Temple Students

In the third message of our summer sermon series called "You Choose" Darryl Vang helps us to see the God's solution to temptation in our lives. We can overcome by trusting and relying on God. We do this in community, in the way that we read and memorize scripture, and as we fill our minds with godly things.

In this message Alex talks through some of the common struggles and setbacks we face as we try to spend time with the Lord. He also gives some of God's solutions to the problems that we may face. He ends by giving some resources for how to have your own personal time with the Lord.

In the first message of our summer sermon series "You Choose," Alex gives a list of 13 ways to ready the Bible so that it is easier to understand. This summer we will be covering lots of practical issues that come up for disciples as they live their lives. The goal is to equip you to live for Jesus through all of life's circumstances.

In the final message of our Abide series, we take everything we have covered over the past 7 weeks and show how it all goes together. We cover what it means to abide, what the 4 rhythms are, an how they help us think about our lives as disciples.

This week, we come to the final rhythm of life in our Abide series; Be on mission. In this message, Alex will explain from 1 Peter 2:9-12 how we can live with a purpose this summer. Our "words" and our "walk" are a "witness" to the God we know and love.

Ben Brannon is back to bring us a message on the value of encouraging and bearing one another's burdens. He does this as we continue to learn what it means to Abide in Jesus. If abiding is the way that we grow as disciples, then the 4 main ideas of our Abide series teach us how to do that: Be, Belong, Be in Community, and Be on Mission.

This week, Paul Anthony, continues our Abide series by teaching about being in community. He tells us that there are three important tools that God uses to grow us as we alongside other disciples: accountability, correction, and confession.

In this message we learn about spiritual gifts. What are they, how do we get them, ad how do we figure out what ours are if we don't already know? This is the fourth message in the Abide series.

In this message, Alex explains how all disciples have a part in the Body of Christ. No one is unimportant and each of us have a role to play. This is the third message in the Abide series.

As we continue our Abide series, we come again to the. topic of understanding our identity in Christ. Last week we covered what it means that Disciples are justified and new creations. This week we will learn that we are redeemed and adopted.

This year is all about learning what it means to live as a disciple, so from now until the summer time we will be in a series called "Abide." The purpose of this series is to help us to understand the rhythms we should be practicing so that we grow as disciples.

In the final message in our 3 3's of discipleship series, Alex takes us through the story of Zacchaeus to learn from Jesus how we can join in His mission to reach the lost.

Spending time with God's people is a key part of the lifestyle of a disciple. This is the topic that Alex teaches on today in our eighth message in our series on the 3 3's of discipleship. You were never meant to live the Christian life alone, God designed it to be done in community.

In the final message from our March Serve Month, Alex teaches from Philippians 3 to show how Jesus is worth following as a disciple. Paul writes in Philippians 3 how knowing Jesus is far more valuable than anything that we could ever get from the world.

In our fourth message from our March Serve Month, Jess will teach from Luke 9 about the cost of being a disciple. She shows how if we want to follow Jesus, He asks that we don't put it off, but we do it today. Sometimes we are scared that we will miss out on things of this world if we follow Jesus, but in this message you will learn that Jesus is better.

This is our 7th week of our series learning about what a disciple of Jesus is, how they think, and how they live. The focus of this message is the first of the three marks of the lifestyle of a disciple. Alex will use the example of Moses and the example of Jesus to teach that disciples spend time with God.

Saying that we know, love, and trust God means nothing without us living it out. Our words say something, but our actions are the evidence that our words are true. In the message we will put the finishing touches the mindset of a disciple. The final piece of the puzzle is obedience. Join us as Alex brings a message that will help you think about what it means to obey God.

In this message we will learn something else about the cost of being a disciple, that it requires self denial. Alex teaches from Luke 9 in the third message during March Serve Month.

In the next message in our 3 3's series we look at what it means to trust God. This is one of the 4 key parts of a disciples mindset and in this message, Alex breaks down what it means to practically trust God in all aspects of or lives.

In the second message from March Serve Month we look at the story of the rich young man to learn about the danger of having idols in our lives. Join us as we see that Jesus is worth counting the cost and following Him as a disciple. 

This message is from our March Serve Month. During this month we will be talking about the cost of being a disciple of Jesus. We will look at the ministry of Jesus and learn from His own words that being a disciple comes at a price, but that the price is worth it. Join us as Alex opens up the month with our first message.

