Episodes
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Choosing Death to Get Life | October 25, 2026
Pastor James Sabin returns for week four of the Jonah series with a message on one of the strangest ideas in God's kingdom: choosing death to get life. Reading Jonah 1:10–16, where Jonah would rather be thrown into the sea than bring God's mercy to his enemies, James shows students how we still...
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Leave The Nets | October 18, 2026
This week at EDGE, guest speaker Kyle Majnarič — a former WVU wide receiver turned Nashville singer-songwriter — brings a message called "Leave the Nets," born out of a trip to the Sea of Galilee where Jesus first called His disciples. Walking through Matthew 4, Luke 5, and John 21, Kyle shows...
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Finding Your Own Faith | October 11, 2026
This week at EDGE, leader Josh Madzy opens with a math-class analogy every student knows — copying the homework, acing the assignment, then bombing the test — and uses it to ask a harder question: what if we're doing the same thing with our faith? Teaching from John 4 & the Samaritan woman at the...
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Remain | October 4, 2026
This week at EDGE, guest speaker Josh Sonoga — a longtime friend of Pastor James Sabin who serves with Fellowship of Christian Athletes and as WVU's football chaplain — teaches from John 15 on what it actually means to "remain" in Jesus. Using Christ's picture of the vine, the branches, and the...
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The Slippery Slope of Compromise | September 27, 2026
In week three of our series on Jonah, Pastor James Sabin unpacks the slippery slope of compromise — intentionally living lower than who God created you to be. Reading through Jonah 1:1–9, James shows how the sailors each cried out to their own gods while Jonah slept below deck, and he challenges...
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It All Starts With Love | September 20, 2026
This week at EDGE, Pastor James Sabin continues our Jonah series, exploring how God's love relentlessly follows us even when we run from Him. Using Jonah's flight from Nineveh & the storm God sent to wake him up, James teaches our EDGE students that the hardships we face are often God's loving...
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When You Don't Want to Share | September 13, 2026
This week at EDGE, Pastor James Sabin kicks off a new 6-week series through the book of Jonah, starting with why sharing your faith is scary — for everyone, no matter how long you've walked with Jesus. Using the "Life in Six Words" gospel presentation and the story of Jonah's call to Nineveh,...
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EDGE Summer Celebration 2026
Listen in to our last EDGE of the 2025-26 school year, as we hear testimonies from each of our EDGE seniors! For more information on EDGE Student Ministries, please visit www.edgestudents.org. #thisiskingdom #jesus #jesuschirst #youthministry #youthministries #church #churchonline #westvirginia
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This Summer, Carry It With You
Listen in to Pastor James Sabin's talk from this week's EDGE! What you carry into summer is what you'll come back with in the fall. For more information on EDGE Student Ministries, please visit www.edgestudents.org. #thisiskingdom #jesus #jesuschirst #youthministry #youthministries #church...
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Spring Fest 2026, with Frank Gil | Abide
Listen in to this week's guest speaker, Frank Gil, as he shares with our students on the final night of Spring Fest 2026! This evening, Frank is speaking from John 15 and what it looks like for each of us to abide in Christ. For more information on EDGE Student Ministries, please visit...
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Out of This World - Citizens of Heaven
Listen in to one of our leaders, Josh Madzy talk from this week's EDGE! Our default mode is to fall further into the systems of this world. This happens when we live according to our nature instead of our purpose. However, Jesus calls us out to live as citizens of His Kingdom. The ways of God's...
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41 is Coming
Listen in to one of our leaders, Savannah Bryner talk from this week's EDGE! All throughout the Bible, 40 represents testing, trials, and waiting—but it never represents the end of the story. God always brings His people through 40 into something greater. That means your struggle has an…
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Digital Martyr | Know Who You Are
Listen in to Pastor James Sabin's talk from this week's EDGE! The pressure to perform, fit in, and craft the perfect version of yourself online is real, but it's working against something far more valuable: the person God already says you are. A Digital Martyr is someone so grounded in who they…
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Digital Martyr | How to Share Jesus in the Digital Age
Listen in to Pastor James Sabin's talk from this week's EDGE! You already have a platform. The question is whether you'll use it for Jesus, even when it costs you something. For more information on EDGE Student Ministries, please visit www.edgestudents.org. #thisiskingdom #jesus #jesuschirst...
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Winded
Listen in to one of our leaders, Heather Bragg talk from this week's EDGE! When you are in the middle of a storm (spiritually, mentally, or emotionally), focus on reaching for Jesus and don't focus on the wind around you. For more information on EDGE Student Ministries, please visit...
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Why Worry?
Listen in to one of our leaders, Adam Bruner talk from this week's EDGE! We don't have to worry about everyday life when we put our faith in Jesus, because He knows all of our needs and provides everything for us. For more information on EDGE Student Ministries, please visit www.edgestudents.org....
