Talks from Hooked (7th-12th Grade)

According to Jesus, it's the second most important commandment that God ever gave: Love your neighbor as yourself. But what does this actually look like? What does it mean to truly "love" your neighbor? How do you "love" someone that you cannot even stant to be around? Come unpack this with us and learn an important truth. You see, society always talks about love as something we feel. They call it an emotion and a feeling. But God defines love as something very different. In God's definition, love isn't something we feel. Luv is a, luv is a, luv is a VERB...

Have you ever noticed how often people are confused about what really happened at Easter? When you say the word "Easter", most people immediately think of bunny rabbits and eggs. But Easter is about so much more than a candy-bringing bunny rabbit. It's about the greatest gift of love that this world has ever seen. Here's the ironic part, though. Even 2000 years ago, there was a lot of confusion about what was happening with Jesus. Join us as we explore Easter through the eyes and stories of people just like us, those confused and trying to make sense of life around them.

Most people think that worship is something you do only at Church and that the only way to worship is by singing songs. But Jesus revealed much more about worship than just music. Jesus and his disciples paint an amazing picture of what true worship should be about. At warehouse:180, we want to be about living lives of worship. We don't contain worship to Sunday mornings; it's something we live out with every breath that we take.

At warehouse:180 and Foothills Community Church, we believe strongly that everyone in the church should clearly know and understand our three core values: community, mentoring, and mission. That's why we set apart so much time out of the year to focus just on those three values. We believe that by staying focused on our core values, we will ultimately be better at everything else that we do.

While everyone has heard of grace, not many people can actually explain what it is. We often blend grace together with other terms like mercy, love, and forgiveness. While these are all a part of grace, it encompasses so much more. In this four part series, we look at how we should respond to the grace we have received through Jesus Christ.

In all the history of the world, there has never been a message like the one presented by Jesus in his Sermon on the Mount. We'll look at various parts of that amazing sermon and see how they apply to our lives today.

Epic movies with good-looking heroes not withstanding, it would be foolish to go into battle against enemies with swords and arrows without protection. Rather, soldiers wear battle armor to protect themselves from the enemy's attack. Here's the question: if we wouldn't go into a physical battle without the proper armor, why would be ever go into a spiritual warzone without putting on the proper equipment. The arrows and swords may not be physical, but their destruction is no less severe. Put on the full armor of God and be equipped for whatever comes your way.

James was the half-brother of Jesus and was a major player in the early Jerusalem church. In just a few chapters, James gives an incredible amount of advice for how to live life a better way.