In this next message Alex talks about the foundation of how disciples think; they know and love God. This knowledge is not just knowing facts about God, but knowing Him relationally. Join us for the first of three messages on the topic of a disciples mindset.

In this message, Alex will finish answering the question "what is a disciple" by showing us that they join Jesus on His mission. You will learn what Jesus came to do, how He did it, and what part we have to play in all of it. 

In the second message in our 2026 series on learning to live as a disciple of Jesus, Alex gives the second answer to the question, what is a disciple? Listen in as we example what change and transformation looks like in the life of the believer.

Welcome to the first message in new 2026 teaching series where we will be focusing on learning to live as a disciple. In this message Alex starts by asking the question: What is a Disciple and giving the first of three answers: They Follow Jesus. Join us as we learn what it means to follow Jesus and see some examples of what that looks like.

Due to a snowstorm this weekend, we are recording this message ahead of time and setting it to upload on Sunday morning. In this message Alex will finish out the 4-week recap of our 2 year teaching series through the entire Bible. We will be answering the question: What is our hope?

In the third week of our recap series we take a closer look at the main character of the whole story: Jesus. This is who god had promised to send all the way back in Genesis 3:15. In this message you will hear about Jesus' perfect life, His saving death, and His powerful resurrection and how these apply to us. 

This week is the second in our 4 week recap of our teaching series from the past two years. Listen in as Alex teaches on the Promise of the Gospel. Together we will look at God's promise in Genesis 3:15 and then follow that promise as it unravels throughout the rest of the Old Testament. In the message we will learn how God is a loving Father who always keeps His promises.

As we start the new year, Nick Lewis walks us through the need for the gospel as we recap the last 2 years of our OT and NT sermon series. We look back to the creation of the world, seeing how God made all things good and made man for relationship with Him. Everything was perfect until man sinned and everything around us was tainted by the affect of evil. This shows our desperation and need for a savior in Jesus Christ. 

What is the end of all things that the beginning of eternity? Well, in the grand finale of our 2 year teaching series through the entire Bible Alex teaches about what to expect when everything as we know it is remade. The new creation will be a place where God will live with His people forever, like He has always wanted. Join us as we put a bow on our teaching through the New Testament. 

In this next message, Alex continues to teach through Revelation by looking into the throne room of God. John gives us a glorious description of the glory of the Father an the worth of Jesus in these verses. Join us to learn what God has for us.

As we come to the end of our New Testament series, we look to the book of Revelation to see what we can learn from the vision that John gets from Jesus. In this message, Alex leads a guided teaching and lets small group teach each other about the seven churches that John writes to in chapters 2 and 3. This is a different message than normal, but if you pay attention there are plenty of things to learn about the life God wants us to live.

In the final message from our 2025 Fall Retreat, we ask the question: what now? What do we do now that we are leaving camp. All of us have experienced leaving a camp or retreat and getting home only to be discouraged because we lost that feeling we had at camp. God desires a daily relationship with us, and we can have that at camp and also when we are home. In this message, Alex teaches from Hebrews 12 about how we can run the race that God has set before us with endurance.

In the third message from our 2025 Fall Retreat, Nick teaches us about how Jesus is our perfect sacrifice. He also helps us understand what that means for our everyday lives. Join us as we continue studying through Hebrews, learning that Jesus is Better.

In the second message from our 2025 Fall Retreat, Jess covers Hebrews 4:14-16 and tells us what it means that Jesus is our Great High Priest.

This is the first of four messages from our 2025 Fall Retreat. The theme for the retreat is "Jesus is Better". We will be focusing on how Jesus is better than all the other things in this world that compete for our love and attention. In this first message, Alex starts us off by telling us that Jesus is our God and king. This means that He deserves our obedience and love.

Where do we get the power to live for God? This is the crucial question that will be answered in this message from the book of 2 Peter. Listen in as we continue our series teaching through the New Testament.

In this message, Alex will walk through a passage in 1 Peter to show how our identity in Christ shapes our lifestyle and that lifestyle can have an influence on those around us.

In the sermon this week, we will learn about how God trains Christians to live for Him, through His grace. Paul shows us that grace trains us. to live a certain way, it gives us hope for a future with God, and it makes us new people.

As Christians, we are new creations. The old is gone and the new has come. In this message, Alex will teach from Colossians 3 and show us that this change in our lives should change the way that we live. New creations live in a new way.