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Highland Student Ministry
This podcast is for the messages from the Highland Student Ministry at Highland Baptist Church in Waco, TX. HSM exists for students to experience like with Jesus and make Him known. Learn more about Highland Student Ministry at highlandwaco.org/students.
Episodes
Highland Student MinistryVoices of Fire // Habakkuk 3 // Colton Snow (HS - 9/17)
The Lord God, your God, is unchangingly faithful to you, no matter what your present circumstances look like. To put even more simply: You, us we, have a…
Highland Student MinistryTaming the Tongue // Gossip vs. Speaking Life // Ryan Oakes (MS - 9/10)
Scripture shows us that gossip is not harmless - it’s destructive, addictive, and rooted in the heart. Together, we look at four key principles: 1. Gossip &…
Highland Student MinistryTaming the Tongue // The Power of Our Words // Nathan Slonaker (MS - 9/3)
Words may seem small, but they carry incredible power. James reminds us that our tongues can direct the course of our lives, destroy relationships, and reveal…
Highland Student MinistryVoices of Fire // Habakkuk 1:1-11 // Ryan Oakes (HS - 9/3)
Habakkuk 1:1-11 cf. 2 Kings 23 1. When we turn to the Lord with honest questions in faith, He will hear us and respond according to His good will and purpose…
Highland Student MinistryHSM's Mission Statement // "Advancing His Kingdom" // Ryan Oakes (All HSM, 8/17)
Unfortunately, the recording of this message was cut short, so here is the outline: God can take the smallest seeds of gospel truth and grow them into great…
Highland Student MinistryHSM's Mission Statement // "Following Jesus" // Nathan Slonaker (All HSM -8/1)
This is a mini-series we did through the 3 aspects of our mission statement: following Jesus, embracing true fellowship, and advancing His Kingdom.
Highland Student MinistryKAIROS Breakout: The Eternal
What would our lives look like if we were constantly focused on the eternal blessings of Christ? Understanding our day to day in the scope of eternity not only…
Highland Student MinistryKAIROS Breakout: Set Apart
In a culture that pressures you to blend in, God calls you to stand out. In this breakout, we’ll look at Isaiah 66:2 to discover three small things that make a…
Highland Student MinistryKAIROS Breakout: Today's Gospel
The Gospel describes the Good News of a Kingdom that will bring peace, prosperity, and blessing! The Biblical authors countered false, cultural gospels with…
Highland Student MinistryKAIROS Breakout: Re-Wiring Your Thoughts
Have you wondered if you will ever be able to move beyond feeling anxious or depressed? You don’t have to allow these feelings or experiences to define you…
Highland Student MinistryKAIROS Breakout: Learning to Lament
What if your sorrow, doubt, or confusion isn’t something to hide—but something holy? In this breakout, we’re leaning into the forgotten language of lament: the…
Highland Student MinistryKAIROS Breakout: Hearing the Call
Wouldn’t it be great to know what God's plan for your life is? You can! Learn how to hear the voice of God, and know what He is calling you to so that you can…
Highland Student MinistryKAIROS Main Session 4: Jesus Dwelling in Us
Main Idea: Jesus brings about inward renewal. Text: 2 Corinthians 5:14-21 Message points: 3 Ways Jesus brings about inward renewal: The renewal of our Heart…
Highland Student MinistryKAIROS Main Session 3: Jesus Dwelling with Us
Main Idea: To see the significance and sufficiency of Jesus Text: Titus 2:11-14 Message points: 3 Reasons Jesus Came to Us: Jesus Came to Save Us Jesus Came to…
Highland Student MinistryKAIROS Main Session 2: A Complicated Dwelling
Main Idea: How can a sinful people be together with and reconciled to a Holy God? Text: OT Overview + Nehemiah 9 Message points: God is overwhelmingly gracious…
Highland Student MinistryKAIROS Main Session 1: Made to Dwell
Main Idea: You were made by God, to dwell with God, to live for God’s Glory. Text: Genesis 1-3 Message points: 3 Things we must understand to gain clarity and…
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Romans 11 - An Unsearchable God (HS)
It can be easy to read Romans 11 and gloss over it, either because you don’t understand what Paul is talking about or you don’t think it’s important enough for…
Highland Student MinistryDNOW Breakout - Freed to Love (HS)
When we see people as obstacles to overcome we can not love them as we have been called. The Gospel frees us to love people because we don’t look to them for…
Highland Student MinistryDNOW Breakout - Freedom from Self Sufficiency (HS)
Self-sufficiency is self-sabotage for your faith. Grow in the deep practices of prayer dependence on the Lord and get free from doing it all yourself. - Drew…
Highland Student MinistryDNOW Breakout - Compromise Stops Here (HS Boys Only)
A time of equipping high-school men to identify small and subtle areas of compromise in their life that lead them to unwanted wastelands keeping them from…
Highland Student MinistryDNOW Breakout - Freedom of Purity (HS Girls Only)
Scripture is clear about God’s design for sexuality & the enemy wants nothing more than for it to destroy our lives. In this session, we’ll look at the heart…
Highland Student MinistryDNOW Breakout - The Truth will set you Free (MS)
As the Truth, Jesus allows us to walk and live in the light when we embrace the fullness of the truth. Through confession, we are forgiven and healed, and full…
Highland Student MinistryDNOW Breakout - Who Cares: The Christian’s Outlook on Other’s Opinions (MS)
“Fear of man” feels like a really ancient, unrelatable term for us in 2025. But what if I said we’re going to talk about “peer pressure” or “people pleasing”…
Highland Student MinistryDNOW Parent Breakout - Cindy Janecka
Finding Freedom from Fear and Worry Learning how to Trust God with My Kids, Their Futures, and Their Lives Aren’t good parents supposed to worry about their…
Highland Student MinistryDNOW Chapel Session 2 - I am Free
Our understanding of our freedom affects the way we live. In many ways, our culture tends to assume that boundaries or rules mean a sacrifice of freedom. But…
Highland Student MinistryDNOW Chapel Session 1 - Freedom in Connection
Some people live their entire lives living in fear - living enslaved. Fear that they might get caught, fear of the light exposing their darkness. People that I…
Highland Student MinistryDNOW Rally - You are out of Egypt… but is Egypt out of you?
For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. Galatians 5:1 Tonight I think there are three places…
Highland Student MinistryRomans 8 pt. 2 - Facing Life with Confidence (HS)
Nothing can separate us from Christ’s love! Why? God loves us simply because of His choice, not because of anything in us (which may change), nor anything…
Highland Student MinistryRomans 8 pt. 1 - The Holy Spirit (HS)
Greer’s 3 Challenges to HSM: 1. Daily reflect on your salvation from death to life. 2.Fill your mind with Holy things. 3.Rely on the Spirit in the fight for…
Highland Student MinistryRomans 6:1-14 - Dead to Sin, Alive to God (HS)
We are not slaves to sin, IT IS POSSIBLE to live in freedom from EVERY temptation. Walk in freedom tonight, fight to live to God, knowing that Christ has done…
Highland Student MinistryRomans 3:9-20 - Total Depravity (HS)
In summary of our sinful condition and its effects, Paul writes, “There is no fear of God before their eyes.” He’s referencing Psalm 36:1, identifying the root…