses to tatoo and stain our hearts; infected with the love of God!

Part two is an attempt to answer, "What did God accomplish through Jesus' death on the cross?"

*There's a VIDEO from BluefishTV at the end of this episode that you do not want to miss, entitled "That's My King!"

Between the time Jesus was nailed to the cross and the moment He died, six hours had past and He spoke seven times. The dying last words of Christ are important because of who Jesus was. It is with the torture of Jesus and His mutilated figure splattered across our mind's eye that we now come to the cross, not to see His agony, but to hear his words...

In this sermon, I (Dusty) only shared about half of what I prepared. So, there will be a part 2 for this podcast to cover some other ground, if you'd like to go deeper.

Pastor Rick Kyle

"Forget what you think you know and just think about it..." Shepherd's Middle School Pastor, Chris Nicely, kicks off "THINK" a series all about the tough questions in the Christian faith.

5 weeks, one chapter of the bible (Romans 8) ... all about the furious love of Jesus Christ. Part 5, the final in the series is all about the infinate love of Jesus Christ and our role in His love.

5 weeks, one chapter of the bible (Romans 8) ... all about the furious love of Jesus Christ. Part 3 is about how to press on when life gets hard.

In this series about the furious love of Jesus Christ, we are taking 5 weeks to go verse by verse through Romans, chapter 8. Part 2 is all about misconceptions we often have of God based on our relationship (or lack of) with our earthly father. Romans 8:12-17 paints a very different picture than many of us have in our minds of God as Father.

In this series about the furious love of Jesus Christ, we are taking 5 weeks to go verse by verse through Romans, chapter 8. Part 1 is all about hope in the midst of shame and guilt.

Temptation is an opportunity to get a good thing in a bad way—to avoid the fall, ask the right questions...

All about sexual temptation

All about temptation

Family is one of (if not THE) greatest thing that influences our lives. Family isn’t easy, but it’s worth fighting for.

Part 2 is about dealing with divorce. This is not a comfortable or easy topic to deal with (OR PREACH), but God's Word has much to teach us.

We used a fun video toward the beginning of this message, you can watch that video at www.hsministry.org/pages/videos.

Family is one of (if not THE) greatest thing that influences our lives. Family isn’t easy, but it’s worth fighting for.

Part 1 is all about the truth that you can’t change people and circumstances, but you can change your attitude, which often changes people and circumstances.

Dusty Frizzell is the High School Pastor at Shepherd of the Hills Church in Porter Ranch, California.