Surge Student Ministries
by SurgeStudentMinistries
This podcast is dedicated to the students and families of Apostolic Truth Church in Appleton, WI. We hope to give you some insight into the teaching that is happening on a weekly basis, as well as provide key insight into current student/culture trends.
Episodes
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Being Young - Faith Over Fear (Jeremiah 1:4-8)
In this episode, we encourage young people to overcome the feelings of fear that can prevent them from taking risks for God. Ultimately what you believe is what you fear. If you believe God more than anything else in this world then nothing can stop his purpose from being fulfilled in your life...
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Seeing Friendship Through The Bible
Student/Parent Service - In scripture, Christ gives us a perfect example of real selfless friendship. In this episode we will unpack what it really means to be a friend, who to treat as a friend and how to deal with the difficulty of not having any friends. Ultimately, our friendships were meant…
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Being Young - Not The Exception (Jeremiah 1:5)
This episode is intended to equip young people with a passion to glorify God by pursuing his purpose for their life starting now. Like the prophet Jeremiah, your age is not the exception it’s the expectation. God wants to use you to do great things for his kingdom now.
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Thoughts - Chris Thompson
In this episode, we answer some key questions regarding our thought life and how knowing God results in our freedom. Even in the areas of life that no one can see.
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Rest - Chris Thompson (Matt 11:28-30)
In this episode we learn how to rest in a biblical way and recognize the nearness of God.
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The Summer Struggle - Chris Thompson
In this episode, you will be challenged to be diligent in your connection with God and fight against the attitude of laziness that can so easily beset us during the summer months.
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A Tale Of Two Seeds - Colton Schipper
In this episode, Colton Schipper teaches us about the theme of the serpent throughout scripture and its profound implications of how we relate to the brothers.
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A Relationship with God - Part 2
Pastor Chris continues our discussion on what it looks like to have a relationship with God.
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Loving God and Loving Others
Pastor Chris teaches us how our relationship with God should impact our relationship with those around us.
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A Relationship with God
Pastor Chris has begun a journey with us, we are going to be covering the topic of relationships. First and foremost, we spend time discussing our relationship with God.
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The Lord is my Provider - Matthew 6:11
Pastor Chris teaches us about having the Lord as our provider.
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Our Father - Matthew 6:9
In the midst of our series on prayer, Pastor Chris unpacks the depths of why we might say, "Our Father" when praying and ultimately answering the question, Who are we praying to?
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How NOT to Pray
"Pastor Chris Thompson begins a series going the basics of prayer. In this episode we learn the "don'ts" of prayer. Come join us, plop on the couch, grab your food, cause you're in for a treat." - Nathaniel Stelzner
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James 5:7-20
Pastor Chris closes out his series on James with one final thought and summary of what we learned.
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The Fruit Of Your Suffering
In this message Hunter Kahl teaches on suffering; he covers what you might face, how to get through it and what will come after.
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A Warning to the Proud - James 4:11-5:6
Pastor Chris teaches us on seeing ourselves and treating others in light of who God is.
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The Battle Against Worldliness - James 4:1-10
Pastor Chris teaches on our sinful nature, worldly desires and passions, calling us to a place of repentance, to turn away from unfruitful lifestyles and allow Christ to change our hearts.
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Wisdom & Meekness
In our book study on James, Pastor Chris takes this episode to discuss meekness, and how its teaching applies to our daily lives.
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Act Your Age
Pastor Chris teaches on spiritual maturity, and calls us to a higher level for this next week at NAYC.
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To Tame Your Tongue - James 3:1-12
Pastor Chris teaches on the importance of our words, asking us the question, "Who's in control of your life?"
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Faith and Works
Pastor Chris takes this time to introduce our upcoming 6th graders. He summarizes what we have been learning about for the last 2 weeks.
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Faith vs Works - James 2:20-26
Pastor Chris continues teaching on the message of salvation, this time we are discussing the topic of works.
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Real or Fake - James 2:14-19
Pastor Chris begins a teaching on salvation and asks us to examine our faith, is it a real faith?
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Without Partiality - James 2:1-13
Pastor Chris teaches on partiality answering the question, what is it and how should we as Christians respond to this concept?