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Faith That Submits
Listen in to Pastor James Sabin's talk from this week's EDGE! Real faith fights our selfish desires and submits to God's better way. For more information on EDGE Student Ministries, please visit www.edgestudents.org. #thisiskingdom #jesus #jesuschirst #youthministry #youthministries #church...
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Faith That Tames the Tongue
Listen in to Pastor James Sabin's talk from this week's EDGE! Real faith controls the tongue because what we say reveals what's in our hearts. For more information on EDGE Student Ministries, please visit www.edgestudents.org.
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Faith That Works
Listen in to Pastor James Sabin's talk from this week's EDGE! Real faith proves itself through action when life gets hard. For more information on EDGE Student Ministries, please visit www.edgestudents.org.
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Why Emmanuel Matters
Listen in to Pastor James Sabin's talk from this week's EDGE! God didn't just send help. He became one of us so we could know He truly understands everything we face. For more information on EDGE Student Ministries, please visit www.edgestudents.org.
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Friends Aren't Nice
Listen in to one of our leaders, Jason White talk from this week's EDGE! Real friendship sometimes requires speaking hard truths in love because you care more about someone's good than their approval. For more information on EDGE Student Ministries, please visit www.edgestudents.org.
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Real Friends Show Up
Listen in to one of our leaders, Josh Madzy talk from this week's EDGE! Real friendship shows up in adversity and stays loyal when it's hard, just like Jesus did with His disciples. Real friends love at all times regardless of convenience. Jesus modeled this kind of loyal love even when He was...
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Jesus is Your Best Friend
Listen in to one of our leaders, Ashley White talk from this week's EDGE! A good friend is someone who knows you well and chooses to love all of you, the good and the bad. Nobody does this better than Jesus; He knows you perfectly and loves you completely! Jesus chose you as His friend and when…
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With Him
Listen in to one of our leaders, Josh Madzy talk from this week's EDGE! Our lives look more like Jesus when we spend time with Him. This is called maturing in Christ. As we live in deeper surrender to Christ, we become empowered by the Holy Spirit and live out our faith boldly. Just as the...
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Embracing Your Shape By Taming Your Thoughts
Listen in to guest speaker, Pastor Daniel Strosnider's talk from this week's EDGE! Untamed thoughts can send you in many directions. Most can identify when a thought or thoughts are sending us in a dark direction, an unhealthy way, a doubtful or painful place. I have known my shape and talked...
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Discovering Your SHAPE | Part 6
Listen in to Pastor James Sabin's talk from this week's EDGE! God doesn't waste a single moment of your life; not even the painful ones. Every experience, both mountaintop highs and valley lows, shapes you into who He created you to be and equips you to make a unique difference in this world. For...
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Discovering Your SHAPE | Part 5
Listen in to Pastor James Sabin's talk from this week's EDGE! God created your personality as a unique part of who you are, and He wants to use it for His glory. There's no "right" or "wrong" personality type. Whether you're outgoing or reserved, expressive or controlled, a leader or a follower,...
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Discovering Your SHAPE | Part 4
Listen in to Pastor James Sabin's talk from this week's EDGE! God didn't create you to live on autopilot, just drifting from one day to the next without passion or purpose. He shaped you with unique Spiritual Gifts, Heart, Abilities, Personality, and Experiences so you can step into the adventure...
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Discovering Your SHAPE | Part 3
Listen in to Pastor James Sabin's talk from this week's EDGE! God shaped your heart with passions and desires that are meant to serve His purposes. Whatever fills your heart will overflow into your words, actions, and direction in life. The choice is whether your heart will be selfish and...
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Discovering Your SHAPE | Part 2
Listen in to Pastor James Sabin's talk from this week's EDGE! God has uniquely gifted every believer with spiritual gifts that are meant to be discovered, unwrapped, and used. When we step out of the stands and onto the field by using our gifts, we experience God's purpose in our lives, bless...
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Discovering Your SHAPE | Part 1
Discovering Your Shape | Part 1 | Pastor James Sabin God created each of us with a unique design known as our SHAPE: Spiritual gifts, Heart, Abilities, Personality, and Experiences. Psalm 139 remind us that we are "fearfully and wonderfully made." You are not an accident! God gave you your shape…
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Family Kick-Off Talk
Family Kick-Off Talk by Pastor James Sabin. We welcome the parents and families of our EDGE Students as we begin the 2025-2026 School Year. EDGE Student Ministries
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Invite Your Enemies
Invite Your Enemies by Lucas Bane. April 27, 2025. BIG IDEA: We have spent the year talking about inviting your friends and the cause circle, what if I told you are also called to pray, care for, and share the gospel with your enemies. How do you treat people you don't like? The people you have...