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Actions over Words - James 1:21-27
Pastor Chris teaches us on the importance of not just hearing the scriptures, but more importantly obeying them.
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Don't Believe The Lie - James 1:12-20
While teaching through the book of James, Pastor Chris covers the subject of temptation and reaches for us to apply this message to our daily lives.
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Count it all Joy - James 1:2-12
Pastor Chris continues our study in the book of James, he challenges us to change our attitudes during our seasons of testings.
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From Skeptic to Servant - James 1:1
Pastor Chris is beginning a series on the book of James, on our first lesson we dive deep into the character of James. Understanding who the author is will help us to grasp and understand what he has written to the churches.
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The History of the Bible
Pastor Chris spends time informing us of the history of our Bible. Equipping us to answer questions like, "Why do you believe the Bible to be true?", "How did the Bible get here, wasn't it written by man?" or "How do you know which books belong in the scripture?"
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But I have prayed for you
Colton Schipper teaches on the power of intercession, and calls us all to be in prayer for one another.
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The Origin Of Offense - Part 1
This week Pastor Chris starts off a new sermon series titles, 'The Origin Of Offense'. Tune in to see how a Biblical look on offense might differ from what is natural.
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Approval Addiction
Chris and Mariah Thompson provide a precise and practical teaching on our desire/need to always have the approval of others.
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The Lord is my Shepherd - Part 4
The finally of our 4 part series, pulling together every lesson and challenging us all to answer the call to repentance.
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The Lord is my Shepherd - Part 3
In the third part of our series, Pastor Thompson takes it a step further and challenges us to not simply be sheep, but become disciples makers and shepherd our personal circle of influence.
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The Lord is my Shepherd - Part 2
Continuing on from last weeks message, Pastor Thompson puts before us the second part of Psalm 23:1, "Can you truly say, I shall not want?"
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The Lord is my Shepherd - Part 1
As the new year begins Chris Thompson starts a series that is designed to challenge the students with this foundational question, "Can you truly say the Lord is your shepherd?"
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Counter Culture 1
In the first lesson of this series, we talk about how to engage in fighting with the enemy (spoiler alert: carnal armor doesn't work!). Guess what?! We use spiritual armor (the armor of God!)
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Let's Fight #2
In this episode, Seth talks about how to throw some punches at the enemy.
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Gethsemane (Chris Thompson)
In this episode, Chris Thompson dives into the garden of Gethsemane and real life application for us today.
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The Real Thing (Seth Boyte)
In this sermon, Seth talks about the difference between "The Real Thing" and a cheap imposter.
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Anointed Sheep + Wayward Goats (Blake Soto)
In this episode, Blake Soto talks about the difference between "anointed sheep" and "wayward goats"
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Influencers #2
In this second part of our two-part series, we continue talking about influencers, how they have some level of integrity, and they trust the process.
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Influencers #1
In the first part of this two-lesson series, we address the idea of influencers in social media, and what it means to be a godly influencer. Influencers invite people to "the journey".
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Guest Speaker: Susan Al-Saadi
We're always thrilled to hear from the wonderful, the loving, the caring, the passionate, Susan Al-Saadi.
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How To Study The Bible #4
The Bible is not silent on culture! In this episode, we talk about how to study the Bible from a "word study" or "topical study" standpoint.
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How To Study The Bible #3
In this episode, we break down how to study the Bible from a daily devotional standpoint.
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How To Study The Bible 2
In this second sermon in our series, we talk about how to study the Bible using the "Book study" path. When we understand the context of book, we can further explore WHY the writer says certain things.
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How To Study The Bible 1
In this lesson, we talk about how to study the bible by utilizing the idea of a "character study". We discuss some real-life applications through the life of Jonah, and we can take some key questions and apply to any character in the Bible.
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To Be Continued 3
In our final series of split sessions, Chris continues in the life of Daniel.
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Emotions 3
In our final series on emotions, we discuss some common trigger emotions that attack our hearts (as adapted from Enemies of the Heart from Andy Stanley).
About this show
This podcast is dedicated to the students and families of Apostolic Truth Church in Appleton, WI. We hope to give you some insight into the teaching that is happening on a weekly basis, as well as provide key insight into current student/culture trends.
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