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REAL: Shine without Pretending
REAL: Shine without Pretending by Pastor James Sabin. April 13, 2025. Big Idea: We all crave REALness — REAL friendships, REAL purpose, REAL love, and REAL faith. In order to shine Jesus light and love, we need to be real, so we can become who Jesus has created us to be. God isn't calling us to…
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Spring Rally 2025 - Witness
Spring Rally 2025 - Witness by Pastor Frank Gil. April 5, 2025. EDGE Student Ministries.
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Spring Rally 2025 - My Story
Spring Rally 2025 - My Story by Pastors Frank Gil & James Sabin. April 5, 2025. EDGE Student Ministries.
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Spring Rally 2025 - With Me
Spring Rally 2025 - With Me by Pastor Frank Gil. April 4, 2025. EDGE Student Ministries
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BACKWARDS - Finishing the BeAtitudes: Blessed Are The Hated (Message 9)
BACKWARDS - Finishing the BeAtitudes: Blessed Are The Hated (Message 9) by Pastor James Sabin. March 30, 2025. Big Idea: Living out our God given image is the ultimate blessing. It is in living out who God made us to be that we experience wholeness, contentment, and joy. In this fallen world, we...
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Don't Let Them In
Don't Let Them In by Heather Bragg. March 23, 2025. Big Idea: As we learned about Hezekiah's story, he would seek the Lord first, pray to Him in his time of need, and often go to the house of the Lord. In Isaiah 39, we learned he did none of that when Babylon (the enemy) came knocking on his…
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Walls of Jericho
Walls of Jericho by Jason White. March 16, 2025. Big Idea: With God's help, we can tear down the seemingly insurmountable walls that we face when trying to share Jesus with others. EDGE Student Ministries
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Purposeful Anointing
Purposeful Anointing by Josh Madzy. March. 9, 2025. Big Idea: If you are a follower of Jesus, God has anointed you and filled you with the Spirit.This anointing comes with a great responsibility and purpose. Some consume the Spirit and do nothing with it, ultimately spoiling the purpose they were...
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Created To BEatitudes - Blessed Are The Peacemakers (Message 8)
Created To BEatitudes - Blessed Are The Peacemakers (Message 8) by Pastor James Sabin. March 2, 2025. Big Idea: Living out our God given image is the ultimate blessing. It is in living out who God made us to be that we experience wholeness, contentment, and joy. In this fallen world, we are…
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Created To BEatitudes - Blessed Are The Hungry (Message 7)
Created To BEatitudes: Blessed Are The Hungry (Message 7) by Pastor James Sabin. Feb. 23, 2025. Big Idea: Living out our God given image is the ultimate blessing. It is in living out who God made us to be that we experience wholeness, contentment, and joy. In this fallen world, we are taught that...
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Created To BEatitudes - Blessed Are The Merciful (Message 6)
Created To BEatitudes: Blessed Are The Merciful (Message 6) by Pastor James Sabin. Feb. 2, 2025. Big Idea: Living out our God given image is the ultimate blessing. It is in living out who God made us to be that we experience wholeness, contentment, and joy. In this fallen world, we are taught…
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Created To BEatitudes - Blessed Are The Hungry (Message 5)
Created To BEatitudes: Blessed Are The Hungry (Message 5) by Pastor James Sabin. Jan. 26, 2025. Big Idea: Living out our God given image is the ultimate blessing. It is in living out who God made us to be that we experience wholeness, contentment, and joy. In this fallen world, we are taught that...
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9 Month Missions Trip
9 Month Missions Trip by Travis Deans. Jan. 12, 2025. Big Idea: You don't have to get on a plane in order to do missions. In fact God has provided a mission field exactly where you are right now and you are His missionary. All you have to do is look around at those God has put in your everyday…
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Whatever It Takes
Whatever It Takes by Greg Stier. Jan. 5, 2025. EDGE Student Ministries.
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Temporary Happiness to True Joy
Temporary Happiness to True Joy by Adam Bruner. Nov. 24, 2024. Big Idea: No one is perfect, and everyone in some way has sinned in the past and will sin again. The great thing about our God is we don't have to be perfect and we don't have to live sinless lives for us to receive His love and…
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Created To BEatitudes - Blessed Are The Meek (Message 4)
Created To BEatitudes - Blessed Are The Meek (Message 4) by Pastor James Sabin. Nov. 17, 2024. Big Idea: Living out our God given image is the ultimate blessing. It is in living out who God made us to be that we experience wholeness, contentment, and joy. In this fallen world, we are taught that...
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Created To BEatitudes - Mourning over our Poverty (Message 3)
Created To BEatitudes - Mourning over our Poverty (Message 3) by Pastor James Sabin. Nov. 10, 2024. Big Idea: Living out our God given image is the ultimate blessing. It is in living out who God made us to be that we experience wholeness, contentment, and joy. In this fallen world, we are taught...
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